SM-liiga 2003/04

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The 2003/04 season was the 29th season of the SM-liiga . The Finnish ice hockey champion was Kärpät Oulu for the second time .

Regular season

mode

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

Source: sm-liiga.fi

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, SnV = victories after extra time, U = draws, NnV = 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.	TPS	56	30th	5	7th	3	11	169	112	+57	80
2.	Kärpät	56	29	6th	4th	4th	13	194	129	+65	78
3.	HIFK	56	30th	3	5	1	17th	181	142	+39	72
4th	HPK	56	27	3	7th	2	17th	162	122	+40	69
5.	Lukko	56	24	3	8th	3	18th	154	127	+27	65
6th	Ilves	56	24	5	3	4th	20th	159	148	+11	65
7th	Jokerite	56	23	4th	7th	3	19th	131	120	+11	64
8th.	Tappara	56	24	2	2	5	23	158	145	+13	59
9.	blues	56	18th	5	7th	3	23	134	139	−5	56
10.	JYP	56	18th	2	7th	5	24	138	166	−28	52
11.	Ässät	56	17th	4th	5	3	27	140	186	−46	50
12.	SaiPa	56	11	2	5	5	27	127	194	−67	36
13.	Pelicans	56	7th	1	7th	4th	37	110	227	−117	27

Best scorer

Source: sm-liiga.fi

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

Pl	player	team	Sp	T	A.	Points	+/-	SM
1.	Timo Pärssinen	HIFK	56	32	30th	62	15th	22nd
2.	Kimmo Kuhta	HIFK	56	31	28	59	15th	18th
3.	Brett Harkins	HIFK	52	10	49	59	15th	65
4th	Jari Viuhkola	Kärpät	53	25th	31	56	36	34
5.	Glen Metropolitan	Jokerite	55	15th	35	50	16	77
6th	Jarkko Immonen	JYP	52	23	26th	49	8th	28
7th	Antti Virtanen	JYP	56	18th	29	47	2	6th
8th.	Kai Nurminen	TPS	52	23	22nd	45	22nd	18th
9.	Cory Murphy	Ilves	56	18th	26th	44	−3	22nd
10.	Antti Aalto	TPS	50	16	28	44	22nd	46

Best goalkeeper

Source: sm-liiga.fi

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

Pl	player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	GT	GS	SO	GTS	Sv%
1.	Niklas Bäckström	Kärpät	43	2572: 08	24	9	87	1266	7th	2.03	93.57
2.	Markus Helanen	HPK	13	0702: 56	4th	4th	24	342	2	2.18	93.44
3.	Joni Puurula	HPK	33	1890: 17	16	9	69	879	4th	2.19	92.72
4th	Petri Vehanen	Lukko	45	2731: 58	22nd	13	97	1197	5	2.13	92.50
5.	Jere Myllyniemi	blues	19th	0994: 50	6th	7th	36	442	2	2.17	92.47

Play-offs

Source: sm-liiga.fi

mode

Places 1-6 were automatically qualified for the play-offs . Places 7-10 had to prevail in an additional best-of-3 round, with 7th place against 10th place and 8th place against 9th place. The teams that had won the most of seven games in the quarter-finals against their opponents qualified for the semi-finals. In the semifinals only five games were played against the opponent. 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.

Play-off qualification

Jokerite - JYP 7th March Jokerite JYP 5: 2 9th March JYP Jokerite 2: 3 Jokerit qualified 2-0.

Tappara - blues 7th March Tappara blues 1: 2 a.d. 9th March blues Tappara 1: 4 March 10th Tappara blues 0: 2 Blues qualified 2-1.

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	March 13-23, 2004
	TPS	4th
					March 27 - 31, 2004
	blues	2
					TPS	3
	13-19 March 2004
					HPK	0
	HPK	4th
									April 6-11, 2004
	Lukko	0
									TPS	1
	March 13-23, 2004
									Kärpät	3
	Kärpät	4th
					27.3. - 4.4.2004
	Jokerite	2
					Kärpät	3			Game for third place
	March 13-25, 2004
					HIFK	2
	HIFK	4th							HIFK	1
	Ilves	3							HPK	0
									7.4.2004

Quarter finals

TPS - blues March 13th TPS blues 3: 2 March, 15 blues TPS 4: 2 17. March TPS blues 4-0 19th March blues TPS 3: 2 March 21st TPS blues 4: 2 March 23 blues TPS 0: 2 TPS wins the round 4-2.

HPK - Lukko March 13th HPK Lukko 3: 2 March, 15 Lukko HPK 0: 5 17. March HPK Lukko 4-0 19th March Lukko HPK 1: 3 HPK wins the round 4-0.

