SM-liiga 2008/09

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The 2008/09 season was the 34th season in the SM-liiga . It began on September 11, 2008 and ended on March 5, 2009. For the first time in the club's history, JYP Jyväskylä became Finnish ice hockey champion .

Regular season

mode

Compared to the previous season, the number of games increased from 56 to 58. 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

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 2008/09 SM liiga season

rank	team	Sp	S.	SnV	NnV	N	ET	GT	TD	P
1.	JYP	58	31	4th	5	18th	168	112	+56	106
2.	blues	58	28	4th	8th	18th	159	135	+24	100
3.	HPK	58	27	6th	6th	19th	166	151	+15	99
4th	Jokerite	58	28	4th	6th	20th	134	132	+2	98
5.	Kärpät	58	28	5	3	22nd	185	149	+35	97
6th	KalPa	58	28	3	7th	20th	153	138	+15	97
7th	HIFK	58	25th	5	5	23	169	167	+2	90
8th.	Ilves	58	22nd	7th	2	27	150	166	−16	82
9.	Pelicans	58	22nd	5	4th	27	149	145	+4	80
10.	TPS	58	21st	7th	3	27	133	159	−26	80
11.	Lukko	58	21st	6th	3	28	144	150	−6	78
12.	Ässät	58	21st	4th	4th	29	131	188	−57	75
13.	Tappara	58	21st	2	7th	28	141	152	−11	74
14th	SaiPa	58	17th	4th	3	34	136	174	−38	62

Best scorer

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

rank	player	team	Sp	T	A.	P	+/-	SM
1.	Kim Hirschovits	HIFK	58	18th	48	66	4th	54
2.	Jarkko Immonen	JYP	58	23	41	64	21st	40
3.	Toni Koivisto	Kärpät	58	23	39	62	7th	12
4th	Jussi Makkonen	HPK	57	27	32	59	17th	24
5.	Jonas Andersson	Kärpät	55	24	33	57	16	54
6th	Tuomas Pihlman	JYP	58	24	32	56	16	54
7th	Ryan Keller	blues	54	21st	34	55	−1	38
8th.	Steve Kariya	HPK	58	21st	33	54	11	26th
9.	Antti Virtanen	JYP	56	22nd	31	53	15th	26th
10.	Daniel Corso	Kärpät	41	22nd	30th	52	25th	45

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 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 1-3 8th of March TPS HIFK 4-1 TPS qualified 2-0.

Ilves - Pelicans 7th March Ilves Pelicans 2-3 8th of March Pelicans Ilves 0-1 a.d. March 10th Ilves Pelicans 2-3 a.d. Pelicans qualified 2-1.

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	March 13-23, 2009
	JYP	4th
					26.3. - 3.4.2009
	TPS	2
					JYP	4th
	March 13-23, 2009
					KalPa	1
	HPK	2
									April 8-19, 2009
	KalPa	4th
									JYP	4th
	March 13-24, 2009
									Kärpät	0
	blues	4th
					26.3. - 4.4.2009
	Pelicans	3
					blues	2			Game for third place
	13-21 March 2009
					Kärpät	4th
	Jokerite	1							blues	0
	Kärpät	4th							KalPa	1
									9.4.2009

Quarter finals

JYP - TPS March 13th JYP TPS 1-3 the 14th of March TPS JYP 1-2 n.V. 17. March JYP TPS 3-2 19th March TPS JYP 2-1 a.d. March 21st JYP TPS 3-1 March 23 TPS JYP 2-4 JYP wins the round 4-2.

HPK - KalPa March 13th HPK KalPa 0-3 the 14th of March KalPa HPK 1-3 17. March HPK KalPa 0-4 19th March KalPa HPK 2-1 a.d. March 21st HPK KalPa 2-1 March 23 KalPa HPK 3-2 a.d. KalPa wins the round with 4: 2.

Blues - Pelicans March 13th blues Pelicans 0-1 the 14th of March Pelicans blues 3-4 17. March blues Pelicans 2-3 19th March Pelicans blues 3-4 March 21st blues Pelicans 1-2 n.V. March 23 Pelicans blues 2-7 March 24th blues Pelicans 8-2 Blues wins the round 4-3.

Jokerit - Kärpät March 13th Jokerite Kärpät 1-4 the 14th of March Kärpät Jokerite 3-2 a.d. 17. March Jokerite Kärpät 4-1 19th March Kärpät Jokerite 6-1 March 21st Jokerite Kärpät 2-3 a.d. Kärpät wins the round with 4: 1.

Semifinals

JYP - KalPa 26th of March JYP KalPa 3-0 28th March KalPa JYP 1-4 March 30 JYP KalPa 1-2 April 1st KalPa JYP 1-2 3rd of April JYP KalPa 4-1 JYP wins the round 4-1.

Blues - Kärpät 26th of March blues Kärpät 3-2 a.d. 28th March Kärpät blues 3-2 March 30 blues Kärpät 2-3 a.d. April 1st Kärpät blues 1-4 3rd of April blues Kärpät 5-7 4. April Kärpät blues 4-3 n.V. Kärpät wins the round with 4: 2.

third place

Blues - KalPa
9th April	blues	KalPa	1-2
KalPa wins bronze.

final

JYP - Kärpät
April 8th	JYP	Kärpät	2-1 a.d.
10th of April	Kärpät	JYP	0-1
12. April	JYP	Kärpät	2-1
April 14th	Kärpät	JYP	2-5
JYP wins the championship 4-0. Kärpät receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion JYP Jyväskylä

Goalkeepers: Pekka Tuokkola , Sinuhe Wallinheimo Defenders: Henrik Forsberg , Antti Jaatinen , Kalle Kaijomaa , Kalle Koskinen , Jarno Lippojoki , Olli Malmivaara , Ville Mäntymaa , Esa Saksinen , Ilkka Vaarasuo , Jyrki Välivaara , Mikko Viitanen Attackers: Mikko Hakkarainen , Juha-Pekka Hytönen , Jarkko Immonen , Jari Jääskeläinen , Kaarlo Jormakka , Pekka Jormakka , Miika Lahti , Heikki Laine , Tuomo Laukkanen , Ossi Louhivaara , Harri Pesonen , Tuomas Pihlman , Markus Poukkula , Filip Riska , Olli Sipiläinen , Jani Tuppurainen , Tuomas Vänttinen , Jouni Virpiö , Antti Virtanen Head coach: Risto Dufva

Awards

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Jussi Makkonen	HPK
Aaro Kivilinna Commemorative Trophy		blues
Harry Lindblad Commemorative Trophy		JYP
Jari Kurri Trophy	Sinuhe Wallinheimo Pekka Tuokkola	JYP
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Teemu Hartikainen	KalPa
Juha Rantasila Trophy	Markus Seikola	Ilves
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Risto Dufva	JYP
Canada malja		JYP
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Juuso Riksman	Jokerite
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Olli Malmivaara	JYP
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Markus Seikola	Ilves
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Juha Suoraniemi	-
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Sami Kapanen	KalPa
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Jari Levonen	-
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Juuso Riksman	Jokerite
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Kim Hirschovits	HIFK

All-Star Team

goal	Juuso Riksman (Jokerite)
defense	Markus Seikola (Ilves)			Olli Malmivaara (JYP)
Storm	Sami Kapanen (KalPa)		Jarkko Immonen (JYP)		Jonas Andersson (Kärpät)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sm-liiga.fi: Kausi 2008–2009 runkosarja Sarjataulukko Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 20, 2012 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. 
2. ↑ sm-liiga.fi: Kausi 2008–2009 runkosarja Pistepörssi Archived copy ( 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 2008–2009 play-offs ( memento of the original from April 13, 2010 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. 

Web links

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