SM-liiga 1978/79

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Master:	Tappara Tampere
Relegated:	none
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The 1978/79 SM-liiga season was the fourth season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champion was for the sixth time overall and for the second time since the introduction of the SM-liiga Tappara Tampere .

Regular season

mode

The ten teams of the SM-liiga initially played against each other in 36 seasonal games. While the first four teams qualified for the play-offs, the last two had to play against the two best second division teams to stay in the league. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

Main round

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	Ässät Pori	36	21st	8th	7th	207	140	50
2.	Tappara Tampere	36	20th	5	11	208	153	45
3.	TPS Turku	36	18th	4th	14th	144	123	40
4th	HIFK Helsinki	36	17th	4th	15th	164	140	38
5.	Kiekko-Reipas	36	15th	5	16	136	143	35
6th	Lukko Rauma	36	14th	7th	15th	164	190	35
7th	Ilves Tampere	36	13	7th	16	128	137	33
8th.	Jokerit Helsinki	36	14th	3	19th	137	181	31
9.	Koo-Vee	36	11	5	20th	126	177	27
10.	Kärpät Oulu	36	12	2	22nd	137	168	26th

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Play-offs

The semi-finals and finals were played in the “best-of-five” mode, the game for third place in the “best-of-three” mode .

Tournament tree

	Semifinals				final
	Ässät Pori	3
	HIFK Helsinki	2
					Ässät	2
					Tappara	3
					Game for third place
	Tappara Tampere	3			TPS	2
	TPS Turku	0			HIFK	1

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Tappara Tampere

Goalkeepers: Pertti Hasanen , Petri Karjalainen Defenders: Hannu Haapalainen , Jukka Hirsimäki , Jorma Kallio , Lasse Litma , Pekka Marjamäki , Pertti Valkeapää Attackers: Jukka Alkula , Martti Jarkko , Tapio Kallio , Tero Käpynen , Pertti Koivulahti , Antero Lehtonen , Erkki Lehtonen , Jari Lindgren , Keijo Männistö , Oiva Oijennus , Jukka Porvari , Jorma Sevon , Juha Silvennoinen , Timo Susi Head coach: Kalevi Numminen

SM liiga relegation

The last two placed in the SM-liiga main round and the two best second division teams played for promotion and relegation in return legs. Kärpät and Koo-Vee achieved relegation relegation.

table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	Kärpät Oulu	6th	5	0	1	47	19th	10
2.	Koo-Vee	6th	4th	0	2	26th	18th	8th
3.	SaiPa	6th	3	0	3	22nd	29	6th
4th	FoPS	6th	0	0	0	20th	49	6th

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga