SM-liiga 1999/2000

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The 1999/2000 season was the 25th season of the SM-liiga . For the eighth time since the founding of the SM-liiga and for the ninth time in total, TPS Turku became Finnish ice hockey champion .

Regular season

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Each team had to play four times against every other team in the league and ten additional times against local teams. Each game consisted of three thirds of 20 minutes each. In the event that a winner was not found after regular time, the game was considered a draw.

A win in regular time earned a team 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	54	39	5	10	232	118	+114	83
2.	HPK	54	32	7th	15th	209	161	+48	71
3.	Tappara	54	31	8th	15th	187	148	+39	70
4th	Lukko	54	28	9	17th	159	125	+34	65
5.	Jokerite	54	27	9	18th	147	131	+16	63
6th	HIFK	54	23	10	21st	171	162	+9	56
7th	blues	54	19th	10	25th	163	165	−2	48
8th.	Ilves	54	19th	9	26th	151	190	−39	47
9.	SaiPa	54	16	13	25th	154	185	−31	45
10.	JYP	54	13	13	28	158	211	−53	39
11.	Ässät	54	14th	9	31	171	217	−46	37
12.	Pelicans	54	8th	8th	38	108	197	−89	24

Best scorer

Abbreviations: T = goals, A = assists

Pl	player	team	T	A.	Points
1.	Kai Nurminen	TPS	41	37	78
2.	Jan Čaloun	HIFK	38	34	72
3.	Janne Ojanen	Tappara	18th	47	65
4th	Tomáš Vlasák	HPK	24	39	63
5.	Jaroslav Bednář	JYP	34	28	62
6th	Kimmo Rintanen	TPS	16	44	60
7th	Alexander Barkow	Tappara	21st	35	56
8th.	Petr tone	JYP	24	30th	54
9.	Kalle Sahlstedt	TPS	30th	23	53
10.	Tomi Kallio	TPS	26th	27	53

Play-offs

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Places 1-8 were automatically qualified for the play-offs. The teams that had won the most of five games in the quarter and semi-finals against their opponents qualified for the next round. The winners of the semi-finals made it to the final while the losers played for third place in the small final. Five games were also 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. 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
	March 23-26, 2000
	TPS	3
					1.4. - 5.4.2000
	Ilves	0
					TPS	3
	March 23-28, 2000
					HIFK	1
	Tappara	1
									April 11-16, 2000
	HIFK	3
									TPS	3
	March 23-28, 2000
									Jokerite	1
	HPK	3
					1.4. - 4.4.2000
	blues	1
					HPK	0			Game for third place
	March 23-28, 2000
					Jokerite	3
	Lukko	1							HPK	1
	Jokerite	3							HIFK	0
									7.4.2000

Quarter finals

TPS - Ilves March 23 TPS Ilves 6-3 25th March Ilves TPS 1-7 26th of March TPS Ilves 4-3 n.V. TPS wins the round 3-0.

Tappara - HIFK March 23 Tappara HIFK 1-3 25th March HIFK Tappara 3-2 a.d. 26th of March Tappara HIFK 5-3 28th March HIFK Tappara 5-4 HIFK wins the round with 3: 1.

HPK - blues March 23 HPK blues 5-2 25th March blues HPK 4-3 n.V. 26th of March HPK blues 8-1 28th March blues HPK 1-4 HPK wins the round 3-1.

Lukko - jokerite March 22 HIFK Jokerite 1-0 March 23 Jokerite HIFK 3-2 a.d. 25th March HIFK Jokerite 0-1 27th of March Jokerite HIFK 3-1 Jokerit wins the round 3-1.

Semifinals

TPS - HIFK April 1st TPS HIFK 4-5 2nd of April HIFK TPS 1-3 4. April TPS HIFK 6-1 April 5th HIFK TPS 2-4 TPS wins the round 3-1.

HPK - jokerite April 1st HPK Jokerite 3-4 a.d. 3rd of April Jokerite HPK 7-0 4. April HPK Jokerite 3-4 Jokerit wins the round 3-0.

third place

HPK - HIFK
7th of April	HPK	HIFK	5-2
HPK wins bronze.

final

TPS - Jokerite
11 April	TPS	Jokerite	4-2
April 13th	Jokerite	TPS	1-4
April 14th	TPS	Jokerite	2-3
April 16	Jokerite	TPS	1-2
TPS wins the championship 3-1. Jokerite receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion TPS Turku

Goalkeepers: Antero Niittymäki , Fredrik Norrena Defenders: Kimmo Eronen , Kari Harila , Marko Kiprusoff , Mika Lehtinen , Jouni Loponen , Ilkka Mikkola , Tommi Rajamäki Attackers: Teemu Elomo , Tero Forsell , Michael Holmqvist , Tomi Kallio , Esa Keskinen , Jani Kiviharju , Joni Lius , Kai Nurminen , Mikko Rautee , Kimmo Rintanen , Kalle Sahlstedt , Marco Tuokko , Ville Vahalahti , Tony Virta Head coach: Hannu Jortikka

Best scorer

Abbreviations: T = goals, A = assists

Pl	player	team	T	A.	Points
1.	Kai Nurminen	TPS	5	9	14th
2.	Kimmo Rintanen	TPS	7th	6th	13
3.	Tomi Kallio	TPS	4th	9	13
4th	Timo Pärssinen	HPK	5	5	10
5.	Niko Kapanen	HPK	1	9	10

SM liiga qualification

In order not to be relegated, the last placed team in the SM-liiga (in this case Pelicans Lahti) had to prove themselves against three candidates for promotion from the second Finnish ice hockey league (1st division). The promotion candidates were on the one hand the best-placed team in the regular season of the 1st division ( Oulun Kärpät ) and the first and second-placed teams in the play-offs ( Vaasan Sport and Diskos Jyväskylä ). There were two qualifying rounds, with the winners of the first competing in the second round. Whoever won the second round was allowed to stay in the SM-liiga or be promoted to it.

1 round

Pelicans - discos 25th March Pelicans Discos 9-2 26th of March Discos Pelicans 2-6 28th March Pelicans Discos 6-2 TPS wins the 1st round 3-0.

Kärpät - sport April 1st Kärpät Sports 4-2 3rd of April Sports Kärpät 1-4 4. April Kärpät Sports 5-2 Kärpät wins the 1st round 3-0.

2nd round

Pelicans - Kärpät
4. April	Pelicans	Kärpät	4-5 n.V.
April 6th	Kärpät	Pelicans	1-5
April 8th	Pelicans	Kärpät	0-1 a.d.
11 April	Kärpät	Pelicans	4-1
Kärpät wins the 2nd round with 3: 1.

Oulun Kärpät was promoted to the SM-liiga due to the result of the 2nd round. The league management decided retrospectively that the Pelicans Lahti do not have to relegate and thus 13 teams participate in the 2000/01 season . At the same time, the SM-liiga was closed for the coming seasons. This means that no team could be promoted to this league or relegated to another league.

Awards

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Kai Nurminen	TPS
Jari Kurri Trophy	Tomi Kallio	TPS
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Antero Niittymäki	TPS
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Hannu Jortikka	TPS
Kultainen kypärä	Kai Nurminen	TPS
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Kai Nurminen	TPS
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Kai Nurminen	TPS
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Toni Lydman	HIFK
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Panu Bruun	-
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Kimmo Rintanen	TPS
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Marko Lepaus	-
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Pasi Nurminen	Jokerite
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Kai Nurminen	TPS

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• Championnat de Finlande de hockey sur glace 1999/2000