• The 198182 SM-liiga season was the seventh season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Tappara...
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    The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional...
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  • list of Finnish Elite Ice Hockey League seasons since inception of the SM-liiga and also of its predecessor, the SM-sarja: 1927–28 | 1928–29 | 1929–30 (cancelled)...
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  • Jyväskylä and FoPS Forssa qualified for the promotion/relegation round of the SM-liiga. Vaasan Sport - SaPKo Savonlinna 2:0 (8:2, 5:4) JYP Jyväskylä - JoKP Joensuu...
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    HC Ässät Pori (category Liiga teams)
    relegated to the I-Divisioona for the 1989–90 season, but it was promoted back to the SM-liiga after just one season. Ässät has won the Kanada-malja championship...
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    HC TPS (redirect from TPS (SM-liiga))
    Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 10-time champion of SM-liiga and 1-time champion of SM-sarja. They play in Turku, Finland, at Gatorade Center. In...
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    Oulun Kärpät (category Liiga teams)
    after the 1976–77 season. In their debut season in SM-liiga, Kärpät managed to finish seventh out of ten teams. During their second season in the top level...
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    Lahti Pelicans (category Liiga teams)
    1975–76 and won promotion to SM-liiga after finishing second in the qualifying series. Kiekkoreipas spent nine seasons in SM-liiga. In 1978–79 they achieved...
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    promoted to SM-liiga from 1. Divisioona for the 1977–78 season, and Ruotsalainen played 30 games and posted 23 points in his first SM-liiga season. During...
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    professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played 14 seasons in Finland's SM-sarja and SM-liiga between 1968 and 1987 for Ässät and HIFK Helsinki, during...
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  • The 198182 Calgary Flames season was the second season in Calgary and tenth for the Flames franchise in the National Hockey League. The follow-up to...
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    SM-liiga for the first time in the 1984–1985 season, after ranking third in the season. However, KooKoo didn't make it. During the 1985–1986 season,...
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    He began his pro career with Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga. After an eleven-point rookie season for Jokerit in 1977–78, Kurri scored 30 and 39 points...
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  • SM-liiga, Kanada-malja (2): 1982, 1984 SM-liiga, (2): 1981, 1987 European Championship, (2): 1986, 1987 Urpo Ylönen trophy (best goaltender, SM-liiga)...
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  • Jokerit (category Former Liiga teams)
    secured six league championships as a prominent member of the Finnish SM-liiga in the years 1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002. Additionally, Jokerit...
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    NHL Entry Draft. In 1984–85, he played 36 games for HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga before joining the Oilers during their 1985 playoff run. He played briefly...
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  • The 198182 Winnipeg Jets season was the team's third season in the National Hockey League and tenth season overall. The club's on-ice performance vastly...
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  • the SM-liiga where he played two seasons for HIFK, 198182 and 1982–83, one season for HPK, 1983–84 and a single game for Jokerit in 1993–94 season. Helkearo...
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  • named the SM-Liiga Rookie of the Year in 1981. That summer, he was drafted into the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks as the 157th pick in the 1981 NHL Entry...
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    HPK (category Liiga teams)
    their first SM-liiga championship in 2006 and the second in 2019. SM-liiga Kanada-malja (2): 2006, 2019 SM-liiga (3): 1952, 1993, 2010 SM-liiga (9): 1954...
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  • previously known as the A-nuorten SM-sarja ('Junior A Finnish Championship Series') during 1945 to 1991 and the Nuorten SM-liiga ('Junior Finnish Championship...
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    made a total of 37 NHL appearances. He is best known for his time in the SM-liiga, but also had stints in Sweden (Skellefteå HC) and France (Dragons de Rouen)...
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    is SM-liiga since 1975. The championship's present format did not take into effect until the league was originally formed for the 1975–76 season under...
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    oldest active player during the SM-liiga 2007–08 season. Helminen officially retired after the 2007–08 SM-liiga season ended for Ilves, when they were...
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  • seasons in Finland's SM-liiga for Ilves. In 1989, Derkatch moved to the Eishockey-Bundesliga in Germany, playing for EC Hedos München for one season before...
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    the SM-liiga. Ässät did not celebrate their return to the SM-liiga for a long time, and the club immediately began preparing for the next season, 1990–91...
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    2003–04 and won the SM-liiga Rookie of the Year award, helping Kärpät to their first Finnish championship since 1981. His five seasons with Kärpät from 2003–08...
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    Ässät–Sport rivalry (category Liiga)
    in the 2009 SM-liiga qualifiers, where Ässät beat Sport in seven games to keep their SM-liiga spot. Sport was later promoted to the SM-liiga in 2014. The...
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  • Tampere Ilves in SM-liiga. Seppä played two seasons for Ilves before he moved to Jokerit of Helsinki. Seppä played the 198182 season for Jokerit before...
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  • University of New Hampshire player to ever score 40 goals in two different seasons. He was the second to last player cut from the famed 1980 Mens Olympic...
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