SM-liiga 1989/90

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Master:	TPS Turku
Relegated:	KooKoo JoKP
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The SM-liiga season 1989/90 was the 15th season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champion was for the fourth time and for the third time since the introduction of the SM-liiga TPS Turku , while KooKoo and JoKP were relegated to the second division.

Regular season

mode

The ten teams of the SM-liiga played against each other in 44 season 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	44	31	3	10	175	100	65
2.	Ilves Tampere	44	25th	7th	12	208	141	57
3.	HIFK Helsinki	44	25th	4th	15th	176	158	54
4th	JyP HT	44	24	3	17th	187	146	51
5.	Tappara Tampere	44	23	5	16	189	164	51
6th	KalPa Kuopio	44	24	3	17th	205	202	51
7th	HPK Hämeenlinna	44	19th	5	20th	192	182	43
8th.	SaiPa	44	20th	1	23	172	205	41
9.	Lukko Rauma	44	17th	4th	23	166	170	38
10.	Jokerit Helsinki	44	15th	3	26th	165	183	33
11.	KooKoo	44	11	4th	29	146	219	26th
12.	JoKP	44	7th	4th	33	109	220	18th

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

Play-offs

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

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
						1	TPS Turku	3
	3	HIFK Helsinki	0			6th	KalPa Kuopio	0
	6th	KalPa Kuopio	2								1	TPS Turku	4th
											2	Ilves Tampere	2
						2	Ilves Tampere	3
	4th	JyP HT	1			5	Tappara Tampere	0			3rd place match
	5	Tappara Tampere	2								5	Tappara Tampere	1
											6th	KalPa Kuopio	0

Finnish champion

Finnish champion TPS Turku

Goalkeepers: Markus Ketterer , Jouni Rokama Defenders: Mikko Haapakoski , Kari Harila , Petteri Lehto , Heikki Leime , Jouko Narvanmaa , Hannu Virta , Jukka Virtanen Attackers: Mal Davis , Tero Hämäläinen , Jari Hirsimiäki , Harry Jaakkola , Kari Jalonen , Reijo Mikkolainen , Petri Niukkanen , Pekka Tirkkonen , Wiktor Tjumenew , Jukka Vilander , Juha Virtanen , Ari Vuori Head coach: Hannu Jortikka

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. Both KooKoo and JoKP lost their relegation duels and were relegated to the second division.

• KooKoo - Hockey Reipas 1: 3 (4: 1, 2: 8, 6: 7, 2: 6)
• Ässät Pori - JoKP 3: 0 (3: 2, 5: 4, 9: 4)

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga