SM-liiga 2010/11

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Master:	HIFK Helsinki
Relegated:	none
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The 2010/11 season was the 36th season in the SM-liiga . The main round began on September 16, 2010 and ended on March 10, 2011. The team with the highest points in the regular season was JYP Jyväskylä . In the playoffs, HIFK Helsinki prevailed against the Espoo Blues in the finals and won the championship for the seventh time.

Attendees

	team	place	Hall	capacity
	Espoo Blues	Espoo	Barona Areena	6,914
	HPK Hämeenlinna	Hämeenlinna	Ritarihalli	5,500
	HIFK Helsinki	Helsinki	Helsingin Jäähalli	8,200
	Ilves Tampere	Tampere	Tampereen jäähalli	7,800
	Jokerit Helsinki	Helsinki	Hartwall Areena	13.655
	JYP Jyväskylä	Jyväskylä	Synergia areena	4.812
	KalPa Kuopio	Kuopio	Niiralan Monttu	5.225
	Kärpät Oulu	Oulu	Oulun Energia Areena	6.614
	Lukko Rauma	Rauma	Lännen Puhelin Areena	5,400
	Pelicans Lahti	Lahti	Isku Areena	5.098
	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Lappeenranta	Kisapuisto	5,200
	Tappara Tampere	Tampere	Tampereen jäähalli	7,800
	TPS Turku	Turku	Turkuhalli	11,820
	Ässät Pori	Pori	Isomäki	6,500

Main round

mode

As in the previous year, each of the 14 teams plays 58 games in the main round. Each game consists of 3 times 20 minutes. If there is a tie after the regular time, five minutes of extra time will be played. The first goal in extra time decides the game for the team that scores the goal. In the event that a winner is still not found after extra time, the game will be decided by a shootout .

A team wins 3 points in regular time. A win and a defeat after extra time will be rewarded with 2 or 1 point. There are no points for a loss 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 2010/11 SM liiga season

rank	team	Sp	S.	SnV	NnV	N	ET	GT	TD	P
1.	JYP	60	39	4th	4th	13	186	97	+89	129
2.	Ässät	60	30th	11	7th	12	176	132	+44	119
3.	HIFK	60	31	6th	12	11	199	140	+59	117
4th	Lukko	60	27	6th	5	22nd	175	157	+18	98
5.	KalPa	60	26th	9	2	23	150	141	+9	98
6th	Jokerite	60	25th	6th	9	20th	165	150	+15	96
7th	HPK	60	25th	4th	9	22nd	154	151	+3	92
8th.	Kärpät	60	23	8th	4th	25th	151	161	−10	89
9.	blues	60	21st	8th	7th	24	142	151	−9	86
10.	Ilves	60	21st	7th	4th	28	161	192	−31	81
11.	Tappara	60	17th	7th	6th	30th	142	181	−39	71
12.	SaiPa	60	16	4th	9	31	137	186	−49	69
13.	TPS	60	12	8th	8th	32	134	186	−52	60
14th	Pelicans	60	17th	2	4th	37	133	180	−47	59

Top scorer

rank	player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	+/-
1.	Perttu Lindgren	Lukko	56	23	43	66	+14
2.	Ville Peltonen	HIFK	54	28	37	65	+21
3.	Janne Lahti	Jokerite	59	37	22nd	59	+29
4th	Kurtis McLean	Lukko	60	16	39	55	+1
5.	Teemu Pulkkinen	Jokerite	55	18th	36	54	+23
6th	Antti Pihlström	JYP	59	30th	23	53	+24
7th	Kimmo Kuhta	HIFK	59	24	27	51	+23
8th.	Eric Perrin	JYP	50	18th	32	50	+24
9.	Jesse Niinimäki	Ilves	57	17th	32	49	−4
10.	Sakari salt mines	KalPa	57	12	33	45	−16

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.

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	JYP	4th
	10	Ilves	0
						1	JYP	1
						9	blues	4th
	2	Ässät	2
	9	blues	4th
											3	HIFK	4th
											9	blues	0
	3	HIFK	4th
	6th	Jokerite	3
						3	HIFK	4th
											3rd place match
						4th	Lukko	1
	4th	Lukko	4th								1	JYP	0
	5	KalPa	3								4th	Lukko	1

Top scorer

rank	player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	+/-
1.	Juha-Pekka Haataja	HIFK	14th	8th	8th	16	+4
2.	Mikael Granlund	HIFK	15th	5	11	16	+2
3.	Jakub Petružálek	Lukko	13	9	5	14th	+5
4th	Lennart Petrell	HIFK	13	7th	5	12	+5
5.	Petri Lammassaari	blues	14th	7th	5	12	−3

Finnish champion

Finnish champion HIFK Helsinki

Goalkeepers: Jan Lundell , Juuso Riksman Defenders: Rony Ahonen , Martti Järventie , Markus Kankaanperä , Mikko Kousa , Tommi Kovanen , Mikko Kurvinen , Ilari Melart , Toni Söderholm , Ari Vallin Attackers: Jerry Ahtola , Mikael Granlund , Juha-Pekka Haataja , Jeff Hamilton , Turo Järvinen , Kimmo Kuhta , Siim Liivik , Robert Nyholm , Ville Peltonen , Lennart Petrell , Eetu Pöysti , Teemu Ramstedt , Joni Töykkälä , Max Wärn , Petteri Wirtanen Head coach: Kari Jalonen   Assistant coach: Sakari Lindfors , Kai Rautio

Relegation matches

The 14th of the SM-lliga played in a best-of-7 series against the master of the Mestis to stay or promotion to the SM-liiga.

Pelicans - sport
19th March	Pelicans	Sports	4-0
March 22	Sports	Pelicans	3-4
March 24th	Pelicans	Sports	8-3
26th of March	Sports	Pelicans	0-2
Pelicans wins 4-0 and remains in the SM-liiga.

Awards

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Janne Lahti	Jokerite
Aaro Kivilinna Commemorative Trophy
Harry Lindblad Commemorative Trophy
Jari Kurri Trophy	Toni Söderholm	HIFK
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Teemu Pulkkinen	Jokerite
Juha Rantasila Trophy
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Petri Matikainen	blues
Canada malja		HIFK
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Ville Peltonen	HIFK
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Sami Vatanen	JYP
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Sami Vatanen	JYP
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Kristian Vikman
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Ville Peltonen	HIFK
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Jari Levonen
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Juuso Riksman	HIFK
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Perttu Lindgren	Lukko

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga