2009–10 SM-liiga season

The 2009–10 SM-liiga season was the 35th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. TPS won the Kanada-malja and Ilari Filppula from TPS won the Jari Kurri trophy. In the regular season, JYP finished atop the league, Jori Lehterä led the league in points and assists, and three players – Jukka Hentunen, Jonas Enlund, and Juhamatti Aaltonen – tied for the league lead in goals.

2009–10 SM-liiga
LeagueSM-liiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 10, 2009 – April 2010
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)URHOtv, Nelonen Sport Pro
Regular season
Best recordJYP
  Runners-upKalPa
Season MVPJori Lehterä (Tappara)
Top scorerJori Lehterä (Tappara)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPIlari Filppula (TPS)
Kanada-malja
ChampionsTPS
  Runners-upHPK

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArena[1]Capacity[1]Captain[1]
ÄssätPoriPekka RautakallioPorin jäähalli6,481Matti Kuparinen
BluesEspooPetri MatikainenBarona Areena6,798Toni Kähkönen
HIFKHelsinkiKari JalonenHelsingin jäähalli8,200Kim Hirschovits
HPKHämeenlinnaJukka RautakorpiPatria-areena5,360Jukka Laamanen
IlvesTampereJuha Pajuoja*Tampereen jäähalli7,600Pasi Määttänen
JokeritHelsinkiHannu Jortikka*Hartwall Areena13,506Antti-Jussi Niemi
JYP JyväskyläRisto DufvaJyväskylän jäähalli4,618Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPaKuopioPekka VirtaNiiralan monttu5,224Sami Kapanen
KärpätOuluMikko Haapakoski*Oulun Energia Areena6,614Ilkka Mikkola
LukkoRaumaRauli UramaÄijänsuo Arena5,400Antti Laaksonen
PelicansLahtiMika ToivolaIsku Areena4,910Erik Kakko
SaiPaLappeenrantaAri-Pekka SelinKisapuisto4,847Ville Koho
TapparaTampereMikko SaarinenTampereen jäähalli7,600Janne Ojanen[2]
TPSTurkuKai SuikkanenTurkuhalli11,800Aki Berg[3]
  • Head coaches with asterisk replaced original coaches mid-season.

Regular season

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA +/− P
JYP 58316615173132+41111
KalPa 58315616164135+29109
Lukko 58305716178136+42107
HIFK 58306220185152+33104
HPK 58263722153154−191
TPS 58256225169169089
Tappara 58244624181181086
Blues 58199723145155−1082
Kärpät 58217426150163−1381
Jokerit 58224428144157−1378
SaiPa 58206527154176−2277
Pelicans 58186727166197−3173
Ässät 58187429151170−1972
Ilves 58170734155191−3658

Playoffs

Wild Card Round Quarterfinals Semi-finals Finals
1 JYP 4
7 Tappara 2 9 Karpat 3
10 Jokerit 1 1 JYP 2
6 TPS 4
2 KalPa 4 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
7 Tappara 2
6 TPS 4
5 HPK 1
3 Lukko 0
8 Blues 1 6 TPS 4
9 Karpat 2 2 KalPa 2
5 HPK 4
4 HIFK 2
5 HPK 4

References

  1. Mestarilla monta haastajaa. 2009-09-04. pp. 44–122. ISSN 1238-0903. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "Ilves kaatoi apparan kauden ensikohtaamisessa". radio957.fi. Tampere: Radio 957. 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  3. "Otteluraportti: Jokerit – TPS 8.10.2009". hc.tps.fi. HC TPS Turku Oy. 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
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