1981–82 SM-liiga season

The SM- liiga season 1981/82 was the seventh season of the Finnish SM- liiga. Finnish Champion became the seventh time overall and for the third time since the introduction of the SM - liiga Tappara Tampere.

• 2.1 mode
• 2.2 tournament tree
• 2.3 Finnish Champion

Regular Season

Mode

The ten teams in the SM- liiga first played in 36 regular season games against each other. During the first six teams for the play- offs qualified, the two last placed athlete had to play against the two best second division against relegation. For a win, each team was given two points, a draw there was a point and a defeat.

Main Round

Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = drawn, L = Loss, OTS = Overtime wins, OTN = Overtime defeat, SOS = Penalty victories, SON = Penalty defeat

Play-offs

Mode

Places 1 and 2 were qualified for the semifinals and the places 3-6 for the quarter- finals of the play-offs. The winners of those ties made ​​it to the finals while the losers in the small final for third place played.

The quarter-finals and the match for third place were held in the mode " Best-of- Three", the semi-final and the final of the mode " Best-of -Five".

Tournament tree

Finnish Champion

Goalkeepers: Hannu Kamppuri, Lasse Schultz

Defender: Hannu Helander, Jukka Hirsimäki, Timo Jutila, Lasse Litma, Pekka Marjamäki, Esa Välioja, Pertti Valkeapää

Attacker: Seppo Ahokainen, Kari Heikkinen, Pertti Koivulahti, Vesa Launis, Erkki Lehtonen, Jari Lindgren, Harri Niukkanen, Petri Niukkanen, Juha Nurmi, Oiva Oijennus, Timo Penttilä, Jorma Sevon, Timo Susi

Head Coach: Rauno Korpi

SM- liiga relegation

The two last placed SM- liiga the main round and the two best second division played in the mode " Best-of -Five" for promotion or relegation. Jokerit Helsinki and Rauma Lukko both secured 3-0 victories sovereign relegation.

• Jokerit Helsinki - JYP HT 3:0 ( 4:1, 5:0, 11:2 )
• FoPS - Lukko Rauma 0:3 ( 6:11, 3:8, 1:9 )