1975–76 SM-liiga season

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

Regular season

Regular season standings

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 on Bold letters advance to playoffs.

Regular season scoring leaders

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

Semi finals

Home Score Away Score
TPS 2HIFK 1
HIFK 2TPS 5
Home Score Away Score
Tappara 3OTÄssät 2
Ässät 4Tappara 6

Bronze medal games

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

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

Finals

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

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

Playoffs scoring leaders

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

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

Kärpät - Kiekkoreipas 3-4 OT

References

    Preceded by
    1974–75 SM-sarja season    		 First SM-liiga season
    1975–76     		Succeeded by
    1976–77 SM-liiga season
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