SM-liiga 1991/92

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Master:	Jokerit Helsinki
Relegated:	JoKP Joensuu
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The 1991/92 season was the 17th season of the Finnish SM-liiga . For the first time since the founding of the SM-liiga and for the second time in total, Jokerit Helsinki 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.	JyP HT	44	26th	8th	10	189	129	+60	60
2.	Jokerite	44	28	3	13	195	132	+63	59
3.	TPS	44	29	1	14th	181	153	+28	59
4th	Lukko	44	20th	9	15th	162	121	+41	49
5.	Ässät	44	23	3	18th	170	171	−1	49
6th	HIFK	44	22nd	3	19th	183	166	+17	47
7th	KalPa	44	18th	9	17th	167	182	−15	45
8th.	HPK	44	18th	4th	22nd	191	183	+8	40
9.	Ilves	44	16	3	25th	134	155	−21	35
10.	Tappara	44	12	6th	26th	154	187	−33	30th
11.	Reipas Lahti	44	12	6th	26th	142	202	−60	31
12.	Jokipojat	44	9	7th	28	114	201	−87	25th

Best scorer

Pl	player	team	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Mikko Mäkelä	TPS	25th	45	70
2.	Esa Keskinen	TPS	24	45	69
3.	Jari Lindroos	JyP HT	18th	49	67
4th	Teemu Selänne	Jokerite	39	23	62
5.	Juha Riihijärvi	JyP HT	29	33	62
6th	Teppo Kivelä	HPK	17th	42	59
7th	Mika Nieminen	Tappara	17th	38	55
8th.	Otakar Janecký	Jokerite	17th	35	52
9.	Janne Ojanen	Tappara	21st	27	48
10.	Juha Jokiharju	KalPa	18th	30th	48

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 seven 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					final
						2	Jokerite	3
	4th	Lukko	0			5	Ässät	2
	5	Ässät	2								2	Jokerite	4th
											1	JyP HT	1
						1	JyP HT	3
	3	TPS	1			6th	HIFK	2			3rd place match
	6th	HIFK	2								5	Ässät	0
											6th	HIFK	1

Quarter finals

Lukko - Ässät Lukko Ässät 1-4 Ässät Lukko 4-0 Ässät wins the round 2-0.

TPS - HIFK TPS HIFK 1-3 HIFK TPS 3-5 TPS HIFK 3-4 HIFK wins the round with 2: 1.

Semifinals

Jokerite - Ässät Jokerite Ässät 6-2 Ässät Jokerite 3-2 Jokerite Ässät 6-0 Ässät Jokerite 6-2 Jokerite Ässät 5-0 Jokerit wins the round 3-2.

JyP HT - HIFK JyP HT HIFK 5-0 HIFK JyP HT 4-1 JyP HT HIFK 5-1 HIFK JyP HT 6-4 JyP HT HIFK 3-2 JyP HT wins the round 3-2.

third place

Ässät - HIFK
Ässät	HIFK	2-3
HIFK wins bronze.

final

JyP HT - Jokerite
JyP HT	Jokerite	2-5
Jokerite	JyP HT	5-1
JyP HT	Jokerite	3-2
Jokerite	JyP HT	4-3
JyP HT	Jokerite	0-4
Jokerit wins the championship 4-1. JyP HT receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Jokerit Helsinki

Goalkeepers: Markus Ketterer , Ari Sulander Defenders: Mojmir Božík , Marko Halonen , Waltteri Immonen , Kari Martikainen , Heikki Riihijärvi , Ari Salo , Mika Strömberg , Arto Taipalo Attackers: Mikko Halonen , Otakar Janecký , Pekka Järvelä , Rami Koivisto , Timo Norppa , Juha Salo , Keijo Säilynoja , Teemu Selänne , Antti Törmänen , Mika Välilä , Jali Wahlsten , Sami Wahlsten , Tommy Wide Head coach: Boris Majorow

Best scorer

Pl	player	team	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Teemu Selänne	Jokerite	10	7th	17th
2.	Otakar Janecký	Jokerite	2	11	13
3.	Keijo Sailynoja	Jokerite	5	6th	11
4th	Jari Lindroos	JyP HT	5	5	10
5.	Ari Haanpää	JyP HT	6th	2	8th

Awards

trophies

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Teemu Selänne	Jokerite
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Petri Varis	Ässät
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Harri Rindell	HIFK
Canada malja		Jokerite
Kultainen kypärä	Mikko Mäkelä	TPS
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Mikko Mäkelä	TPS
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Waltteri Immonen	Jokerite
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Harri Laurila	JyP HT
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Reijo Ringbom	-
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Keijo Sailynoja	Jokerite
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Seppo Mäkelä	-
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Petr Bříza	Lukko
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Mikko Mäkelä	TPS

All-Star Team

goal	Petr Bříza (Lukko)
defense	Hannu Virta (TPS)			Harri Laurila (JyP HT)
Storm	Teemu Selänne (Jokerite)		Otakar Janecký (Jokerite)		Mikko Mäkelä (TPS)

swell

• Championnat de Finlande de hockey sur glace 1991/1992

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga