1999–2000 SM-liiga season
The 1999/2000 season was the 25th season of the SM- liiga. For the eighth time since the founding of the SM - liiga and a total for the ninth time TPS Turku Finnish ice hockey champion.
- 2.1 mode
- 2.2 tournament tree
- 2.3 quarterfinals
- 2.4 Semi-finals
- 2.5 Third Place
- 2.6 final
- 2.7 Finnish Champion
- 2.8 Best Scorer
- 3.1 1st Round
- 3.2 Round 2
Regular Season
Mode
Each team had four times against every other team in the league ten times and in addition play against local teams nearby. Each game consisted of three thirds á 20 minutes. In the event that after the regular time no winner was found, the game was considered a draw.
A victory in the regular season brought a team 2 points. A draw was rewarded with a point. For a defeat, there were no points.
Final Table
Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats, ET = Goals Scored, GT = Goals against, GD = Goal Difference, P = Points
Best Scorer
Play-offs
Mode
Places 1-8 were automatically qualified for the play-offs. For each next round, the teams that had won the most in the quarter and semi-finals against their opponents by five games qualified. The winners of those ties made it to the finals while the losers in the small final for third place played. In the final five games were also played. Who won the most games, was the winner of the season. In the round for 3rd place, only one game was played. The respective opponents were put together so that the highest placed team plays against the worst, the second best, second-worst against, and so on. A game lasted, as in the high season, a total of 60 minutes. After the regular time extensions were of 20 minutes duration was played until a winner is found by a decisive goal.
Tournament tree
Quarterfinals
Semifinal
Third Place
Final
Finnish Champion
Goalkeepers: Antero Niittymaki, Fredrik Norrena
Defender: Kimmo Eronen, Kari Harila, Marko Kiprusoff Mika Lehtinen, Jouni Loponen, Ilkka Mikkola, Tommi Rajamäki
Attacker: Teemu Elomo, Tero Forsell, Michael Holmqvist, Tomi Kallio, Esa Keskinen, Jani Kiviharju, Joni Liu, Kai Nurminen, Mikko Rautee, Kimmo Rintanen, Kalle Sahlstedt, Marco Tuokko, Ville Vahalahti, Tony Virta
Head Coach: Hannu Jortikka
Best Scorer
SM- liiga - qualification
In order not to descend to the last place team had the SM- liiga (in this case Pelicans Lahti ) against three candidates rise from the second Finnish Ice Hockey League ( 1st Division) prove. The rise candidates were firstly the highest placed team in the regular season of first division ( Oulu Kärpät ) and the first and second placed teams in the play-offs ( Vaasan sports and discos Jyväskylä ). There were two qualifying rounds, where in the second round, the winners of the first competed against each other. Who won the second round, was allowed to stay in the SM- liiga and ascend into this.
First round
2nd round
Oulu Kärpät increased due to the result of the second round on the SM- liiga. The league management decided later that the Lahti Pelicans do not have to dismount and thus participate 13 teams at the 2000 /01 season. Simultaneously, the SM- liiga was closed for the coming seasons. This means that no team in this league ascend or descend from this was in a different league.
Awards
Swell
- Championnat de hockey sur glace de Finlande 1999/2000
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Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto • Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame • Finnish Hockey Cup
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