SM-liiga 1982/83

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Master:	HIFK Helsinki
Relegated:	Lukko Rauma
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The 1982/83 SM-liiga season was the eighth season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champion was for the fifth time and for the second time since the introduction of the SM-liiga HIFK Helsinki , while Lukko Rauma was relegated to the second division.

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.	Jokerit Helsinki	36	27	1	8th	193	119	55
2.	HIFK Helsinki	36	22nd	6th	8th	180	128	50
3.	Ilves Tampere	36	21st	3	12	179	146	45
4th	TPS Turku	36	18th	5	13	145	131	41
5.	Tappara Tampere	36	18th	4th	14th	170	139	40
6th	SaiPa	36	16	5	15th	150	153	37
7th	Ässät Pori	36	11	8th	17th	160	149	30th
8th.	Kärpät Oulu	36	10	3	23	150	181	23
9.	Kiekko-Reipas	36	10	3	23	150	205	23
10.	Lukko Rauma	36	6th	4th	26th	121	247	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	Jokerit Helsinki	3
	4th	TPS Turku	1			4th	Tappara Tampere	0
	5	Tappara Tampere	2								1	Jokerit Helsinki	2
											2	HIFK Helsinki	3
						2	HIFK Helsinki	3
	3	Ilves Tampere	2			3	Ilves Tampere	1			3rd place match
	6th	SaiPa	0								3	Ilves Tampere	2
											5	Tappara Tampere	0

Finnish champion

Finnish champion HIFK Helsinki

Goalkeepers: Hannu Lassila , Stig Wetzell Defenders: Raimo Hirvonen , Jorma Immonen , Aarre-Kari Kourula , Pertti Lehtonen , Seppo Pakola , Pekka Rautakallio , Heikki Riihiranta , Simo Saarinen Attackers: Tony Arima , Matti Forss , Matti Hagman , Mika Helkearo , Paul Högbacka , Olli Ignatius , Arto Jokinen , Jari Kapanen , Ari Lähteenmäki , Anssi Melametsä , Matti Murto , Esa Peltonen , Esa Tikkanen , Harri Tuohimaa , Carey Wilson , Geoff Head coach: Jorma Rikala

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. The tied Kärpät Oulu and Kiekko-Reipas initially played out the team that had to be relegated in a playoff. In this game Kiekko-Reipas prevailed away with a clear 7-2. Then Kärpät secured relegation relegation, while Lukko Rauma lost his duel and was relegated.

• HPK Hämeenlinna - Lukko Rauma 3: 0 (4: 1, 6: 1, 3: 0)
• Kärpät Oulu - JoKP 3: 2 (14: 3, 6: 7, 10: 1, 1: 4, 4: 1)

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga