SM-liiga 2009/10

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The 2009/10 season was the 35th season in the SM-liiga . It began on September 10, 2009 and ended on April 28, 2010. For the tenth time in the club's history, TPS Turku was Finnish ice hockey champion .

Regular season

mode

As in the previous year, each of the 14 teams played 58 games in the main round. 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.

For the first time since the 1999/2000 season there was promotion and relegation of the last of the SM-lliga played in the best-of-seven mode, playing against the master of the Mestis.

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 2009/10 SM liiga season

#		Sp	S.	SnV	NnV	N	ET	GT	TD	P
1.	JYP	58	31	6th	6th	15th	173	132	+41	111
2.	KalPa	58	31	5	6th	16	164	135	+29	109
3.	Lukko	58	30th	5	7th	16	178	136	+42	107
4th	HIFK	58	30th	6th	2	20th	185	152	+33	104
5.	HPK	58	26th	3	7th	22nd	153	154	−1	91
6th	TPS	58	25th	6th	2	25th	169	169	0	89
7th	Tappara	58	24	4th	6th	24	181	181	0	86
8th.	blues	58	19th	9	7th	23	145	155	−10	82
9.	Kärpät	58	21st	7th	4th	26th	150	163	−13	81
10.	Jokerite	58	22nd	4th	4th	28	144	157	−13	78
11.	SaiPa	58	20th	6th	5	27	154	176	−22	77
12.	Pelicans	58	18th	6th	7th	27	166	197	−31	73
13.	Ässät	58	18th	7th	4th	29	151	170	−19	72
14th	Ilves	58	17th	0	7th	34	155	191	−36	58

Top scorer

Source: sm-liiga.fi

rank	player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	+/-
1.	Jori Lehterä	Tappara	57	19th	50	69	5
2.	Juha-Pekka Hytönen	JYP	56	22nd	32	54	21st
3.	Pavel Rosa	Kärpät	45	19th	32	51	7th
4th	Justin Morrison	Lukko	50	18th	33	51	17th
5.	Jukka Hentunas	Jokerite	58	28	22nd	50	−1
6th	Marko Kivenmäki	Ässät	58	16	34	50	−14
7th	Jonas Enlund	Tappara	58	28	21st	49	5
8th.	Juhamatti Aaltonen	Pelicans	58	28	21st	49	−3
9.	Ilari Filppula	TPS	58	12	37	49	−3
10.	Ville Vahalahti	TPS	57	21st	26th	47	4th

Top goalkeeper

This table takes into account players who have played at least 25 games in the main round.
Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, N = defeats, U = draws, Sv = shots saved, GT = goals conceded, SO = shutout , GAA = goals against goal , Sv% = catch rate

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	U	N	Sv	GT	SO	ATM	Sv%
Pekka Tuokkola	JYP	32	1849	16	6th	9	768	64	2	2.08	92.31
Ari Ahonen	KalPa	43	2479	22nd	5	13	876	94	6th	2.28	90.31
Mikael Tellqvist	Lukko	26th	1588	11	5	10	703	62	0	2.34	91.90
Mika Noronen	HIFK	25th	1487	17th	0	8th	650	58	2	2.34	91.81
Petri Koivisto	Kärpät	27	1527	12	3	10	633	61	3	2.40	91.21
Iiro Tarkki	blues	54	3228	22nd	9	22nd	1476	131	2	2.44	91.85
Jussi Rynnäs	Ässät	31	1717	14th	1	13	906	71	3	2.48	92.73
Teemu Lassila	HPK	56	3360	27	4th	25th	1563	139	5	2.48	91.83
Atte Engren	TPS	35	1778	15th	1	13	908	78	2	2.63	92.09
Juuso Riksman	Jokerite	51	2845	19th	3	25th	1238	129	6th	2.72	90.56
Harri Säteri	Tappara	49	2836	21st	4th	22nd	1393	129	2	2.73	91.52
Jere Myllyniemi	SaiPa	45	2437	19th	5	17th	1103	112	0	2.76	90.78
Tuomas Tarkki	Kärpät	34	1967	12	4th	17th	851	92	1	2.81	90.24
David Leggio	TPS	30th	1598	12	3	13	707	78	1	2.93	90.06

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

Tappara - jokerite March 23 Tappara Jokerite 5-3 25th March Jokerite Tappara 5-4 26th of March Tappara Jokerite 4-2 Tappara qualifies 2-1.

Blues - Kärpät March 23 blues Kärpät 2-3 25th March Kärpät blues 2-3 a.d. 26th of March blues Kärpät 1-2 Kärpät qualifies with 2: 1.

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	29.03. - April 8, 2010
	KalPa	4th
					10.4. - April 19, 2010
	Tappara	2
					KalPa	2
	29.03. - April 7, 2010
					HPK	4th
	HIFK	2
									04/22 - April 28, 2010
	HPK	4th
									HPK	1
	29.03. - April 3, 2010
									TPS	4th
	JYP	4th
					10.4. - April 19, 2010
	Kärpät	3
					JYP	2			Game for third place
	29.03. - April 7, 2010
					TPS	4th
	Lukko	0							JYP	1
	TPS	4th							KalPa	0
									April 23, 2010

Quarter finals

JYP - Kärpät March 29 JYP Kärpät 2-1 March 31 Kärpät JYP 3-0 2nd of April JYP Kärpät 2-0 3rd of April Kärpät JYP 1-2 n.V. April 5th JYP Kärpät 3-4 a.d. 7th of April Kärpät JYP 3-2 a.d. April 8th JYP Kärpät 2-0 JYP wins the round 4-3.

KalPa - Tappara March 29 KalPa Tappara 4-1 March 31 Tappara KalPa 4-2 2nd of April KalPa Tappara 3-2 a.d. 3rd of April Tappara KalPa 3-2 April 5th KalPa Tappara 4-3 n.V. 7th of April Tappara KalPa 1-2 n.V. KalPa wins the round with 4: 2.

Lukko - TPS March 29 Lukko TPS 2-4 March 31 TPS Lukko 5-0 2nd of April Lukko TPS 0-1 3rd of April TPS Lukko 4-2 TPS wins the round 4-0.

HIFK - HPK March 29 HIFK HPK 3-4 a.d. March 31 HPK HIFK 1-3 2nd of April HIFK HPK 7-0 3rd of April HPK HIFK 4-3 n.V. April 5th HIFK HPK 2-3 7th of April HPK HIFK 3-1 HPK wins the round 4-2.

Semifinals

JYP - TPS 10th of April JYP TPS 4-2 12. April TPS JYP 2-1 April 14th JYP TPS 4-0 April 15th TPS JYP 4-3 n.V. 17th April JYP TPS 1-2 April 19th TPS JYP 6-1 TPS wins the round 4-2.

KalPa - HPK March 10th KalPa HPK 2-3 March 12th HPK KalPa 0-4 the 14th of March KalPa HPK 4-1 April 15th HPK KalPa 3-2 a.d. 17th April KalPa HPK 2-3 a.d. April 19th HPK KalPa 4-3 HPK wins the round 4-2.

third place

JYP - KalPa
April 23	JYP	KalPa	4-0
JYP wins bronze.

final

HPK - TPS
April 22	HPK	TPS	2-4
April 24th	TPS	HPK	3-1
April 25	HPK	TPS	1-2 n.V.
April 27	TPS	HPK	1-2
April 28	HPK	TPS	2-6
TPS wins the championship 4-1. HPK receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion TPS Turku

Goalkeepers: Atte Engren , David Leggio Defenders: Mikael Aaltonen , Aki-Petteri Berg , Antti Halonen , Joonas Järvinen , Markus Nordlund , Jens Skålberg , Lee Sweatt , Veli-Matti Vittasmäki Attackers: Michal Birner , Antti Erkinjuntti , Ilari Filppula , Aatu Hämäläinen , Jarkko Hattunen , Toni Jalo , Lassi Kokkala , Max Kolu , Mikko Laine , Marko Mäkinen , Tomáš Plíhal , Antti Reivonen , Tuomas Suominen , Aki Uusikartano , Ville Vahalahti , Sami Venäläinen , Marko Virtala Head coach: Kai Suikkanen

Relegation matches

For the first time since the 1999/2000 season there was promotion and relegation between the 1st and 2nd Finnish ice hockey league. The 14th of the SM-lliga played in a best-of-7 series against the master of the Mestis.

JYP - Kärpät
March 30	Ilves	Jokipojat	3-1
April 1st	Jokipojat	Ilves	4-5
2nd of April	Ilves	Jokipojat	4-1
April 6th	Jokipojat	Ilves	2-1
April 8th	Ilves	Jokipojat	4-2
Ilves wins 4: 1 and thus remains in the SM-liiga.

Awards

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Jukka Hentunas	Jokerite
Aaro Kivilinna Commemorative Trophy	HIFK Helsinki
Harry Lindblad Commemorative Trophy	JYP
Jari Kurri Trophy	Ilari Filppula	TPS
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Mikael Granlund	HIFK
Juha Rantasila Trophy	Ilves
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Kai Suikkanen	TPS
Canada malja	TPS
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Jori Lehterä	Tappara
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Harri Tikkanen	Lukko
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Lee Sweatt	TPS
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Jussi Terho	-
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Mikael Granlund	HIFK
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Jari Levonen	-
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Atte Engren	TPS
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Jori Lehterä	Tappara

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joukkuetilastot - Runkosarja 2009-2010 - Tilastot - Liiga. In: liiga.fi. Retrieved July 13, 2018 (Finnish). 
2. ↑ sm-liiga.fi Kausi 2009–2010 play-offs ( Memento from August 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga