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 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 in 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 ScoreTPS2HIFK1HIFK2TPS5
TPS Win Best of 3 Series 2-0.
Home Score Away ScoreTappara3OTÄssät2Ässät4Tappara6
Tappara win best of 3 Series 2-0.
Bronze medal games
Home Score Away ScoreÄssät8HIFK5HIFK6Ässät8
Ässät win best of 3 Series 2-0 and the Bronze Medals for the 1975–76 SM-liiga season.
Finals The finals took place on 18–19 March.
Home Score Away ScoreTPS4Tappara1Tappara1TPS2
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 Hockey Archives