Kärpät - Jokerit March 13th Kärpät Jokerite 3-2 March, 15 Jokerite Kärpät 2-3 17. March Kärpät Jokerite 2-5 19th March Jokerite Kärpät 1-2 March 21st Kärpät Jokerite 1-2 March 23 Jokerite Kärpät 1-2 Kärpät wins the round with 4: 2.

HIFK - Ilves March 13th HIFK Ilves 3: 1 March, 15 Ilves HIFK 3: 2 17. March HIFK Ilves 0: 3 19th March Ilves HIFK 4: 2 March 21st HIFK Ilves 3-0 April 23 Ilves HIFK 0: 1 April 25 HIFK Ilves 4: 3 HIFK wins the round 4: 3.

Semifinals

TPS - HPK 27th of March TPS HPK 2-0 March 29 HPK TPS 3: 4 a.d. March 31 TPS HPK 3: 1 TPS wins the round 3-0.

Kärpät - HIFK 27th of March Kärpät HIFK 3: 2 a.d. March 29 HIFK Kärpät 4: 2 March 31 Kärpät HIFK 0: 5 2nd of April HIFK Kärpät 2: 3 a.d. 4. April Kärpät HIFK 3: 2 a.d. Kärpät wins the round 3-2.

third place

HIFK - HPK
7th of April	HIFK	HPK	3: 1
HIFK wins bronze.

final

TPS - Kärpät
April 6th	TPS	Kärpät	1: 2
April 8th	Kärpät	TPS	4: 3
9th April	TPS	Kärpät	5-0
11 April	Kärpät	TPS	1: 0 a.d.
Kärpät wins the championship 3-1.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Kärpät Oulu

Goalkeepers: Nicklas Bäckström , Pekka Rinne Defenders: Topi Jaakola , Oskari Korpikari , Mikko Lehtonen , Kimmo Lotvonen , Ilkka Mikkola , Mikko Myllykoski , Mikko Palomäki , Martin Štěpánek , Ari Vallin Attackers: Juhamatti Aaltonen , Antti Aarnio , Mikko Alikoski , Juha-Pekka Haataja , Jussi Jokinen , Jyri Junnila , Henrik Juntunen , Brett Lievers , Tommi Paakkolanvaara , Sakari Palsola , Janne Pesonen , Mika Pyörälä , Pekka Saarenheimo , Juha Silvander , Brad Smyth , Petr Tenkrát , Jari Viuhkola Head coach: Kari Heikkilä

Best scorer

Source: sm-liiga.fi

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

Pl	player	team	Sp	T	A.	Points	+/-	SM
1.	Brett Harkins	HIFK	13	4th	9	13	3	12
2.	Antti Aalto	TPS	13	2	9	11	0	10
3.	Petr Tenkrát	Kärpät	15th	3	7th	10	−1	45
4th	Kimmo Kuhta	HIFK	13	8th	1	9	4th	2
5.	Kai Nurminen	TPS	13	6th	3	9	2	33
6th	Brett Lievers	Kärpät	15th	4th	5	9	−3	6th
7th	Jari Viuhkola	Kärpät	14th	3	5	8th	0	4th
8th.	Joonas Vihko	HIFK	13	3	5	8th	−1	6th
9.	Brad Smyth	Kärpät	15th	3	5	8th	−3	4th
10.	Mikko Koivu	TPS	13	1	7th	8th	5	8th

Best goalkeeper

Source: sm-liiga.fi

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

Pl	player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	GT	GS	SO	GTS	Sv%
1.	Jan Lundell	HIFK	11	623: 23	6th	3	15th	277	3	1.44	94.86
2.	Mika Lehto	Tappara	3	189: 58	1	2	5	90	0	1.58	94.74
3.	Teemu Lassila	TPS	12	679: 40	8th	4th	17th	286	4th	1.5	94.39
4th	Joni Puurula	HPK	8th	481: 31	4th	4th	14th	203	2	1.74	93.55
5.	Pasi Hakkinen	Jokerite	8th	476: 59	4th	4th	17th	214	0	2.14	92.64

Awards

trophies

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Timo Pärssinen	HIFK
Harry Lindbladin Commemorative Trophy	TPS	TPS
Jari Kurri Trophy	Niklas Bäckström	Kärpät
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Janne Pesonen	Kärpät
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Kari Heikkilä	Kärpät
Canada malja	Kärpät	Kärpät
Kultainen kypärä	Timo Pärssinen	HIFK
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Timo Pärssinen	HIFK
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Jari Viuhkola	Kärpät
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Toni Söderholm	HIFK
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Kimmo Kuhta	HIFK
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Niklas Bäckström	Kärpät
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Timo Pärssinen	HIFK

All-Star Team

Attack:	Kimmo Kuhta (HIFK) • Brett Harkins (HIFK) • Timo Pärssinen (HIFK)
Defense:	Cory Murphy (Ilves) • Toni Söderholm (HIFK)
Goal:	Niklas Bäckström (Kärpät)

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