SM-liiga 1981/82

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Master:	Tappara Tampere
Relegated:	none
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The 1981/82 SM-liiga season was the seventh season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champion was for the seventh time and the third time since the introduction of the SM-liiga Tappara Tampere .

Regular season

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The ten teams of the SM-liiga initially played against each other in 36 seasonal games. While the first six 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.	TPS Turku	36	23	6th	7th	180	120	52
2.	HIFK Helsinki	36	22nd	6th	8th	170	116	50
3.	Tappara Tampere	36	22nd	5	9	187	121	49
4th	Ässät Pori	36	15th	8th	13	176	165	38
5.	Kärpät Oulu	36	16	6th	14th	177	185	38
6th	Kiekko-Reipas	36	14th	7th	15th	164	157	35
7th	SaiPa	36	15th	5	16	146	150	35
8th.	Ilves Tampere	36	11	5	20th	131	162	27
9.	Jokerit Helsinki	36	9	2	25th	121	178	20th
10.	Lukko Rauma	36	6th	4th	26th	134	232	16

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

Play-offs

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Places 1 and 2 were qualified for the semi-finals and places 3-6 for the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The winners of the semi-finals made it to the final while the losers played for third place in the small final.

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

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
						1	TPS Turku	3
	4th	Ässät Pori	2			4th	Ässät Pori	0
	5	Kärpät Oulu	1								1	TPS Turku	1
											3	Tappara Tampere	3
						2	HIFK Helsinki	2
	3	Tappara Tampere	2			3	Tappara Tampere	3			3rd place match
	6th	Kiekko-Reipas	0								2	HIFK Helsinki	2
											4th	Ässät Pori	1

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Tappara Tampere

Goalkeepers: Hannu Kamppuri , Lasse Schultz Defenders: Hannu Helander , Jukka Hirsimäki , Timo Jutila , Lasse Litma , Pekka Marjamäki , Esa Välioja , Pertti Valkeapää Attackers: Seppo Ahokainen , Kari Heikkinen , Pertti Koivulahti , Vesa Launis , Erkki Lehtonen , Jari Lindgren , Harri Niukkanen , Petri Niukkanen , Juha Nurmi , Oiva Oijennus , Timo Penttilä , Jorma Sevon , Timo Susi Head coach: Rauno Korpi

SM liiga relegation

The last two placed in the SM-liiga main round and the two best second division teams played in the "best-of-five" mode for promotion or relegation. Jokerit Helsinki and Lukko Rauma both confidently secured their relegation with 3-0 wins.

• Jokerit Helsinki - JYP HT 3: 0 (4: 1, 5: 0, 11: 2)
• FoPS - Lukko Rauma 0: 3 (6:11, 3: 8, 1: 9)

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga