SM-liiga 2006/07

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The 2006/07 season was the 32nd season in the SM-liiga . It started on September 14, 2006 and ended on April 12, 2007. The Finnish ice hockey champion was Kärpät Oulu for the fourth time .

In the spring of 2007 a team from the Mestis had the opportunity to move up to the SM-liiga and to form the 15th team in the highest league (see Mestis 2006/07 # SM-liiga qualification ).

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 3 times 20 minutes. 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: liiga.fi

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, SnV = victories after extra time, NnV = defeats after extra time, N = defeats, ET = goals scored, GT = goals conceded, TD = goal difference P = points

Location of the clubs, the 2006/07 SM liiga season

rank	team	Sp	S.	SnV	NnV	N	ET	GT	TD	P
1.	Kärpät	56	33	6th	4th	13	197	125	+72	115
2.	Jokerite	56	32	6th	3	15th	194	144	+50	111
3.	HPK	56	25th	11	5	15th	192	160	+32	102
4th	Tappara	56	28	3	8th	17th	159	130	+29	98
5.	blues	56	24	5	10	17th	156	135	+21	92
6th	HIFK	56	25th	5	5	21st	165	159	+6	90
7th	TPS	56	23	6th	5	22nd	167	155	+12	86
8th.	Lukko	56	21st	5	8th	22nd	183	191	−8	81
9.	Ilves	56	21st	6th	5	24	139	147	−8	80
10.	Pelicans	56	19th	7th	6th	24	147	151	−4	77
11.	SaiPa	56	19th	4th	4th	29	150	181	−31	72
12.	JYP	56	15th	7th	8th	26th	138	165	−27	67
13.	Ässät	56	15th	3	3	35	133	199	−66	54
14th	KalPa	56	12	5	5	34	130	208	−78	51

Best scorer

Source: liiga.fi

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

	player	team	Sp	T	A.	P	+/-	SM
1.	Martin Kariya	blues	51	18th	43	61	17th	58
2.	Josef Straka	Lukko	56	24	36	60	−8	66
3.	Juha-Pekka Haataja	Lukko	56	27	32	59	−3	52
4th	Kim Hirschovits	Jokerite	54	19th	40	59	16	62
5.	Stephen Guolla	HIFK	49	11	45	56	4th	44
6th	Janne Pesonen	Kärpät	56	22nd	33	55	22nd	38
7th	Shayne Toporowski	Lukko	55	19th	34	53	−8	86
8th.	Jani Rita	Jokerite	56	32	20th	52	24	28
9.	Toni Mäkiaho	HPK	55	15th	36	51	−6	51
10.	Kimmo Kuhta	HIFK	55	24	26th	50	5	32

Best goalkeeper

Source: 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, GS% = shots saved (in%)

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	U	N	GT	GS	SO	GTS	GS%
Tuomas Tarkki	Kärpät	46	2735: 51	26th	7th	12	91	1297	6th	2.00	93.44
Tommi Nikkila	Tappara	36	2122: 05	20th	7th	7th	71	942	4th	2.01	92.99
Jan Lundell	HIFK	50	2881: 02	23	9	18th	120	1544	2	2.5	92.79
Tuukka Rask	Ilves	49	2871: 51	18th	10	18th	114	1459	3	2.38	92.75
Bernd Brückler	blues	51	3076: 50	23	13	14th	109	1368	7th	2.13	92.62

Play-offs

Source: 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. For the semi-finals, the teams that had won four out of a maximum of seven games in the quarter-finals against their opponents qualified. In the semifinals only a maximum of five games were played. The winners of the semifinals made it to the final, while the losers in the small final played for third place. A maximum of five games were also played in the final. 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 3 times 20 minutes. After the regular time, extensions of 20 minutes each were played until a winner was found through a decisive goal.

Play-off qualification

TPS - Pelicans 9th March TPS Pelicans 0: 2 March 11 Pelicans TPS 3: 1 Pelicans qualified 2-0.

Lukko - Ilves 9th March Lukko Ilves 3: 2 March 11 Ilves Lukko 2: 1 March 13th Lukko Ilves 2: 5 Ilves qualified 2-1.

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	March 15-20, 2007
	Kärpät	4th
					March 28 - 31, 2007
	Pelicans	0
					Kärpät	3
	March 15-22, 2007
					blues	0
	Tappara	1
									7-12 March 2007
	blues	4th
									Kärpät	3
	March 15-20, 2007
									Jokerite	0
	Jokerite	4th
					March 28 - 31, 2007
	Ilves	0
					Jokerite	3			Game for third place
	March 15-22, 2007
					HPK	0
	HPK	4th							HPK	1
	HIFK	1							blues	0
									5.4.2007

Quarter finals

Kärpät - Pelicans March, 15 Kärpät Pelicans 3-0 17. March Pelicans Kärpät 0: 2 19th March Kärpät Pelicans 3: 2 a.d. March, 20th Pelicans Kärpät 0: 1 Kärpät wins the round 4-0.

Jokerite - Ilves March, 15 Jokerite Ilves 2: 1 17. March Ilves Jokerite 1: 4 19th March Jokerite Ilves 6: 1 March, 20th Ilves Jokerite 2: 4 Jokerit wins the round 4-0.

HPK - HIFK March, 15 HPK HIFK 4: 1 17. March HIFK HPK 2: 1 19th March HPK HIFK 5-0 March, 20th HIFK HPK 2: 4 March 22 HPK HIFK 2: 1 a.d. HPK wins the round 4-1.

Tappara - blues March, 15 Tappara blues 3: 2 a.d. 17. March blues Tappara 3: 2 a.d. 19th March Tappara blues 1: 7 March, 20th blues Tappara 2-0 March 22 Tappara blues 1: 2 a.d. Blues wins the round 4-1.

Semifinals

Kärpät - Blues 28th March Kärpät blues 4: 1 March 30 blues Kärpät 2: 3 March 31 Kärpät blues 3: 2 a.d. Kärpät wins the round 3-0.

Jokerite - HPK 28th March Jokerite HPK 2: 1 a.d. March 30 HPK Jokerite 1: 2 a.d. March 31 Jokerite HPK 4-0 Jokerit wins the round 3-0.

third place

Second game of the final between Kärpät and Jokerit in Hartwall Areena

HPK - blues
April 5th	HPK	blues	7: 2
HPK wins bronze.

final

Kärpät - Jokerit
7th of April	Kärpät	Jokerite	3: 2
10th of April	Jokerite	Kärpät	2: 4
12. April	Kärpät	Jokerite	5: 2

Kärpät wins the playoff final for the championship 3-0 against Jokerit.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Kärpät Oulu

Goalkeepers: Tuomas Tarkki , Jaakko Suomalainen Defenders: Josef Boumedienne , Topi Jaakola , Oskari Korpikari , Jukka-Pekka Laamanen , Tommi Leinonen , Jouni Loponen , Ross Lupaschuk , Ilkka Mikkola , Antti Ylönen Attackers: Juhamatti Aaltonen , Antti Aarnio , Mikko Alikoski , Michal Broš , Hannes Hyvönen , Jyri Junnila , Veikko Karppinen , Tomi Mustonen , Teemu Normio , Tommi Paakkolanvaara , Janne Pesonen , Mika Pyörälä , Kalle Sahlstedt , Viktor Ujčík , Jari Viuhkola Head Coach: Kari Jalonen

Best scorer

Source: liiga.fi; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, A = assists , P = points, SM = penalty minutes, +/- = plus / minus

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Michal Broš	Kärpät	10	6th	6th	12	11	18th
Tim Stapleton	Jokerite	10	6th	4th	10	5	8th
Jari Viuhkola	Kärpät	10	4th	6th	10	7th	6th
Clarke Wilm	Jokerite	10	2	8th	10	5	14th
Ross Lupaschuk	Kärpät	10	1	9	10	10	18th
Ville Leino	HPK	8th	1	9	10	6th	31
Tony Virta	Jokerite	10	0	10	10	6th	31
Janne Lahti	HPK	9	8th	1	9	4th	4th
Toni Koivisto	Ilves	7th	4th	4th	8th	1	0
Jari Tolsa	blues	9	3	5	8th	4th	6th

Best goalkeeper

Source: 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%)

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	GT	GS	SO	GTS	Sv%
Tuomas Tarkki	Kärpät	10	619: 43	10	0	13	293	3	1.26	95.75
Andy Chiodo	HPK	9	608: 52	5	4th	15th	294	1	1.48	95.15
Antti Niemi	Pelicans	6th	370: 35	2	4th	9	175	1	1.46	95.11
Juuso Riksman	Jokerite	10	653: 08	7th	3	13	314	1	1.56	94.86
Tuukka Rask	Ilves	7th	379: 10	2	5	20th	243	0	3.02	92.4

Awards

Source: sm-liiga.fi

trophies

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Jani Rita	Jokerite
Aaro Kivilinna Commemorative Trophy	blues	blues
Harry Lindbladin Commemorative Trophy	Kärpät	Kärpät
Jari Kurri Trophy	Janne Pesonen	HPK
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Tuomas Suominen	TPS
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Kari Jalonen	Kärpät
Canada malja	Kärpät	Kärpät
Kultainen kypärä	Cory Murphy	HIFK
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Cory Murphy	HIFK
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Martti Järventie	Jokerite
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Cory Murphy	HIFK
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Seppo Lindroos	-
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Tommi Paakkolanvaara	Kärpät
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Timo Favorin	-
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Tuomas Tarkki	Kärpät
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Martin Kariya	blues

All-Star Team

goal	Tuomas Tarkki
defense	Cory Murphy			Mikko Mänenpää
Storm	Janne Pesonen		Jari Viuhkola		Jani Rita

Audience statistics

This table shows the attendance at home games. The games were played in 13 different ice rinks (Ilves and Tappara shared one hall).

team	Ice rink	capacity	Viewers main round	Spectator playoffs	Total audience	Audience Ø	sold out	Occupancy in%
blues	LänsiAuto Areena	6,914	133,365	14,691	148.056	4,776	0	69.08
HIFK	Helsingin Jäähalli	8,120	185.614	13,861	199,475	6,648	4th	81.89
HPK	Ritarihalli	5,000	99,568	22,723	122.291	3,706	1	74.12
Ilves	Tampereen jäähalli	7,800	158,468	11,791	170.259	5,492	2	70.41
Jokerite	Hartwall Areena	13,665	249,980	38,444	288,424	8,740	1	63.96
JYP	Jyväskylän Jäähalli	4,500	93,822	0	93,822	3,351	0	69.63
KalPa	Niiralan Monttu	5,165	87,349	0	87,349	3,120	0	60.40
Kärpät	Oulun Energia Areena	6,614	159,691	35,878	195,569	5,752	7th	86.97
Lukko	Lännen Puhelin Areena	5,400	105,531	7,353	112,884	3,763	2	69.68
Pelicans	Isku Areena	5,098	113.167	13,916	127.083	4,099	2	80.41
SaiPa	Kisapuisto	5,200	96.292	0	96.292	3,439	0	66.13
Tappara	Tampereen jäähalli	7,800	157.345	12,995	170.340	5,495	1	70.45
TPS	Turkuhalli	11,820	180,350	3,147	183.497	6.327	0	53.53
Ässät	Porin jäähalli	6,421	122,950	0	122,950	4,391	1	68.39
total		99,517	1,943,492	174,799	2,118,291	4,984	21st	70.12

swell

1. ↑ liiga.fi, Joukkuetilastot 2006–2007 Runkosarja
2. ↑ liiga.fi: Kausi 2006-2007 Runkosarja Perustilastot
3. ↑ liiga.fi, Kausi 2006–2007 Runkosarja Maalivahdit
4. ↑ liiga.fi, Kausi 2006–2007 play-offs
5. ↑ liiga.fi, Kausi 2006-2007 play-offs Pistepörssi
6. ↑ liiga.fi, Kausi 2006–2007 play-offs Maalivahdit  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
7. ↑ sm-liiga.fi, SM-liiga palkitsi kauden parhaat , April 21, 2007
8. ↑ sm-liiga.fi, Yleisömäärät Runkosarja 2006-07 ( Memento from March 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ sm-liiga.fi, Yleisömäärät Play-offs 2006-07 ( Memento from March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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