SM-liiga 2004/05

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The 2004/05 season was the 30th season of the SM-liiga . The Finnish ice hockey champion was Kärpät Oulu for the third time .

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 decided by a shootout .

A win in regular time earned a team 3 points. A win and a defeat after extra time was rewarded with 2 or 1 point. There were no points for a defeat in regular time.

Closing table

Source: Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, SnV = victories after extra time, NnV = defeats after extra time, N = defeats, T = goals, GT = goals against, TD = goal difference

Pl	team	Sp	S.	SnV	NnV	N	T	GT	TD	Points
1.	Kärpät	56	35	5	6th	10	190	122	+68	121
2.	Jokerite	56	34	4th	3	15th	163	96	+67	113
3.	HPK Hämeenlinna	56	24	17th	2	13	196	128	+68	108
4th	Helsingfors IFK	56	29	5	7th	15th	162	116	+46	104
5.	Rauman Lukko	56	28	4th	6th	18th	152	130	+22	98
6th	TPS Turku	56	22nd	8th	10	16	146	142	+4	92
7th	Tampereen Ilves	56	22nd	6th	8th	20th	164	179	−15	86
8th.	JYP	56	23	2	7th	24	147	148	−1	80
9.	Tappara	56	17th	8th	6th	25th	151	172	−21	73
10.	Ässät	56	15th	8th	6th	27	140	178	−38	67
11.	Espoo Blues	56	15th	5	6th	30th	139	159	−20	61
12.	SaiPa	56	11	7th	5	33	145	195	−50	52
13.	Pelicans	56	7th	3	10	36	100	230	−130	37

Best scorer

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

Pl	player	team	Sp	T	A.	Points	+/-	SM
1.	Steve Kariya	Ilves	55	24	35	59	17th	32
2.	Pasi Saarela	Lukko	56	31	24	55	13	42
3.	Kimmo Kuhta	HIFK	56	29	20th	49	6th	36
4th	Kai Nurminen	TPS	54	25th	24	49	7th	42
5.	Frank Banham	SaiPa	56	24	25th	49	−22	70
6th	Jussi Jokinen	Kärpät	56	23	24	47	13	24
7th	Jarkko Immonen	JYP	54	19th	28	47	3	24
8th.	Glen Metropolitan	Jokerite	51	16	31	47	21st	42
9.	Hannes Hyvönen	Ilves	36	27	18th	45	16	51
10.	Ladislav Kohn	blues	56	17th	28	45	1	90

Best goalkeeper

Source: Abbreviations: SP = games, min = playing time (min: sec), S = wins, 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.	Tim Thomas	Jokerite	54	3266: 41	34	13	86	1503	15th	1.58	94.59
2.	Tomas Vokoun	HIFK	19th	1148: 26	11	4th	35	544	2	1.83	93.96
3.	Petri Vehanen	Lukko	17th	1027: 25	8th	6th	38	540	2	2.22	93.43
4th	Dwayne Roloson	Lukko	34	2048: 42	20th	10	70	940	4th	2.05	93.07
5.	Mika Noronen	HPK	27	1614: 22	14th	8th	54	686	2	2.01	92.7

Play-offs

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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

Ilves - Ässät March 12th Ilves Ässät 3-1 the 14th of March Ässät Ilves 1-4 Ilves qualified 2-0.

JYP - Tappara March 12th JYP Tappara 6-4 the 14th of March Tappara JYP 1-0 the 14th of March JYP Tappara 0-4 Tappara qualifies 2-1.

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	March 18-25, 2005
	Kärpät	4th
					1. - 5.4.2005
	Tappara	1
					Kärpät	3
	March 23-24, 2005
					Lukko	0
	HIFK	1
									April 12-17, 2005
	Lukko	4th
									Kärpät	3
	March 23-25, 2005
									Jokerite	1
	Jokerite	4th
					1. - 5.4.2005
	Ilves	1
					Jokerite	3			Game for third place
	March 23-27, 2005
					HPK	0
	HPK	4th							HPK	1
	TPS	2							Lukko	0
									8.4.2005

Quarter finals

Kärpät - Tappara March 18th Kärpät Tappara 2-0 19th March Tappara Kärpät 2-3 March 22 Kärpät Tappara 0-1 March 23 Tappara Kärpät 1-5 25th March Kärpät Tappara 6-2 Kärpät wins with 4: 1.

HIFK - Lukko 17. March HIFK Lukko 2-3 a.d. March 18th Lukko HIFK 3-0 March 21st HIFK Lukko 4-3 n.V. March 22 Lukko HIFK 2-0 March 24th HIFK Lukko 2-5 Lukko wins 4-1.

Jokerite - Ilves March 18th Jokerite Ilves 5-2 March, 20th Ilves Jokerite 3-2 March 22 Jokerite Ilves 7-1 March 24th Ilves Jokerite 1-3 25th March Jokerite Ilves 4-1 Jokerit wins 4-1.

HPK - TPS March 18th HPK TPS 3-2 19th March TPS HPK 3-2 March 22 HPK TPS 4-1 March 23 TPS HPK 3-2 25th March HPK TPS 4-3 27th of March TPS HPK 0-3 HPK wins 4: 2.

Semifinals

Kärpät - Lukko April 1st Kärpät Lukko 3-0 2nd of April Lukko Kärpät 1-3 April 5th Kärpät Lukko 4-3 Kärpät wins 3-0.

Jokerite - HPK April 1st Jokerite HPK 5-3 2nd of April HPK Jokerite 2-3 April 5th Jokerite HPK 4-1 Jokerit wins 3-0.

third place

HPK - Lukko
April 8th	HPK	Lukko	4-3 n.V.
HPK wins bronze.

Kärpät celebrates the championship victory in Helsinki

final

Kärpät - Jokerit
12. April	Kärpät	Jokerite	3-2 a.d.
April 14th	Jokerite	Kärpät	1-2
April 15th	Kärpät	Jokerite	1-2
17th April	Jokerite	Kärpät	0-2
Kärpät wins the championship 3-1. Jokerite receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Kärpät Oulu

Goalkeepers: Niklas Bäckström , Pekka Rinne Defenders: Josef Boumedienne , Topi Jaakola , Oskari Korpikari , Lasse Kukkonen , Mikko Lehtonen , Kimmo Lotvonen , Ilkka Mikkola , Janne Niinimaa , Ari Vallin , Antti Ylönen Attackers: Juhamatti Aaltonen , Antti Aarnio , Juha-Pekka Haataja , Jussi Jokinen , Henrik Juntunen , Tommi Paakkolanvaara , Sakari Palsola , Janne Pesonen , Mika Pyörälä , Pekka Saarenheimo , Toni Sihvonen , Eero Somervuori , Petr Tenkrát , Viktor Ujčík , Jari Viuhkola Head Coach: Kari Jalonen

Best scorer

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

Pl	player	team	Sp	T	A.	Points	+/-	SM
1.	Jari Viuhkola	Kärpät	12	5	10	15th	11	6th
2.	Marko Jantunen	Jokerite	12	6th	7th	13	1	2
3.	Petr Tenkrát	Kärpät	13	7th	4th	11	12	6th
4th	Jani Rita	HPK	10	7th	4th	11	4th	4th
5.	Valtteri Filppula	Jokerite	12	5	6th	11	7th	2
6th	Glen Metropolitan	Jokerite	12	5	6th	11	3	20th
7th	Pasi Saarela	Lukko	9	3	7th	10	−5	4th
8th.	Riku Hahl	HPK	10	2	6th	8th	5	2
9.	Sami Lepistö	Jokerite	12	1	7th	8th	6th	12
10.	Josh Holden	HPK	10	6th	1	7th	5	12

Best goalkeeper

Source: 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.	Niklas Bäckström	Kärpät	12	720: 20	10	2	15th	283	3	1.25	94.97
2.	Mika Lehto	Tappara	7th	370: 02	3	3	11	195	3	1.78	94.66
3.	Dwayne Roloson	Lukko	9	511: 57	4th	5	18th	288	2	2.11	94.12
4th	Tim Thomas	Jokerite	12	720: 37	8th	4th	22nd	335	0	1.83	93.84
5.	Jan Lundell	HIFK	3	115: 44	1	1	3	37	0	1.56	92.5

Awards

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Pasi Saarela	Lukko
Harry Lindbladin Commemorative Trophy	Kärpät	Kärpät
Jari Kurri Trophy	Niklas Bäckström	Kärpät
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Simo Vidgren	Ilves
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Kari Jalonen	Kärpät
Canada malja	Kärpät	Kärpät
Kultainen kypärä	Tim Thomas	Jokerite
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Tim Thomas	Jokerite
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Jukka Voutilainen	HPK
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Ilkka Mikkola	Kärpät
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Antti Orelma	-
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Jani Rita	HPK
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Jari Levonen	-
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Niklas Bäckström	Kärpät
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Steve Kariya	Ilves

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SM-liigan runkosarja Kausi 2004-2005 Sarjataulukko. (No longer available online.) In: sm-liiga.fi. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014 ; Retrieved April 21, 2014 (Finnish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ SM-liigan runkosarja Kausi 2004-2005 Pistepörssi Top 25. In: sm-liiga.fi. Archived from the original on May 13, 2006 ; Retrieved April 21, 2014 (Finnish). 
3. ^ Kausi 2004-2005 runkosarja Maalivahdit. (No longer available online.) In: sm-liiga.fi. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014 ; Retrieved April 21, 2014 (Finnish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ SM-liigan play-offs Kausi 2004-2005. (No longer available online.) In: sm-liiga.fi. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014 ; Retrieved April 21, 2014 (Finnish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ SM-liigan play-offs Kausi 2004-2005 Pistepörssi Top 25. In: sm-liiga.fi. Archived from the original on May 9, 2006 ; Retrieved April 21, 2014 (Finnish). 
6. ↑ Kausi 2004-2005 play-offs Maalivahdit. (No longer available online.) In: sm-liiga.fi. Archived from the original on April 23, 2014 ; Retrieved April 21, 2014 (Finnish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.