SM-liiga 1993/94

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Master:	Jokerit Helsinki
Relegated:	Reipas Lahti
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The 1993/94 season was the 19th season of the SM-liiga . For the second time since the founding of the SM-liiga and for the third 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.	TPS	48	34	0	14th	227	124	+103	68
2.	Ässät	48	25th	7th	16	185	148	+37	57
3.	Jokerite	48	26th	4th	18th	181	131	+50	56
4th	Lukko	48	26th	4th	18th	165	142	+23	56
5.	JyP HT	48	26th	4th	18th	157	135	+22	56
6th	Ilves	48	21st	9	18th	153	144	+9	51
7th	Tappara	48	23	5	20th	175	175	0	51
8th.	HIFK	48	23	4th	21st	167	161	+6	50
9.	HPK	48	23	3	22nd	167	170	−3	49
10.	KalPa	48	16	5	27	143	170	−27	37
11.	K-Espoo	48	13	5	27	138	197	−59	31
12.	Reipas	48	6th	2	40	119	280	−161	14th

Best scorer

Abbreviations: T = goals, A = assists , SM = penalty minutes

Pl	player	team	T	A.	Points
1.	Esa Keskinen	TPS	23	47	70
2.	Marko Jantunen	TPS	29	29	58
3.	Sami Kapanen	KalPa	23	32	55
4th	Saku Koivu	TPS	23	30th	53
5.	Otakar Janecký	Jokerite	10	42	52
6th	Jari Korpisalo	Ässät	26th	23	49
7th	Timo Jutila	Tappara	13	36	49
7th	Pauli Järvinen	Tappara	13	36	49
9.	Tomáš Kapusta	HPK	21st	27	48
10.	Marko Palo	HPK	25th	22nd	47

Play-offs

mode

Places 1-8 were qualified for the play-offs. The teams that had won the most of five games in the quarter-finals against their opponents qualified for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the best-of-5 mode was also played. The winners of the semi-finals made it to the final while the losers played for third place in the small final. In the final five games were played again. Whoever won the most games was the winner of the season. Only one game was played in the round for third place. The respective opponents were put together so that the top ranked team plays against the worst, the second best, against the second worst, and so on. 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
	TPS	3
	HIFK	0
					TPS	3
					Tappara	1
	Ässät	2
	Tappara	3
									TPS	1
									Jokerite	3
	Jokerite	3
	Ilves	1
					Jokerite	3			Game for third place
					Lukko	1
	Lukko	3							Lukko	1
	JyP HT	1							Tappara	0

Quarter finals

TPS - HIFK TPS HIFK 4-1 HIFK TPS 1-2 TPS HIFK 7-3 TPS wins the round 3-0.

Ässät - Tappara Ässät Tappara 3-4 Tappara Ässät 5-2 Ässät Tappara 7-4 Tappara Ässät 4-5 Ässät Tappara 1-4 Tappara wins the round 2: 3.

Jokerite - Ilves Jokerite Ilves 6-1 Ilves Jokerite 1-4 Jokerite Ilves 2-3 Ilves Jokerite 1-5 Jokerit wins the round 3-1.

Lukko - JyP HT Lukko JyP HT 3-1 JyP HT Lukko 2-1 Lukko JyP HT 4-1 JyP HT Lukko 1-4 Lukko wins the round 3-1.

Semifinals

TPS - Tappara TPS Tappara 6-4 Tappara TPS 3-1 TPS Tappara 6-3 Tappara TPS 2-4 TPS wins the round 3-1.

Jokerite - Lukko Jokerite Lukko 2-0 Lukko Jokerite 0-5 Jokerite Lukko 0-4 Lukko Jokerite 1-2 n.V. Jokerit wins the round 3-1.

third place

Lukko - Tappara
Lukko	Tappara	3-2 a.d.
Lukko wins bronze.

final

TPS - Jokerite
TPS	Jokerite	4-1
Jokerite	TPS	3-0
TPS	Jokerite	1-2
Jokerite	TPS	3-2 a.d.
Jokerit wins the championship 3-1. TPS receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Jokerit Helsinki

Goalkeepers: Allain Roy , Ari Sulander Defenders: Erik Hämäläinen , Waltteri Immonen , Kari Martikainen , Janne Niinimaa , Heikki Riihijärvi , Ari Salo , Mika Strömberg Attackers: Otakar Janecký , Juha Jokiharju , Rami Koivisto , Mikko Konttila , Juha Lind , Timo Norppa , Timo Saarikoski , Keijo Säilynoja , Raimo Summanen , Antti Törmänen , Petri Varis , Jali Wahlsten , Juha Ylönen Head coach: Hannu Aravirta

Best scorer

Abbreviations: T = goals, A = assists

Pl	player	team	T	A.	Points
1.	Jere Lehtinen	TPS	11	2	13
2.	Jiří Kučera	Tappara	7th	5	12
3.	Saku Koivu	TPS	4th	8th	12
4th	Janne Ojanen	Tappara	2	9	11
5.	Pauli Järvinen	Tappara	5	5	10

SM liiga qualification

Reipas Lahti had to defend his position in the SM-liiga against the three best teams from the Mestis . It was the same mode as in the regular season, only that each team had to play twice instead of four times against each other team.

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.	TuTo	6th	4th	0	2	24	25th	−1	8th
2.	SaiPa	6th	3	0	3	24	22nd	+2	6th
3.	Jokipojat	6th	2	1	3	28	25th	+3	5
4th	Reipas	6th	2	1	3	19th	23	−4	5

TuTo Hockey rose to the SM-liiga for Reipas Lahti.

Awards

trophies

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Marko Jantunen	TPS
Aaro Kivilinna Commemorative Trophy		Tappara
Harry Lindblad Commemorative Trophy		TPS
Jari Kurri Trophy	Ari Sulander	Jokerite
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Juha Lind	Jokerite
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Vladimir Yursinov	TPS
Canada malja		Jokerite
Kultainen kypärä	Esa Keskinen	TPS
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Esa Keskinen	TPS
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Alexander Smirnov	TPS
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Petteri Nummelin	TPS
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Janne Rautavuori	-
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Tero Lehterä	K-Espoo
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Kari Nieminen	-
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Kari Takko	Ässät
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Esa Keskinen	TPS

All-Star Team

goal	Jarmo Myllys (Lukko)
defense	Marko Kiprusoff (TPS)			Timo Jutila (Tappara)
Storm	Sami Kapanen (KalPa)		Esa Keskinen TPS		Mika Alatalo (Lukko)

swell

• Championnat de Finlande de hockey sur glace 1993/1994

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga