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The 2007-08 SM-Liiga season was SM-Liiga's 32nd season.

Regular season standings[]

Regular seson ended 4 March 2008.

Team O V T H TH PM ME P
Kärpät 56 32 15 9 205 129 +76 121
Blues 56 33 11 12 165 114 +51 115
Jokerit 56 29 13 14 179 152 +27 105
Tappara 56 28 12 16 185 136 +49 104
JYP 56 27 13 16 174 129 +45 101
Pelicans 56 28 9 19 176 142 +34 98
HIFK 56 23 17 16 167 145 +22 97
Ilves 56 24 10 22 161 164 -3 90
Lukko 56 18 10 28 137 156 -19 68
TPS 56 18 11 27 130 164 -34 67
SaiPa 56 15 12 29 115 155 -40 62
HPK 56 16 7 33 123 183 -60 56
KalPa 56 13 8 35 128 179 -51 52
Ässät 56 10 8 38 111 208 -97 40

Playoffs[]

First round[]

  • First play-off round: 7, 9, 10 March
    • HIFK - TPS 2-0 (5-4ot, 1-0)
    • Ilves - Lukko 2-1 (4-2, 3-4ot, 1-0)

Quarterfinals[]

  • Quarter finals: 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21 and 22 March
    • Kärpät - Ilves 4-2 (7-1, 2-3, 7-5, 0-3, 6-3, 2-1ot)
    • Blues - HIFK 4-1 (1-2, 6-3, 6-1, 3-0, 4-1)
    • Jokerit - Pelicans 4-2 (8-4, 1-3, 3-2ot, 5-4, 4-5ot, 5-4ot)
    • Tappara - JYP 4-2 (2-1, 4-5ot, 4-2, 0-3, 4-1, 6-2)

Semi-finals[]

  • Semi finals: 24, 26, 28, 30 and 31 March, 2 and 3 April
    • Kärpät - Tappara 4-0 (4-3, 4-2, 3-2, 7-3)
    • Blues - Jokerit 4-3 (2-3ot, 4-3ot, 2-3ot, 0-4, 5-1, 2-1ot, 5-3)

Bronze medal game[]

  • 5 April
    • Jokerit - Tappara 3-4

Final[]

  • Final: 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 15 April
    • Kärpät - Blues 4-1 (3-1, 2-1, 2-3, 4-0, 5-1)

Kärpät Oulu wins the gold medal, Blues Espoo gets the silver medal and Tappara Tampere gets the bronze.

League leaders[]

Regular season[]

Skaters[]

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2007-08 SM-Liiga Top players
Player Team GP G A P +/- PIM
1. Janne Pesonen Kärpät 56 34 44 78 39 58
2. Ville Leino Jokerit 55 28 49 77 34 18
3. Hannes Hyvönen Kärpät 54 24 42 66 33 42
4. Jarkko Immonen JYP 54 26 37 43 4 54
5. Tim Stapleton Jokerit 55 29 33 62 22 36
6. Tommi Santala Jokerit 56 28 30 58 22 82
7. Matias Loppi Pelicans 55 18 40 58 15 20
8. Michal Broš Kärpät 53 25 28 53 28 34
9. Timo Koskela Tappara 56 20 33 53 10 42
10. Janne Ojanen Tappara 56 17 35 52 13 26

Goaltenders[]

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2007-08 SM-Liiga Top goaltenders
Player Team GP MIN W T L GA SA SO GAA SP%
1. Bernd Brückler Blues 50 3008:02 28 10 12 99 1193 7 1,97 92,34
2. Tuomas Tarkki Kärpät 37 2210:57 21 10 5 74 1017 2 2,01 93,22
3. Sinuhe Wallinheimo JYP 27 1617:31 14 6 7 56 725 2 2,08 92,83
4. Pekka Tuokkola JYP 30 1710:40 13 7 8 63 799 3 2,21 92,69
5. Mika Lehto Tappara 45 2709:46 27 7 11 103 1173 7 2,28 91,93

Playoffs[]

Skaters[]

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2007-08 SM-Liiga playoffs Top scorers
Player Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM
1. Hannes Hyvönen Kärpät 15 8 13 21 10 14
2. Ville Leino Jokerit 14 8 11 19 8 8
3. Tim Stapleton Jokerit 14 9 8 17 7 8
4. Marko Kauppinen Jokerit 14 5 12 17 7 10
5. Janne Pesonen Kärpät 14 7 9 16 9 10
6. Tommi Santala Jokerit 13 4 12 16 9 18
7. Ben Eaves Blues 13 7 5 12 -1 8
8. Jari Viuhkola Kärpät 15 5 7 12 6 8
9. Clarke Wilm Jokerit 14 5 6 11 0 10
10. Miikka Männikkö Ilves 9 4 7 11 2 4


Goaltenders[]

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2007-08 SM-Liiga playoffs Top goaltenders
Player Team GP MIN W T L GA SA SO GAA SP%
1. Juha Kuokkanen TPS 1 59:09 0 1 1 30 0 1,01 96,77
2. Tuomas Tarkki Kärpät 12 775:55 10 2 22 364 1 1,70 94,30
3. Bernd Brückler Blues 17 1079:50 9 8 39 475 1 2,17 92,41
4. Jani Nieminen HIFK 6 316:04 3 3 12 132 1 2,28 91,67
5. Petri Vehanen Lukko 3 178:20 1 2 8 90 0 2,69 91,84

Team Photos[]



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