SM-liiga 2007/08

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The 2007/08 season was the 33rd season in the SM-liiga . It began on September 11, 2007 and ended on April 12, 2008. For the second time in a row and for the fifth time in total, Kärpät Oulu became the Finnish ice hockey champion .

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 : sm-liiga.fi; Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, SnV = victories after overtime, NnV = defeats after overtime, N = defeats, pts = points

Location of the clubs, the 2007/08 SM liiga season

rank	team	Sp	S.	SnV	NnV	N	Gates	Pt
1.	Kärpät	56	32	10	5	9	205: 129	121
2.	blues	56	33	5	6th	12	165: 114	115
3.	Jokerite	56	29	5	8th	14th	179: 152	105
4th	Tappara	56	28	8th	4th	16	185: 136	104
5.	JYP	56	27	7th	6th	16	174: 129	101
6th	Pelicans	56	28	5	4th	19th	176: 142	98
7th	HIFK	56	23	11	6th	16	167: 145	97
8th.	Ilves	56	24	8th	2	22nd	161: 164	90
9.	Lukko	56	18th	4th	6th	28	137: 156	68
10.	TPS	56	18th	2	8th	27	130: 164	67
11.	SaiPa	56	15th	5	7th	29	115: 155	62
12.	HPK	56	16	1	6th	33	123: 183	56
13.	KalPa	56	13	5	3	35	128: 179	52
14th	Ässät	56	10	2	6th	38	111: 208	40

Best scorer

Janne Pesonen during the away game against Ilves on September 27, 2007

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Janne Pesonen	Kärpät	56	34	44	78	39	58
Ville Leino	Jokerite	55	28	49	77	34	18th
Hannes Hyvönen	Kärpät	54	24	42	66	33	42
Jarkko Immonen	JYP	54	26th	37	43	4th	54
Tim Stapleton	Jokerite	55	29	33	62	22nd	36
Tommi Santala	Jokerite	56	28	30th	58	22nd	82
Matias Loppi	Pelicans	55	18th	40	58	15th	20th
Michal Broš	Kärpät	53	25th	28	53	28	34
Timo Koskela	Tappara	56	20th	33	53	10	42
Janne Ojanen	Tappara	56	17th	35	52	13	26th

Best goalkeeper

Source: sm-liiga.fi; Abbreviations: Sp = games, min = minutes: seconds, S = wins; N = defeats, GT = goals conceded, GS = shots saved, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals against goals , Sv% = shots saved (in%)

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	U	N	GT	GS	SO	GTS	Sv%
Bernd Brückler	blues	50	3008: 02	28	10	12	99	1193	7th	1.97	92.34
Tuomas Tarkki	Kärpät	37	2210: 57	21st	10	5	74	1017	2	2.01	93.22
Sinuhe Wallinheimo	JYP	27	1617: 31	14th	6th	7th	56	725	2	2.08	92.83
Pekka Tuokkola	JYP	30th	1710: 40	13	7th	8th	63	799	3	2.21	92.69
Mika Lehto	Tappara	45	2709: 46	27	7th	11	103	1173	7th	2.28	91.93

Play-offs

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 or semi-finals against their opponents qualified for the semi-finals or final. Seven games were also played in the final. Whoever won the most games was the winner of the season. The losers in the semi-finals played in just one game for third place in the small final. 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

HIFK - TPS 7th March HIFK TPS 5-4 n.V. 9th March TPS HIFK 0-1 HIFK qualified 2-0.

Ilves - Lukko 7th March Ilves Lukko 4-2 9th March Lukko Ilves 4-3 n.V. March 10th Ilves Lukko 1-0 Ilves qualified 2-1.

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	12-21 March 2008
	Kärpät	4th
					March 24-30, 2008
	Ilves	2
					Kärpät	4th
	12-21 March 2008
					Tappara	0
	Tappara	4th
									April 5th - 12th, 2008
	JYP	2
									Kärpät	4th
	12-29 March 2008
									blues	1
	blues	4th
					24. - 3.4.2008
	HIFK	1
					blues	4th			Game for third place
	12-21 March 2008
					Jokerite	3
	Jokerite	4th							Jokerite	0
	Pelicans	2							Tappara	1
									5.4.2008

Quarter finals

Kärpät - Ilves March 12th Kärpät Ilves 7-1 the 14th of March Ilves Kärpät 3-2 March 16 Kärpät Ilves 7-5 March 18th Ilves Kärpät 3-0 19th March Kärpät Ilves 6-3 March 21st Ilves Kärpät 1-2 n.V. Kärpät wins the round with 4: 2.

Tappara - JYP March 12th Tappara JYP 2-1 the 14th of March JYP Tappara 5-4 n.V. March 16 Tappara JYP 4-2 March 18th JYP Tappara 3-0 19th March Tappara JYP 4-1 March 21st JYP Tappara 2-6 Tappara wins the round 4-2.

Blues - HIFK March 12th blues HIFK 1-2 the 14th of March HIFK blues 3-6 March 16 blues HIFK 6-1 March 18th HIFK blues 0-3 19th March blues HIFK 4-1 Blues wins the round 4-1.

Jokerite - Pelicans March 12th Jokerite Pelicans 8-4 the 14th of March Pelicans Jokerite 3-1 March 16 Jokerite Pelicans 3-2 a.d. March 18th Pelicans Jokerite 4-5 19th March Jokerite Pelicans 4-5 n.V. March 21st Pelicans Jokerite 4-5 n.V. Jokerit wins the round 4-2.

Semifinals

Kärpät - Tappara March 24th Kärpät Tappara 4-3 26th of March Tappara Kärpät 2-4 28th March Kärpät Tappara 3-2 March 30 Tappara Kärpät 3-7 Kärpät wins the round 4-0.

Blues - Jokerit March 24th blues Jokerite 2-3 a.d. 26th of March Jokerite blues 3-4 a.d. 28th March blues Jokerite 2-3 a.d. March 30 Jokerite blues 4-0 March 31 blues Jokerite 5-1 2nd of April Jokerite blues 1-2 n.V. 3rd of April blues Jokerite 5-3 Blues wins the round 4-3.

third place

Jokerite - Tappara
April 5th	Jokerite	Tappara	3-4
Tappara wins bronze.

final

Kärpät - Blues
April 5th	Kärpät	blues	3-1
7th of April	blues	Kärpät	1-2 n.V.
9th April	Kärpät	blues	2-3 a.d.
10th of April	blues	Kärpät	0-4
12. April	Kärpät	blues	5-1
Kärpät wins the championship 4: 1. Blues receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Kärpät Oulu

Goalkeepers: Andy Chiodo , Tuomas Tarkki Defenders: Kari Haakana , Topi Jaakola , Juho Jokinen , Toni Kirén , Jukka-Pekka Laamanen , Mikko Lehtonen , Ilkka Mikkola , Atte Ohtamaa , Antti Ylönen Attackers: Juhamatti Aaltonen , Antti Aarnio , Mikko Alikoski , Jonas Andersson , Michal Broš , Hannes Hyvönen , Jere Karalahti , Veikko Karppinen , Oskari Korpikari , Ondřej Kratěna , Kristian Kuusela , Tomi Mustonen , Teemu Normio , Tommi Paakkolanvaara , Janne Pesonen , Kalle Sahlstedt , Jari Viuhkola Head Coach: Kari Jalonen

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	A.	P	+/-	SM
Hannes Hyvönen	Kärpät	15th	8th	13	21st	10	14th
Ville Leino	Jokerite	14th	8th	11	19th	8th	8th
Tim Stapleton	Jokerite	14th	9	8th	17th	7th	8th
Marko Kauppinen	Jokerite	14th	5	12	17th	7th	10
Janne Pesonen	Kärpät	14th	7th	9	16	9	10
Tommi Santala	Jokerite	13	4th	12	16	9	18th
Ben Eaves	blues	13	7th	5	12	−1	8th
Jari Viuhkola	Kärpät	15th	5	7th	12	6th	8th
Clarke Wilm	Jokerite	14th	5	6th	11	± 0	10
Miikka Männikkö	Ilves	9	4th	7th	11	2	4th

Best goalkeeper

Source: sm-liiga.fi; Abbreviations: Sp = games, min = minutes: seconds, S = wins; 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	12	775: 55	10	2	22nd	364	1	1.70	94.30
Bernd Brückler	blues	17th	1079: 50	9	8th	39	475	1	2.17	92.41
Jani Nieminen	HIFK	6th	316: 04	3	3	12	132	1	2.28	91.67
Petri Vehanen	Lukko	3	178: 20	1	2	8th	90	0	2.69	91.84

Awards

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Janne Pesonen	Kärpät
Aaro Kivilinna Commemorative Trophy		Kärpät
Harry Lindblad Commemorative Trophy		Kärpät
Jari Kurri Trophy	Tuomas Tarkki	Kärpät
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Oskar Osala	blues
Juha Rantasila Trophy	Anssi Salmela	Tappara
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Petri Matikainen	blues
Canada malja		Kärpät
Kultainen kypärä	Ville Leino	Jokerite
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Ville Leino	Jokerite
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Janne Pesonen	Kärpät
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Arto Laatikainen	blues
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Petri Tuomisto	-
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Janne Ojanen	Tappara
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Timo Favorin	-
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Tuomas Tarkki	Kärpät
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Janne Pesonen	Kärpät

Audience statistics

Source: sm-liiga.fi

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

team	Ice rink	capacity	Spectator reg. season	Spectator play-offs	Total audience	Audience Ø	sold out games	Occupancy in%
blues	LänsiAuto Areena	6,914	135,450	50,720	186.170	5,032	0	72.77
HIFK	Helsingin Jäähalli	8,200	184.055	21,041	205.096	6,616	3	80.68
HPK	Rinkelinmäden Jäähalli	5,000	92,888	0	92,888	3,317	0	66.35
Ilves	Hakametsä	7,800	165,592	28,922	194,514	5,894	3	75.57
Jokerite	Hartwall Areena	13,506	240,548	50,909	291,457	8,327	0	61.66
JYP	Jyväskylän Jäähalli	4,500	113,532	13,500	127.032	4,098	11	91.06
KalPa	Kuopion Jaehalli	5,225	94,877	0	94,877	3,388	0	64.85
Kärpät	Oulun Energia Areena	6,614	169,536	49,157	218,693	6,075	8th	91.85
Lukko	DNA Areena	5,400	104,536	3,192	107,728	3,715	1	68.79
Pelicans	Isku Areena	4,910	119,078	14,540	133,618	4,310	8th	87.79
SaiPa	Kisapuisto	4,847	96,620	0	96,620	3,451	1	71.19
Tappara	Hakametsä	7,800	159.941	27,317	187.258	5,674	2	72.75
TPS	Turkuhalli	11,820	167.405	5,319	172.724	5,956	0	50.39
Ässät	Porin Jäähalli	6,472	118,425	0	118,425	4,229	1	65.35
total		99.008	1,962,483	264,617	2,227,100	5,096	38	72.06

swell

1. ↑ sm-liiga.fi: Kausi 2007–2008 runkosarja Sarjataulukko [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ sm-liiga.fi: Kausi 2007–2008 runkosarja Pistepörssi - ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
3. ↑ sm-liiga.fi: Kausi 2007–2008 runkosarja Maalivahdit - ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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-liiga.fi: Kausi 2007–2008 play-offs [2]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ sm-liiga.fi: Kausi 2007–2008 play-offs Pistepörssi [3]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ sm-liiga.fi: Kausi 2006–2007 play-offs Maalivahdit [4]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ sm-liiga.fi: Ottelut 2007-2008 [5]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

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