SM-liiga 1985/86

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Master:	Tappara Tampere
Relegated:	SaiPa
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The 1985/86 SM-liiga season was the eleventh season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champion was for the ninth time and the fifth time since the introduction of the SM-liiga Tappara Tampere , while SaiPa 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.	Tappara Tampere	36	21st	6th	9	179	125	48
2.	HIFK Helsinki	36	23	1	12	178	134	47
3.	TPS Turku	36	18th	5	13	153	139	41
4th	Kärpät Oulu	36	19th	3	14th	138	139	41
5.	JyP HT	36	19th	1	16	143	135	39
6th	Ilves Tampere	36	17th	4th	15th	159	143	38
7th	Ässät Pori	36	17th	3	16	186	168	37
8th.	Lukko Rauma	36	15th	1	20th	160	192	31
9.	Jokerit Helsinki	36	10	2	24	131	181	22nd
10.	SaiPa	36	7th	2	27	98	169	16

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 were played in the “best of five” mode, the game for third place in the “best of three” mode . The final, on the other hand, took place in the "Best-of-Seven" mode .

Tournament tree

	Semifinals				final
	Tappara Tampere	3
	Kärpät Oulu	0
					Tappara	4th
					HIFK	1
					Game for third place
	HIFK Helsinki	3			Kärpät	2
	TPS Turku	2			TPS	0

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Tappara Tampere

Goalkeepers: Markus Mattsson , Matti Rautiainen Defenders: Jari Grönstrand , Hannu Haapalainen , Timo Jutila , Pekka Laksola , Harri Laurila , Lasse Litma , Teppo Numminen , Pertti Valkeapää Attackers: Seppo Ahokainen , Kari Heikkinen , Pauli Järvinen , Vesa Launis , Erkki Lehtonen , Reijo Mikkolainen , Harri Niukkanen , Petri Niukkanen , Hannu Oksanen , Jukka Piirinen , Tommi Pohja , Jorma Sevon , Timo Susi Head coach: Rauno Korpi

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, Jokerit secured relegation after winning the decider against TuTo with equal points 4-1.

table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	TuTo	6th	4th	0	2	26th	15th	8th
2.	Jokerite	6th	4th	0	2	34	30th	8th
3.	KooKoo	6th	2	0	4th	20th	25th	4th
4th	HPK	6th	2	0	4th	24	34	4th

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