2009-10 SM-Liiga season

The 2009–10 SM-liiga season the 35th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. TPS won the Kanada-malja and Ilari Filppula from TPS won the Jari Kurri trophy. In the regular season, JYP finished atop the league, Jori Lehterä led the league in points and assists, and three players – Jukka Hentunen, Jonas Enlund, and Juhamatti Aaltonen – tied for the league lead in goals.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Head coach 	Arena 	Capacity	Captain
 	Pori 	Pekka Rautakallio	Porin jäähalli 	 	Matti Kuparinen
Blues 	Espoo 	Petri Matikainen 	Barona Areena 	 	Toni Kähkönen
HIFK 	Helsinki 	Kari Jalonen 	Helsingin jäähalli 	 	Kim Hirschovits
HPK 	Hämeenlinna 	Jukka Rautakorpi 	Patria-areena 	 	Jukka Laamanen
Ilves 	Tampere 	Juha Pajuoja* 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Pasi Määttänen
Jokerit 	Helsinki 	Hannu Jortikka* 	Hartwall Areena 	 	Antti-Jussi Niemi
JYP 	 	Risto Dufva 	Jyväskylän jäähalli 	 	Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPa 	Kuopio 	Pekka Virta 	Niiralan monttu 	 	Sami Kapanen
Kärpät 	Oulu 	Mikko Haapakoski*	Oulun Energia Areena	 	Ilkka Mikkola
Lukko 	Rauma 	Rauli Urama 	Äijänsuo Arena 	 	Antti Laaksonen
Pelicans	Lahti 	Mika Toivola 	Isku Areena 	 	Erik Kakko
SaiPa 	Lappeenranta	Ari-Pekka Selin 	Kisapuisto 	 	Ville Koho
Tappara 	Tampere 	Mikko Saarinen 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Janne Ojanen
TPS 	Turku 	Kai Suikkanen 	Turkuhalli 	 	Aki Berg
* Head coaches with asterisk replaced original coaches mid-season.
==Regular season==
Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	+/−	P
JYP 	58	31	6 	6 	15	173	132	+41	111
KalPa 	58	31	5 	6 	16	164	135	+29	109
Lukko 	58	30	5 	7 	16	178	136	+42	107
HIFK 	58	30	6 	2 	20	185	152	+33	104
HPK 	58	26	3 	7 	22	153	154	−1 	91
TPS 	58	25	6 	2 	25	169	169	0 	89
Tappara 	58	24	4 	6 	24	181	181	0 	86
Blues 	58	19	9 	7 	23	145	155	−10	82
Kärpät 	58	21	7 	4 	26	150	163	−13	81
Jokerit 	58	22	4 	4 	28	144	157	−13	78
SaiPa 	58	20	6 	5 	27	154	176	−22	77
Pelicans	58	18	6 	7 	27	166	197	−31	73
Ässät 	58	18	7 	4 	29	151	170	−19	72
Ilves 	58	17	0 	7 	34	155	191	−36	58
==Playoffs==
====Wild card -round (best-of-three)====
Tappara-Jokerit 2-1
:Tappara-Jokerit 5-3
:Jokerit-Tappara 5-4
:Tappara-Jokerit 4-2
Blues-Kärpät 1-2
:Blues-Kärpät 2-3
:Kärpät-Blues 2-3 (3OT)
:Blues-Kärpät 1-2
====Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)====
JYP-Kärpät 4-3
:JYP-Kärpät 2-1
:Kärpät-JYP 3-0
:JYP-Kärpät 2-0
:Kärpät-JYP 1-2 (OT)
:JYP-Kärpät 3-4 (3OT)
:Kärpät-JYP 3-2 (OT)
:JYP-Kärpät 2-0
KalPa-Tappara 4-2
:KalPa-Tappara 4-1
:Tappara-KalPa 4-2
:KalPa-Tappara 3-2 (OT)
:Tappara-KalPa 3-2
:KalPa-Tappara 4-3 (OT)
:Tappara-KalPa 1-2 (OT)
Lukko-TPS 0-4
:Lukko-TPS 2-4
:TPS-Lukko 5-0
:Lukko-TPS 0-1
:TPS-Lukko 4-2
HIFK-HPK 2-4
:HIFK-HPK 3-4 (OT)
:HPK-HIFK 1-3
:HIFK-HPK 7-0
:HPK-HIFK 4-3 (OT)
:HIFK-HPK 2-3
:HPK-HIFK 3-1
====Semi-finals (best-of-seven)====
JYP-TPS 2-4
:JYP-TPS 4-2
:TPS-JYP 2-1
:JYP-TPS 4-0
:TPS-JYP 4-3 (OT)
:JYP-TPS 1-2
:TPS-JYP 6-1
KalPa-HPK 2-4
:KalPa-HPK 2-3
:HPK-KalPa 0-4
:KalPa-HPK 4-1
:HPK-KalPa 3-2 (OT)
:KalPa-HPK 2-3 (OT)
:HPK-KalPa 4-3
====Bronze medal game====
:JYP-KalPa 4-0
====Finals (best-of-seven)====
HPK-TPS 1-4
:HPK-TPS 2-4
:TPS-HPK 3-1
:HPK-TPS 1-2 (OT)
:TPS-HPK 1-2
:HPK-TPS 2-6
==Team Photos==
09-10Ilves.jpg|Ilves
09-10HIFK.jpg|HIFK
09-10BluesEspoo.jpg|Blues
==References==
==External links==
* 
Category:2009 in hockey
Category:2010 in hockey
Category:SM-Liiga season