SM-liiga 1987/88

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Master:	Tappara Tampere
Relegated:	none
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The SM-liiga season 1987/88 was the 13th season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champion was for the eleventh time and the seventh 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 44 season games. The first four teams qualified for the play-offs . Due to a league expansion by two teams in the following year, no team was relegated directly. The last placed in the SM-liiga had to compete against the third-placed of the I-divisioona for relegation or promotion, with KooKoo prevailing against Reipas Lahti . Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

Main round

table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	Ilves Tampere	44	30th	3	11	227	143	63
2.	HIFK Helsinki	44	29	1	14th	192	127	59
3.	Tappara Tampere	44	24	6th	14th	195	147	54
4th	Lukko Rauma	44	24	1	19th	168	140	49
5.	TPS Turku	44	22nd	3	19th	206	182	47
6th	Kärpät Oulu	44	22nd	2	20th	187	172	46
7th	Ässät Pori	44	19th	4th	21st	183	195	42
8th.	KalPa Kuopio	44	16	4th	24	164	220	36
9.	JyP HT	44	12	5	27	132	199	29
10.	KooKoo	44	7th	1	36	123	252	15th

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

Best scorer

	Surname	club	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
1	Esa Keskinen	TPS Turku	44	14th	55	69
2	Arto Javanainen	TPS Turku	44	47	20th	67
3	Mark Jooris	Ässät Pori	42	29	34	63
4th	Jukka Vilander	TPS Turku	44	25th	37	62
5	Risto Jalo	Ilves Tampere	35	25th	35	60
6th	Matti Hagman	HIFK Helsinki	44	17th	43	60
7th	Darren Boyko	HIFK Helsinki	44	14th	40	54
8th	Jari Lindroos	Kärpät Oulu	44	18th	35	53
9	Dale Derkatch	Ilves Tampere	41	28	24	52
10	Jouni gutter	KalPa Kuopio	41	26th	26th	52

Play-offs

The semifinals were played in the "best-of-five" mode, the game for third place in a single playoff. The final, on the other hand, took place in the "Best-of-Seven" mode .

Tournament tree

	Semifinals				final
	HIFK Helsinki	2
	Tappara Tampere	3
					Tappara	4th
					Lukko	1
					Game for third place
	Ilves Tampere	0			Ilves	0
	Lukko Rauma	3			HIFK	1

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Tappara Tampere

Goalkeepers: Tom Draper , Jari Halme Defenders: Juha Jokiniemi , Markku Jutila , Timo Jutila , Pekka Laksola , Harri Laurila , Jukka Marttila , Petri Matikainen , Teppo Numminen Attackers: Kari Heikkinen , Jussi-Pekka Järvinen , Pauli Järvinen , Arto Kulmala , Erkki Lehtonen , Reijo Mikkolainen , Janne Ojanen , Hannu Oksanen , Tommi Pohja , Jyrki Silius , Sami Siren , Timo Susi , Tero Toivola , Risto Tuominen Head coach:

League relegation

KooKoo - Kiekko-Reipas
KooKoo	Kiekko-Reipas	4: 3
Kiekko-Reipas	KooKoo	5: 1
KooKoo	Kiekko-Reipas	3: 4
Kiekko-Reipas	KooKoo	3: 4
KooKoo	Kiekko-Reipas	8: 5

KooKoo wins the series 3: 2 and remains in the SM-liiga.

Awards

All-Star Team

Attack: Kari Laitinen ( HIFK ) • Raimo Helminen ( Ilves ) • Arto Javanainen ( TPS ) Defense: Simo Saarinen ( HIFK ) • Timo Jutila ( Tappara ) Goal: Jarmo Myllys ( Lukko )

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga