2008–09 SM-liiga season

2008–09 SM-liiga
League	SM-liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Best record	JYP
Runners-up	Blues
Playoffs
Kanada-malja
Champions	JYP
Runners-up	Kärpät

The 2008–09 SM-liiga season was the 34th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and JYP Jyvaskyla won the championship.

Regular season

Kärpät against TPS in February 2009

	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	JYP	58	31	4	5	18	168	112	+56	106
2	Blues	58	28	4	8	18	159	135	+24	100
3	HPK	58	27	6	6	19	166	151	+15	99
4	Jokerit	58	28	4	6	20	134	132	+2	98
5	Kärpät	58	28	5	3	22	185	149	+35	97
6	KalPa	58	28	3	7	20	153	138	+15	97
7	HIFK	58	25	5	5	23	169	167	+2	90
8	Ilves	58	22	7	2	27	150	166	-16	82
9	Pelicans	58	22	5	4	27	149	145	+4	80
10	TPS	58	21	7	3	27	133	159	-26	80
11	Lukko	58	21	6	3	28	144	150	-6	78
12	Ässät	58	21	4	4	29	131	188	-57	75
13	Tappara	58	21	2	7	28	141	152	-11	74
14	SaiPa	58	17	4	3	34	136	174	-38	62

Playoffs

Preliminary round

• HIFK - TPS 0:2 (1:3, 1:4)
• Ilves - Pelicans 1:2 (2:3, 1:0, 2:3)

Quarterfinals

Jokerit - Kärpät in March 13, 2009

• JYP - TPS 4:2 (1:3, 2:1 P, 3:2, 1:2 P, 3:1, 4:2)
• Blues - Pelicans 4:3 (0:1, 4:3, 2:3, 4:3, 1:2 P, 7:2, 8:2)
• HPK - KalPa 2:4 (0:3, 3:1, 0:4, 1:2 P, 2:1, 2:3 P)
• Jokerit - Kärpät 1:4 (1:4, 2:3 P, 4:1, 1:6, 2:3 P)

Semifinal

• JYP - KalPa 4:1 (3:0, 4:1, 1:2, 2:1, 4:1)
• Blues - Kärpät 2:4 (3:2 P, 2:3, 2:3 P, 4:1, 5:7, 3:4 P)

3rd place

• Blues - KalPa 1:2

Final

• JYP - Kärpät 4:0 (2:1 P, 1:0, 2:1, 5:2)

Relegation

1st round

• Lukko - SaiPa 0:3 (2:3 P, 2:5, 2:3 P)
• Ässät - Tappara 0:3 (4:5 P, 2:7, 2:4)

2nd round

• Lukko - Ässät 3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:4, 3:1)

SM-liiga qualifier

Sport - Ässät 3:4 (3:2, 1:3, 0:5, 2:1 P, 4:3, 2:3 P, 0:3)

External links

• SM-liiga official website