SM-liiga 2001/02

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The 2001/02 season was the 27th season of the SM-liiga . For the fifth time since the founding of the SM-liiga and for the sixth time in total, Jokerit Helsinki 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 eight additional times against local teams. Each game consisted of three thirds of 20 minutes each. If there was a tie after regular time, five minutes of extra time were played. The first goal in extra time decided the game for the team that scored the goal. In the event that a winner was still not found after extra time, the game was considered a tie.

A win in regular time or after extra time earned a team 2 points. A tie and a defeat after extra time were rewarded with one point. There were no points for a defeat in regular time.

Closing table

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, SnV = victories after extra time, U / NnV = draws / defeats after extra time, N = defeats, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, TD = goal difference

Pl	team	Sp	S.	SnV	U / NnV	N	T	GT	TD	Points
1.	Tappara	56	34	2	7th	13	173	109	+64	79
2.	HPK	56	33	3	6th	14th	221	138	+83	78
3.	Jokerite	56	29	2	9	16	160	102	+58	71
4th	TPS	56	31	1	5	19th	154	111	+43	69
5.	Pelicans	56	27	4th	6th	19th	157	152	+5	68
6th	Kärpät	56	25th	1	8th	22nd	156	148	+8	60
7th	Ilves	56	22nd	2	10	22nd	155	161	−6	58
8th.	blues	56	24	1	8th	23	156	171	−15	58
9.	JYP	56	19th	4th	11	22nd	145	158	−13	57
10.	HIFK	56	19th	0	11	26th	148	168	−20	49
11.	Ässät	56	13	4th	6th	33	133	191	−58	40
12.	Lukko	56	13	0	9	34	10	181	−71	35
13.	SaiPa	56	13	1	3	39	124	202	−78	31

Top scorer

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

Pl	player	team	Sp	T	A.	Points	+/-	SM
1.	Janne Ojanen	Tappara	54	20th	41	61	19th	30th
2.	Vesa Viitakoski	Ilves	56	34	26th	60	10	12
3.	Vladimír Vůjtek	HPK	45	19th	39	58	29	38
4th	Jan Čaloun	blues	48	15th	43	58	−9	49
5.	Antti Miettinen	HPK	56	19th	37	56	32	50
6th	Mikko Peltola	Pelicans	54	17th	38	55	11	60
7th	Vladimír Machulda	Jokerite	55	25th	28	53	−3	20th
8th.	Jussi Tarvainen	Tappara	56	24	26th	50	17th	42
9.	Jani Hassinen	Tappara	56	24	25th	49	17th	65
10.	Eero Somervuori	HPK	56	25th	23	48	25th	34

Best goalkeeper

Pl	player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	GT	Sv	SO	GTS	Sv%
1.	Kari Lehtonen	Jokerite	23	1242: 32	13	5	37	585	4th	1.79	94.05
2.	Antero Niittymäki	TPS	27	1498: 20	16	8th	46	688	3	1.84	93.73
3.	Jamie Ram	Jokerite	37	2165: 20	16	11	61	894	5	1.69	93.61
4th	Fredrik Norrena	TPS	32	1877: 56	14th	11	62	850	2	1.98	93.2
5.	Tero Leinonen	JYP	21st	1246: 12	9	5	49	602	2	2.36	92.47

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

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 20-23, 2002
	Tappara	3
					30.3. - 2.4.2002
	blues	0
					Tappara	3
	March 20-26, 2002
					TPS	0
	TPS	3
									April 9-14, 2002
	Pelicans	1
									Tappara	1
	March 20-23, 2002
									Jokerite	3
	HPK	3
					30.3. - 4.4.2002
	Ilves	0
					HPK	1			Game for third place
	March 19-26, 2002
					Jokerite	3
	Jokerite	3							HPK	1
	Kärpät	1							TPS	0
									8.4.2002

Quarter finals

Tappara - blues March, 20th Tappara blues 3-1 March 22 blues Tappara 2-5 March 23 Tappara blues 3-1 Tappara wins the round 3-0.

TPS - Pelicans March, 20th TPS Pelicans 4-1 March 22 Pelicans TPS 5-4 March 23 TPS Pelicans 3-2 26th of March Pelicans TPS 0-2 TPS wins the round 3-1.

HPK - Ilves March, 20th HPK Ilves 4-1 March 22 Ilves HPK 1-6 March 23 HPK Ilves 5-1 HPK wins the round 3-0.

Jokerit - Kärpät 19th March Jokerite Kärpät 6-2 March 22 Kärpät Jokerite 5-3 March 23 Jokerite Kärpät 3-0 26th of March Kärpät Jokerite 1-5 Jokerit wins the round 3-1.

Semifinals

Tappara - TPS March 30 Tappara TPS 3-1 March 31 TPS Tappara 1-3 2nd of April Tappara TPS 2-1 Tappara wins the round 3-0.

HPK - jokerite March 30 HPK Jokerite 4-3 March 31 Jokerite HPK 3-2 2nd of April HPK Jokerite 2-3 4. April Jokerite HPK 1-0 Jokerit wins the round 3-1.

third place

HPK - TPS
April 8th	HPK	TPS	3-1
HPK wins bronze.

final

Tappara - jokerite
9th April	Tappara	Jokerite	5-4
10th of April	Jokerite	Tappara	3-1
12. April	Tappara	Jokerite	0-3
April 14th	Jokerite	Tappara	2-1
Jokerit wins the championship 3-1. Tappara receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Jokerit Helsinki

Goalkeepers: Kari Lehtonen , Jamie Ram Defenders: Rami Alanko , Alex Brooks , Kari Haakana , Tom Koivisto , Olli Malmivaara , Ilkka Mikkola , Pasi Saarinen , Ari Vallin Attackers: Antti Aalto , Frank Banham , Sean Bergheim , Teemu Laine , Vladimír Machulda , Niko Mikkola , Petri Pakaslahti , Ville Peltonen , Jussi Pesonen , Pavel Rosa , Mikko Ruutu , Tuomo Ruutu , Teemu Sainomaa , Antti Törmänen , Pasi Tuominen , Tomek Valtonen , Jukka Voutilainen Head coach: Raimo Summanen

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, A = assists, P = points, SM = penalty minutes

Pl	player	team	Sp	T	A.	Points	+/-	SM
1.	Vladimír Machulda	Jokerite	12	8th	4th	12	8th	2
2.	Vladimír Vůjtek	HPK	8th	4th	7th	11	4th	6th
3.	Tom Koivisto	Jokerite	12	3	8th	11	8th	2
4th	Frank Banham	Jokerite	12	8th	1	9	3	22nd
5.	Janne Ojanen	Tappara	10	2	7th	9	5	6th
6th	Antti Aalto	Jokerite	12	1	8th	9	3	12
7th	Pavel Rosa	Jokerite	12	3	5	8th	8th	18th
8th.	Ždenek Nedved	HPK	8th	4th	3	7th	6th	0
9.	Jussi Tarvainen	Tappara	10	4th	3	7th	0	0
10.	Tomáš Kucharčík	HPK	8th	3	4th	7th	3	0

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: SP = games, min = playing time (min: sec), S = victories; N = defeats, GT = goals conceded, GS = shots saved, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals against goals, GS% = shots saved (in%)

Pl	player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	GT	GS	SO	GTS	GS%
1.	Fredrik Norrena	TPS	4th	256: 43	1	3	7th	138	1	1.64	95.17
2.	Kari Lehtonen	Jokerite	11	623: 04	8th	2	18th	284	3	1.73	94.04
3.	Joni Puurula	HPK	8th	453: 42	3	3	13	190	0	1.72	93.6
4th	Thomas Draper	Tappara	10	617: 32	7th	3	18th	262	0	1.75	93.57
5.	Antero Niittymäki	TPS	4th	295: 29	2	2	11	138	0	2.23	92.62

Awards

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Vesa Viitakoski	Ilves
Jari Kurri Trophy	Kari Lehtonen	Jokerite
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Joonas Vihko	HIFK
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Raimo Summanen	Jokerite
Kultainen kypärä	Janne Ojanen	Tappara
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Janne Ojanen	Tappara
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Marko Tuulola	HPK
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Tom Koivisto	Jokerite
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Vesa Viitakoski	Ilves
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Kari Lehtonen	Jokerite
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Janne Ojanen	Tappara