SM-liiga 1990/91

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Master: TPS Turku
Relegated: SaiPa
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The 1990/91 season was the 16th season of the Finnish SM-liiga . For the fourth time since the founding of the SM-liiga and for the fifth time in total, TPS Turku became Finnish ice hockey champion .

Regular season

mode

Each team had to play four times against every other team in the league and four times against local teams. Each game consisted of three thirds of 20 minutes each. If no winner was found after the regular time, the game was counted as a draw.

One team won 2 points. A draw was rewarded with one point. There were no points for defeat.

Closing table

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, TD = goal difference

Pl team Sp S. U N T GT TD Points
1. TPS 44 27 5 12 168 109 +59 59
2. KalPa 44 24 4th 16 174 170 +4 52
3. JYP 44 22nd 4th 18th 177 136 +41 48
4th HPK 44 21st 5 18th 173 181 −8 47
5. HIFK 44 22nd 1 21st 169 163 +6 45
6th Tappara 44 21st 3 20th 187 188 −1 45
7th Reipas Lahti 44 21st 2 21st 169 170 −1 44
8th. Ässät 44 20th 3 21st 182 191 −9 40
9. Jokerite 44 17th 6th 21st 150 162 −12 40
10. Ilves 44 16 6th 22nd 158 185 −27 38
11. Lukko 44 16 3 25th 178 177 +1 35
12. SaiPa 44 15th 2 27 164 217 −53 32

Best scorer

Pl player team Gates Assists Points
1. Teppo Kivelä HPK 23 50 73
2. Esa Keskinen Lukko 17th 51 68
3. Jari Lindroos JYP 26th 36 62
4th Mika Nieminen Ilves 20th 42 62
5. Dárius Rusnák KalPa 22nd 38 60
6th Otakar Janecký SaiPa 21st 39 60
7th Teemu Selänne Jokerite 33 25th 58
8th. Jiří Kučera Tappara 23 34 57
9. Raimo Summanen HPK 25th 30th 55
10. Arto Javanainen Ässät 35 18th 53

Play-offs

mode

Places 1 and 2 were qualified for the semi-finals and places 3-6 for the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The quarter-finals were played according to the best-of-3 mode and the semi-finals according to the best-of-5 mode. The winners of the semi-finals made it to the final while the losers played for third place in the small final. A maximum of five games were played in the final. Whoever won the most games was the winner of the season. Only one game was played in the round for third place. As in the main season, a game lasted a total of 60 minutes. After the regular time, extensions of 20 minutes each were played until a winner was found through a decisive goal.

Tournament tree


Quarter finals

Semifinals

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4th  HPK 1


4th  HPK 2

1  TPS 3



5  HIFK 1



1  TPS 4th



2  KalPa 2



3  JYP 0



3  JYP 2

2  KalPa 3

3rd place match

6th  Tappara 1

4th  HPK 1

3  JYP 0

Quarter finals

JYP - Tappara
JYP Tappara 7-2
Tappara JYP 4-3
JYP Tappara 3-2
JYP wins the round 2-1.
HPK - HIFK
HPK HIFK 2-4
HIFK HPK 3-4
HPK HIFK 8-3
HPK wins the round 2-1.

Semifinals

TPS - HPK
TPS HPK 8-0
HPK TPS 4-3
TPS HPK 3-0
HPK TPS 1-3
TPS wins the round 3-1.
KalPa - JYP
KalPa JYP 2-1
JYP KalPa 3-4
KalPa JYP 3-2
KalPa wins the round 3-0.

third place

HPK - JYP
HPK JYP 6-3
HPK wins bronze.

final

TPS - KalPa
TPS KalPa 5-1
KalPa TPS 3-4
TPS KalPa 4-3
KalPa TPS 6-2
TPS KalPa 7-2
TPS wins the championship 4-2. KalPa receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion TPS Turku
Logo of TPS Turku

Goalkeepers: Markus Ketterer , Jouni Rokama

Defenders: Mikko Haapakoski , Kari Harila , Heikki Leime , Jouko Narvanmaa , Hannu Virta , Jukka Virtanen

Attackers: Mal Davis , Jari Hirsimäki , Harry Jaakkola , Kari Jalonen , Reijo Mikkolainen , Petri Niukkanen , Jewgeni Schtepa , Kai Suikkanen , Pekka Tirkkonen , Wiktor Tjumenew , Jukka Vilander , Juha Virtanen , Ari Vuori , Arto Vuoti

Head coach: Hannu Jortikka

Best scorer

Pl player team Gates Assists Points
1. Teppo Kivelä HPK 5 7th 12
2. Jari Hirsimäki TPS 6th 4th 10
3. Jari Pulliainen KalPa 6th 4th 10
4th Jari Lindroos JYP 4th 6th 10
5. Juha Jokiharju KalPa 4th 5 9

Relegation round

Lukko - Kärpät
Lukko Kärpät 5-4
Kärpät Lukko 5-0
Lukko Kärpät 7-1
Kärpät Lukko 4-7
Lukko secures relegation

Awards

trophies

Award winner team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy Arto Javanainen Ässät
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy Janne Grönvall Lukko
Kalevi Numminen Trophy Hannu Jortikka TPS
Canada malja TPS
Kultainen kypärä Teemu Selänne Jokerite
Matti Keinonen Trophy Leo Gudas JYP
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy Hannu Virta TPS
Pentti Isotalo Trophy Janne Rautavuori -
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy Teemu Selänne Jokerite
Unto Wiitala Trophy Antti Koskinen -
Urpo Ylönen Trophy Markus Ketterer Jokerite
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy Teppo Kivelä HPK

All-Star Team

goal Jaromír Šindel (Reipas Lahti)
defense Hannu Virta (TPS) Leo Gudas (JYP)
Storm Teemu Selänne (Jokerite) Teppo Kivelä (HPK) Ari Haanpää (TPS)

swell

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