Finnish ice hockey season
The 1997–98 SM-liiga season was the 23rd season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland . 12 teams participated in the league, and HIFK Helsinki won the championship.
Club GP W T L GF GA Diff Pts 1 TPS 48 30 6 12 162 111 +51 66 2 HIFK 48 29 5 14 179 115 +64 63 3 Ilves 48 27 6 15 184 138 +46 60 4 Jokerit 48 24 5 19 139 137 +2 53 5 Tappara 48 22 7 19 157 147 +10 51 6 SaiPa 48 21 7 20 135 142 -7 49 7 Ässät 48 20 8 20 163 156 +7 48 8 Kiekko-Espoo 48 20 6 22 153 139 +14 46 9 Lukko 48 20 6 22 131 143 -12 46 10 HPK 48 18 5 25 148 181 -33 41 11 JYP 48 17 3 28 135 167 -32 37 12 KalPa 48 6 4 38 91 201 -110 16
Jokerit - Tappara 3:1 (6:3, 5:7, 3:1, 4:0) TPS - Kiekko-Espoo 1:3 (5:1, 0:6, 1:4, 1:2) HIFK - Ässät 3:0 (5:4, 8:2, 6:3) Ilves - SaiPa 3:0 (10:2, 1:0, 5:1) KalPa – Pelicans 21. March KalPa Pelicans 0-1 22. March Pelicans KalPa 2-3 24. March KalPa Pelicans 2-4 26. March Pelicans KalPa 2-3 28. March KalPa Pelicans 3-2 OT KalPa wins 3–2
Kärpät – Hermes 21. March Kärpät Hermes 8-3 22. March Hermes Kärpät 4-1 24. March Kärpät Hermes 3-2 OT 26. March Hermes Kärpät 5-4 OT 28. March Kärpät Hermes 6-2 Karpat wins 3–2
KalPa – Kärpät 31. March KalPa Kärpät 3-1 2. April Kärpät KalPa 3-1 3. April KalPa Kärpät 3-2 OT 5. April Kärpät KalPa 2-4 KalPa wins 3–1
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