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1975–76 SM-liiga season

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1975–76 SM-liiga season
SM-liiga's first logo
Relegated to I-DivisioonaVaasan Sport
Finals championsHC TPS
  Runners-upTampereen Tappara
SM-liiga seasons
Kanada-malja

The 1975–76 SM-liiga season was the inaugural season for the new top level series of ice hockey in Finland, SM-liiga., which replaced the SM-sarja (1928–1975) The season featured 10 teams who played 36 game regular season followed by playoffs for top 4 teams. Points were given as follows: 2 from win, 1 point from tie and 0 points from loss

Regular season

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Regular season standings

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, T = Ties, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

SM-liiga GP W T L Pts GF GA
TPS 36 25 5 6 55 194 113
Tappara 36 21 6 9 48 189 113
Ässät 36 20 3 13 43 187 140
HIFK 36 19 5 12 43 181 146
Lukko 36 19 3 14 41 175 142
Jokerit 36 17 2 17 36 169 156
Ilves 36 14 6 16 34 147 160
KooVee 36 14 5 17 33 152 162
FoPS 36 6 4 26 16 126 243
Sport 36 5 1 30 11 114 259

Teams written in bold letters advance to playoffs.

Regular season scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player Team GP G A PTS PIM
Martti Jarkko Tappara 35 26 38 64 64
Jouni Rinne Lukko 36 36 22 58 16
Matti Hagman HIFK 36 24 34 58 39
Seppo Repo TPS 35 33 22 55 32
Hannu Kapanen Jokerit 36 29 24 53 30

Playoffs

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Semi finals

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Home Score Away Score
TPS 2 HIFK 1
HIFK 2 TPS 5
  • TPS Win Best of 3 Series 2-0.
Home Score Away Score
Tappara 3OT Ässät 2
Ässät 4 Tappara 6
  • Tappara win best of 3 Series 2-0.

Bronze medal games

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Home Score Away Score
Ässät 8 HIFK 5
HIFK 6 Ässät 8

Ässät win best of 3 Series 2-0 and the Bronze Medals for the 1975–76 SM-liiga season.

Finals

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The finals took place on 18–19 March.

Home Score Away Score
TPS 4 Tappara 1
Tappara 1 TPS 2

TPS win the Best of 3 Series 2-0 and the 1975–76 SM-liiga championship.

Playoffs scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player Team GP G A PTS PIM
Timo Parkkonen HIFK 4 4 2 6 4
Rauli Levonen Ässät 4 4 2 6 14
Erkki Väkiparta Ässät 4 3 2 5 0
Seppo Repo TPS 4 2 3 5 2
Tapio Koskinen Ässät 4 4 0 4 2

Relegation

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, T = Ties, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

GP W T L Pts GF GA
FoPS 6 3 1 2 7 32 29
Kiekkoreipas 6 3 0 3 6 35 30
Kärpät 6 2 2 2 6 23 32
Sport 6 2 1 3 5 26 25

Replay

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Kärpät - Kiekkoreipas 3-4 OT

References

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Preceded by First SM-liiga season
1975–76
Succeeded by