SM-liiga 1984/85

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Master:	Ilves Tampere
Relegated:	Kiekko-Reipas
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The SM-liiga season 1984/85 was the tenth season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champions were for the 16th time and for the first time ever since the introduction of the SM-liiga Ilves Tampere , while Kiekko-Reipas was relegated to the second division.

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 penultimate had to play against the teams in places two to four of the second division to keep up. The last one was automatically relegated to the second division and was replaced by the second division champions. 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	24	2	10	163	124	50
2.	Kärpät Oulu	36	22nd	2	12	153	105	46
3.	Ilves Tampere	36	22nd	1	13	168	133	45
4th	Ässät Pori	36	22nd	0	14th	166	129	44
5.	HIFK Helsinki	36	19th	2	15th	189	152	40
6th	Tappara Tampere	36	16	2	18th	152	147	34
7th	Lukko Rauma	36	13	3	20th	131	149	29
8th.	Jokerit Helsinki	36	13	2	21st	154	176	28
9.	SaiPa	36	11	3	22nd	127	199	25th
10.	Kiekko-Reipas	36	8th	3	25th	111	200	19th

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

Top scorer

#	Surname	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
1	Matti Hagman	HIFK Helsinki	34	23	44	67
2	Mikko Mäkelä	Ilves Tampere	36	34	25th	59
3	Raimo Helminen	Ilves Tampere	36	21st	36	57
4th	Esa Tikkanen	HIFK Helsinki	36	21st	34	55
5	Reijo Leppänen	TPS Turku	35	28	26th	54
6th	Jari Lindroos	Jokerit Helsinki	36	14th	36	50
7th	Pekka Järvelä	Kärpät Oulu	36	20th	28	48
8th	Erkki Lehtonen	Tappara Tampere	36	17th	31	48
9	Risto Kerminen	Jokerit Helsinki	36	31	16	47
10	Jari Torkki	Lukko Rauma	36	25th	21st	46

Play-offs

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

Tournament tree

	Semifinals				final
	TPS Turku	3
	Ässät Pori	2
					TPS	2
					Ilves	3
					Game for third place
	Kärpät Oulu	1			Kärpät	2
	Ilves Tampere	3			Ässät	1

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Ilves Tampere

Goalkeepers: Jarmo Myllys , Jukka Tammi Defenders: Hannu Helander , Hannu Henriksson , Jukka Hirsimäki , Matti Kaario , Ari-Pekka Lehtonen , Tero Peura , Ville Sirén , Petri Tuomi Attackers: Ari Haanpää , Antti Heikkilä , Raimo Helminen , Jarmo Huhtala , Risto Jalo , Juha Järvenpää , Hannu Kuronen , Juha Laukkanen , Mikko Mäkelä , Jari Neuvonen , Reima Pullinen , Juha Rajala Head coach: Seppo Hiitelä

Top scorer

#	Surname	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Reijo Leppänen	TPS	10	5	7th	12
2.	Mikko Mäkelä	Ilves	9	4th	7th	11
3.	Kari Makkonen	Ässät	8th	6th	4th	10
4th	Jukka Porvari	TPS	10	7th	2	9
5.	Juha Nurmi	TPS	10	4th	5	9

Awards

Award	winner	team
Canada malja	Ilves Tampere
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Seppo Hiitelä	Ilves Tampere
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Jari Neuvonen	Ilves Tampere
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Esa Tikkanen	HIFK Helsinki
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Reijo Leppänen	TPS Turku
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Jukka Tammi	Ilves Tampere
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Tapio Levo	Ässät Pori
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Mikko Mäkelä	Ilves Tampere
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Matti Hagman	HIFK Helsinki

All-Star Team

goal	Kari Takko (Ässät Pori)
defense	Tapio Levo (Ässät Pori)			Arto Ruotanen (Ässät Pori)
Storm	Reijo Leppänen (TPS Turku)		Pekka Järvelä (Oulun Kärpät)		Mikko Mäkelä (Ilves Tampere)

SM liiga relegation

The penultimate of the SM-liiga main round and the teams in places two to four of the second division played in a two-way round for promotion or relegation. In the relegation, SaiPa secured relegation.

table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	SaiPa	6th	4th	1	1	28	28	9
2.	TuTo hockey	6th	3	1	2	31	17th	7th
3.	KalPa	6th	3	0	3	26th	23	6th
4th	KooKoo	6th	0	2	4th	15th	31	2

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