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Sports season

2008–09 SM-liiga
League	SM-liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Best record	JYP
Runners-up	Blues
Playoffs
Kanada-malja
Champions	JYP
Runners-up	Kärpät
SM-liiga seasons
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 SM-liiga season was the 34th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and JYP Jyvaskyla won the championship.

Regular season

	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	JYP	58	31	4	5	18	168	112	+56	106
2	Blues	58	28	4	8	18	159	135	+24	100
3	HPK	58	27	6	6	19	166	151	+15	99
4	Jokerit	58	28	4	6	20	134	132	+2	98
5	Kärpät	58	28	5	3	22	185	149	+35	97
6	KalPa	58	28	3	7	20	153	138	+15	97
7	HIFK	58	25	5	5	23	169	167	+2	90
8	Ilves	58	22	7	2	27	150	166	-16	82
9	Pelicans	58	22	5	4	27	149	145	+4	80
10	TPS	58	21	7	3	27	133	159	-26	80
11	Lukko	58	21	6	3	28	144	150	-6	78
12	Ässät	58	21	4	4	29	131	188	-57	75
13	Tappara	58	21	2	7	28	141	152	-11	74
14	SaiPa	58	17	4	3	34	136	174	-38	62

Playoffs

Preliminary round

HIFK - TPS 0:2 (1:3, 1:4)
Ilves - Pelicans 1:2 (2:3, 1:0, 2:3)

Quarterfinals

JYP - TPS 4:2 (1:3, 2:1 P, 3:2, 1:2 P, 3:1, 4:2)
Blues - Pelicans 4:3 (0:1, 4:3, 2:3, 4:3, 1:2 P, 7:2, 8:2)
HPK - KalPa 2:4 (0:3, 3:1, 0:4, 1:2 P, 2:1, 2:3 P)
Jokerit - Kärpät 1:4 (1:4, 2:3 P, 4:1, 1:6, 2:3 P)

Semifinal

JYP - KalPa 4:1 (3:0, 4:1, 1:2, 2:1, 4:1)
Blues - Kärpät 2:4 (3:2 P, 2:3, 2:3 P, 4:1, 5:7, 3:4 P)

3rd place

Blues - KalPa 1:2

Final

JYP - Kärpät 4:0 (2:1 P, 1:0, 2:1, 5:2)

Relegation

1st round

Lukko - SaiPa 0:3 (2:3 P, 2:5, 2:3 P)
Ässät - Tappara 0:3 (4:5 P, 2:7, 2:4)

2nd round

Lukko - Ässät 3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:4, 3:1)

SM-liiga qualifier

Sport - Ässät 3:4 (3:2, 1:3, 0:5, 2:1 P, 4:3, 2:3 P, 0:3)

External links

SM-liiga official website

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Current teams (2024–25)	HIFK HPK Ilves Mikkelin Jukurit JYP Jyväskylä KalPa Kiekko-Espoo KooKoo Oulun Kärpät Lukko Lahti Pelicans SaiPa Vaasan Sport Tappara HC TPS Porin Ässät
Former teams	FPS Jokerit Jokipojat Koovee TUTO Hockey
Trophies and awards	Kanada-malja Kultainen kypärä Kalevi Numminen Jarmo Wasama memorial Matti Keinonen Raimo Kilpiö Urpo Ylönen Pekka Rautakallio Aarne Honkavaara Veli-Pekka Ketola Lasse Oksanen Jari Kurri Unto Wiitala
Other	Mestis Suomi-sarja 2. Divisioona 3. Divisioona Finland men's national ice hockey team SM-sarja (defunct) Naisten Liiga Naisten Mestis Finland women's national ice hockey team U20 SM-sarja Finland men's national junior ice hockey team
IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

2008–09 in men's ice hockey

International

Leagues

International	Austrian Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League MOL Liga National Hockey League
Domestic	Australia '08 '09 Croatia Czech Republic Estonia Finland France Germany Italy Netherlands New Zealand '08 '09 Norway Poland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

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