2005–06 SM-liiga season

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2005–06 SM-liiga season
Finals championsHPK Hämeenlinna
  Runners-upPorin Ässät
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The 2005–06 SM-liiga season was the 31st season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and HPK Hämeenlinna won the championship.

Regular season

HPK against HIFK in January 2006.
Club GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Pts
1 Kärpät 56 36 4 6 10 180 105 +75 122
2 HIFK 56 28 10 4 14 180 136 +44 108
3 HPK 56 28 4 10 14 174 136 +38 102
4 Tappara 56 28 5 8 15 157 129 +28 102
5 Ässät 56 27 6 4 19 145 123 +22 97
6 Ilves 56 23 9 5 19 144 139 +5 92
7 SaiPa 56 23 6 6 21 149 130 +19 87
8 Blues 56 23 4 7 22 152 135 +17 84
9 JYP 56 20 8 7 21 134 125 +9 83
10 TPS 56 14 11 8 23 119 135 -16 72
11 Jokerit 56 19 4 4 29 149 190 -41 69
12 Pelicans 56 18 4 5 29 125 171 -46 67
13 Lukko 56 16 3 5 32 121 150 -29 59
14 KalPa 56 6 5 4 41 112 237 -125 32

Playoffs

Preliminary round

  • SaiPa - TPS 2:0 (3:2, 3:2 P)
  • Blues - JYP 2:1 (3:4, 2:1, 3:2 P)

Quarterfinals

HPK and Ilves from the third game of the series
  • Kärpät - Blues 4:2 (2:1 P, 4:1, 2:3, 2:1, 2:3 P, 5:2)
  • HIFK - SaiPa 4:2 (4:3 P, 2:1, 4:3, 2:3, 2:5, 3:2 P)
  • HPK - Ilves 4:0 (4:2, 2:1 P, 4:2, 1:0)
  • Tappara - Ässät 2:4 (3:2, 1:3, 5:2, 2:5, 2:3 P, 2:3)

Semifinals

  • Kärpät - Ässät 1:3 (1:3, 1:3, 6:3, 3:4)
  • HIFK - HPK 2:3 (5:2, 1:2 P, 5:4 P, 0:4, 0:1)

3rd place

Final

  • HPK - Ässät 3:1 (1:0, 4:5 P, 5:3, 4:1)

External links

  • SM-liiga official website
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