1975-76 SM-Liiga season

The 1975–76 SM-liiga season was the inaugural season for the new top level series of ice hockey in Finland, SM-liiga. The season featured 10 teams who played 36 game regular season followed by play offs 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 on 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	Score
TPS 	2 	HIFK	1
HIFK	2 	TPS 	5
*TPS Win Best of 3 Series 2-0.
Home 	Score	Away 	Score
Tappara	3OT 	Ässät 	2
Ässät 	4 	Tappara	6
*Tappara win Best of 3 Series 2-0.
=== Bronze medal games===
Home 	Score	Away 	Score
Ässät	8 	HIFK 	5
HIFK 	6 	Ässät	8
Ässät win Best of 3 Series 2-0 and the Bronze Medals for the 1975-76 SM-liiga season.
=== Finals===
Home 	Score	Away 	Score
TPS 	4 	Tappara	1
Tappara	1 	TPS 	2
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
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