SM-liiga 2011/12

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Master:	JYP Jyväskylä
Relegated:	none
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The 2011/12 season was the 37th season in the SM-liiga , the highest Finnish league in ice hockey . JYP Jyväskylä won the Finnish championship for the second time in history.

Attendees

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

Main round

mode

This season, each of the 14 teams played 60 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.

table

Pl.	club	Sp	S.	U	N	ZP	Gates	Points
1.	Kalevan Pallo	60	34	10	16	3	180: 139	115
2.	Pelicans Lahti	60	30th	12	18th	9	213: 155	111
3.	Helsingfors IFK	60	33	06th	21st	6th	194: 149	111
4th	JYP Jyväskylä	60	30th	11	19th	7th	168: 122	108
5.	Porin Ässät	60	31	09	20th	4th	189: 150	106
6th	Jokerite	60	24	21st	15th	8th	183: 155	101
7th	Oulun Kärpät	60	29	8th	23	4th	164: 148	99
8th.	Espoo Blues	60	18th	19th	23	9	148: 165	82
9.	Rauman Lukko	60	21st	11	28	7th	162: 167	81
10.	Turun Palloseura	60	21st	9	30th	6th	134: 180	78
11.	Saimaan Pallo	60	18th	18th	24	5	155: 176	77
12.	Tappara Tampere	60	20th	9	31	4th	132: 188	73
13.	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	60	15th	11	34	6th	132: 201	62
14th	Tampereen Ilves	60	10	18th	32	8th	140: 199	56

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, ZP = additional points

Top scorer

rank	player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	+/-
1.	Ryan Lasch	Pelicans	59	24	38	62	+13
2.	Tomáš Záborský	Ässät	52	35	24	59	+22
3.	Eric Perrin	JYP	58	19th	40	59	+9
4th	Justin Hodgman	Pelicans	59	14th	39	53	+12
5.	Stephen Dixon	Ässät	60	14th	39	53	+19
6th	Mikael Granlund	HIFK	45	20th	31	51	+20
7th	Jani Tuppurainen	JYP	56	17th	34	51	+9
8th.	Ville Vahalahti	TPS	59	21st	29	50	−22
9.	Ville Peltonen	HIFK	49	24	24	48	+27
10.	Sakari salt mines	KalPa	54	24	23	47	+17

Play-offs

mode

The play-off games took place from March 17 to April 26, 2012. 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. After the regular playing time of 3 × 20 minutes, extensions of 20 minutes each were played until a winner was found by a decisive goal.

Pre-play offs

The games in best-of-three mode took place on March 8 and 11, 2011.

			series	1	2	3
Oulun Kärpät	-	Turun Palloseura	2-0	4: 1	2: 1	-
Espoo Blues	-	Rauman Lukko	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	6: 3

Play-off tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Kalevan Pallo

3

8th

Espoo Blues

4th

2

Pelicans Lahti

4th

8th

Espoo Blues

1

2

Pelicans Lahti

4th

7th

Oulun Kärpät

3

2

Pelicans Lahti

1

4th

JYP Jyväskylä

4th

3

Helsingfors IFK

0

6th

Jokerit Helsinki

4th

4th

JYP Jyväskylä

4th

3rd place match

6th

Jokerit Helsinki

1

4th

JYP Jyväskylä

4th

6th

Jokerit Helsinki

4th

5

Porin Ässät

0

8th

Espoo Blues

3

Quarter finals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Kalevan Pallo	-	Espoo Blues	3: 4	3: 1	1-0	5-0	1: 3	2: 5	3: 4	1: 4
Pelicans Lahti	-	Oulun Kärpät	4: 3	5-0	3: 4	1: 4	1: 4	4: 2	4: 3	3: 2
Helsingfors IFK	-	Jokerit Helsinki	0: 4	1: 3	2: 3	1: 3	0: 2	-	-	-
JYP Jyväskylä	-	Porin Ässät	4-0	4: 1	2: 1	4: 3	4: 1	-	-	-

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Pelicans Lahti	-	Espoo Blues	4: 1	5: 3	3: 1	1: 2	6: 4	2: 1	-	-
JYP Jyväskylä	-	Jokerit Helsinki	4: 1	2: 1	3: 2	3: 2	1: 2	3: 2	-	-

3rd place match

	game
Jokerit Helsinki - Espoo Blues	4: 3 a.d.

final

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Pelicans Lahti - JYP Jyväskylä	1: 4	2-0	2: 6	1: 4	4: 5 a.d.	1: 2 a.d.	-	-

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.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Tampereen Ilves - Vaasan Sport	4: 1	6: 1	5: 1	0: 2	3: 2	4-0	-	-

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga ( Memento from May 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 4: 1 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ 2: 1 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ 1: 0 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ 0: 2 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ 6: 3 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ 3: 1 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ 1: 0 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ 5: 0 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ 1: 3 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ 2: 5 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ 3: 4 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ 1: 4 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ 5: 0 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ 3: 4 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ 1: 4 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ 1: 4 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ 4: 2 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ 4: 3 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
19. ↑ 3: 2 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ 1: 3 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
21. ↑ 2: 3 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
22. ↑ 1: 3 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
23. ↑ 0: 2 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
24. ↑ 4: 1 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
25. ↑ 2: 1 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
26. ↑ 4: 3 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
27. ↑ 4: 1 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
28. ↑ 5: 3 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
29. ↑ 3: 1 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
30. ↑ 1: 2 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
31. ↑ 6: 4 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
32. ↑ 2: 1 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
33. ↑ 2: 1 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
34. ↑ 3: 2 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
35. ↑ 3: 2 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
36. ↑ 1: 2 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
37. ↑ 3: 2 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
38. ↑ 4: 3 n. V. ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
39. ↑ 2: 0 ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
40. ↑ 2: 6 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
41. ↑ 1: 4 ( Memento of April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
42. ↑ 4: 5 n. V. ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
43. ↑ 1: 2 n. V. ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )