1938-39 SM-sarja season

The 1938-1939 SM-Sarja season was played 7 teams from 4 cities making it the largest competition yet. Each team played 6 games each.
== SM-Sarja Championship ==
;Scores
Team 	KIF	HJK	Ilves	Tarmo	ÅIFK	Riento	HSK
KIF 	 	4-1	 	4-2 	 	5-1 	4-2
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	 	 	 	4-1 	2-2 	 	3-1
Ilves 	1-2	1-2	 	 	 	2-0 	
Hämeenlinnan Tarmo 	 	 	2-4 	 	 	3-1 	4-2
Åbo IFK 	2-4	 	1-3 	3-0 	 	 	
Turun Riento 	 	0-2	 	 	1-0 	 	2-0
Helsingfors Skridskoklubb	 	 	0-3 	 	2-0 	 	
*1/1: Ilves - HSK 3:0 (0:0, 3:0, 0:0)
*1/1: KIF - AIFK 4:2 (1:1, 2:1, 1:0)
*1/4: HJK - Tarmo 4:1 (0:1, 1:0, 3:0)
*1/6: KIF - Ilves 2:1 (1:0, 1:0, 0:1)
*1/6: HJK - Riento 2:0 (0:0, 0:0, 2:0) 
*1/6: HSK - AIFK 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)
*1/8: Ilves - AIFK 3:1 (1:0, 1:1, 1:0)
*1/8: KIF - Riento 5:1 (2:1, 1:0, 2:0)
*1/11: Ilves - Tarmo 4:2 (0:1, 2:1, 2:0)
*1/11: Riento - AIFK 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)
*1/11: HJK - HSK 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0)
*1/15: AIFK - Tarmo 3:0 (1:0, 0:0, 2:0)
*1/15: HJK - Ilves 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1)
*2/12: Tarmo - Riento 3:1 (1:0, 0:0, 2:1)
*2/15: KIF - HSK 4:2 (0:1, 2:1, 2:0)
*2/17: KIF - Tarmo 4:2 (0:0, 0:0, 4:2)
*2/19: Tarmo - HSK 4:2 (3:0, 0:1, 1:1)
*2/19: HJK - AIFK 2:2
*2/19: Ilves - Riento 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0)
*2/26: Riento - HSK 2:0 (0:0, 2:0, 0:0)
*3/3: KIF - HJK 4:1 (3:1, 0:0, 1:0)
;Table
SM-sarja 	GP	W	T	L	Pts	GF	GA
KIF 	6 	6	0	0	12 	23	9
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	6 	4	1	1	9 	14	9
Ilves 	6 	4	0	2	8 	14	7
Hämeenlinnan Tarmo 	6 	2	0	4	4 	12	18
Turun Riento 	6 	2	0	4	4 	5 	12
Åbo IFK 	6 	1	1	4	3 	8 	12
Helsingfors Skridskoklubb	6 	1	0	5	2 	7 	16
KIF wins the 1938-1939 SM-sarja championship
==Helsinki Championship==
;Klass I
*12/27: KIF - HSK 4:1 (2:0, 1:1, 1:0)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1938-12-28
*1/2: HJK - Arsenal 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-01-03
*1/10: HPS - Arsenal 3:2Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-01-11
*1/23: HPS - HSK
*1/30: HSK - Arsenal 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-01-31
*2/25: KIF - Arsenal 5:0
Klass I	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
KIF 	2 	2	0	0	9 	1 	4
HJK 	1 	1	0	0	3 	0 	2
HSK 	2 	1	0	1	2 	4 	2
Arsenal	3 	0	0	3	0 	9 	0
HPS was not included in the table. It was planned to complete the schedule in December 1939, but this did not come to fruition. 
;Klass II
*1/7: HPS II - Unitas 4:0 (2:0, 0:0, 2:0)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-01-08
*1/12: KIF II - HPS II 19:0Uusi Suomi, 1939-01-13
*1/12: HJK II - HT 2:0
*1/13: Karhu-Kissat - Arsenal II 8:0Uusi Suomi, 1939-01-14
*1/15: Unitas - HSK II 3:2 (2:0, 1:2, 0:0)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-01-17
*1/22: Karhu-Kissat - HT 5:0 (0:0, 2:0, 3:0)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-01-27
*1/22: KIF II - HSK II 8:1 (2:0, 3:1, 3:0)
*1/22: HJK II - Arsenal II 4:1 (1:1, 1:0, 2:0)
*1/29: HSK II - HPS II 5:2Uusi Suomi, 1939-01-30
*1/29: KIF II - Unitas 5:0
*Arsenal II - HT 0:0
*Karhu-Kissat - HJK II 2:0
Group A table
Klass II A	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
KIF II 	3 	3	0	0	32	1 	6
HSK II 	3 	1	0	2	8 	13	2
Unitas 	3 	1	0	2	3 	11	2
HPS II 	3 	1	0	2	6 	24	2
Group B table
Klass II B 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Karhu-Kissat	3 	3	0	0	15	0 	6
HJK II 	3 	2	0	1	6 	3 	4
Arsenal II 	3 	0	1	2	1 	12	1
HT 	3 	0	1	2	0 	7 	1
Final
*3/4: Karhu-Kissat - KIF II 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1)Helsingin Sanomat, 1939-03-05
;Klass III
*1/6: Karhu-Kissat II - Arsenal III 2:0
*1/6: KIF III - HJK III 11:1 (4:0, 3:1, 4:0)
*1/6: HPS III - Unitas II 5:3
*1/15: KIF III - HT II 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)
*1/15: HJK III - Unitas II 5:1
*1/22: HJK III - Arsenal III 1:1 (0:1, 0:0, 1:0)
*1/24: KIF III - Karhu-Kissat II 3:1Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-01-26
*1/26: HJK III - HPS III 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0)Helsingin Sanomat, 1939-01-27
*1/26: Unitas II - Karhu-Kissat II 2:0
*1/27: KIF II - Arsenal III 5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0)Helsingin Sanomat, 1939-01-28
*1/27: HPS III - HT II 7:0 (3:0, 2:0, 2:0)
*1/29: 'Karhu-Kissat II - HJK III 6:0
*1/29: HPS III - Arsenal III 3:0
*1/31: HPS III - KIF III 4:2 (2:2, 1:0, 1:0)Helsingin Sanomat, 1939-02-02
*1/31: HT II - Unitas II 3:0 (1:0, 2:0, 0:0)
*2/1: Arsenal III - HT II 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0)
*2/1: KIF II - Unitas II Forfeit
*2/5: HJK III - HT II 2:1Uusi Suomi, 1939-02-06
*2/26: Arsenal III - Unitas II Forfeit
*3/4: HT II - Karhu-Kissat II 1:1 (0:0, 0:1, 1:0)
*3/7: HPS III - Karhu-Kissat II 2:2 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1)Uusi Suomi, 1939-03-08
Klass III 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
KIF III 	6 	5	0	1	29	6 	10
HPS III 	6 	4	2	0	21	8 	10
Karhu-Kissat II	6 	4	1	1	11	5 	9
HJK III 	6 	2	2	2	10	21	6
Arsenal III 	6 	2	1	3	3 	10	5
HT II 	6 	1	0	5	4 	13	2
Unitas II 	6 	0	0	6	4 	19	0
Note: Table doesn't match game results, but this is how it was presented in Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-03-19.
==Häme Championship==
;First round
*1/31: TBK - Ilves 2:1 (1:0, 1:0, 0:1)Aamulehti, 1939-02-01
*1/31: TaPa - TKV 2:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:0)
*2/3: TBK - TaPa 3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:1)Aamulehti, 1939-02-05
*2/3: Ilves - TKV 5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0)
*2/12: Ilves - TaPa 10:1Aamulehti, 1939-02-13
;Final round
*3/10: Ilves - TBK 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0)
*3/12: TBK - Tarmo 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0)
*Tarmo - Ilves 3:2
Ilves won, having the best goal differential.
==Turku Championship==
;Klass I
*12/28: Åbo IFK - Turun Riento 4:3 (2:1, 1:1, 1:0)Abo Underrattelser, 1938-12-29
*12/30: TPS - Turun Riento 5:1 (3:1, 1:0, 1:0)Turun Sanomat, 1938-12-31
*1/31: TPS - Åbo IFK 4:3 OT (0:1, 2:1, 1:1, 1:0)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-02-01
*2/5: TPS - Loimaan Palloilijat 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0)Abo Underrattelser, 1939-02-06 - final
;Klass II
*1/20: Abo IFK II - TPS II 1:1 (0:0, 1:0, 0:1)Abo Underrattelser, 1939-01-21
*1/23: TPS II - Turun Riento II 1:1Abo Underrattelser, 1939-01-24
*1/30: Abo IFK II - Turun Riento II 2:0
==Suomi-Sarja==
;Helsinki Group
Teams: Arsenal, KIF II, Helsingin Toverit (group), Karhu-Kissat, Unitas, HJK II (group). 
*2/2: Karhu-Kissat - Unitas 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-02-03
*2/2: HT - Arsenal 3:1 (2:1, 0:0, 1:0)
*2/3: KIF II - Arsenal 6:1 (1:1, 4:0, 1:0)Abo Underrattelser, 1939-02-04
*2/3: HJK II - Unitas 3:1 (1:1, 1:0, 1:0)
*2/5: Karhu-Kissat - HJK II 5:2 (3:0, 1:1, 1:1)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-02-06
*2/5: KIF II - HT 5:2 (0:1, 3:1, 2:0)
*2/10: Karhu-Kissat - KIF II - final - not played
*2/14: Karhu-Kissat - HT 3:1 (2:0, 0:0, 1:1) - final round qualifierHufvudstadsbladet, 1939-02-15
Karhu-Kissat won.
;Häme Group
Ilves II withdrew.
*2/12: TBK - TKV 12:0 (4:0, 3:0, 5:0)
*2/14: TBK - TaPa 6:0 (2:0, 1:0, 3:0) 
TBK won and was supposed to advance to face Tarmo Hameenlinna II, but no records of this matchup taking place exist.
;Southwestern Group
Teams: TPS, Abo IFK II, Turun Riento II
*2/14: TPS - Turun Riento II 9:2 (0:0, 6:1, 3:1)
*2/15: AIFK II - Turun Riento II 7:1 (1:1, 3:0, 3:0)Abo Underrattelser, 1939-02-16
*2/17: TPS - AIFK II 
TPS won and advanced to faced Loimaan Palloilijat
*2/19: TPS - Loimaan Palloilijat 8:0 (4:0, 3:0, 1:0)Turun Sanomat, 1939-02-20
*2/23: TPS - Loimaan Palloilijat 5:0 (1:0, 2:0, 2:0)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-02-24
;Final round
*2/25: TBK - TPS 0:0Abo Underrattelser, 1939-02-27
*2/26: TBK - Karhu-Kissat 2:2 (1:1, 1:1, 0:0)Abo Underrattelser, 1939-02-27
*2/26: TPS - Karhu-Kissat 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0)
==Other games==
*12/18: KIF - HJK 2:0Hufvudstadsbladet, 1938-12-19
*12/26: Ilves - Tarmo Hameenlinna 2:2 (2:0, 0:1, 0:1)Abo Underrattelser, 1938-12-27
*1/29: TBK - Tarmo Hameenlinna 5:3 (2:0, 3:1, 0:2)
*3/5: Helsinki - Åbo 5:1 (2:0, 2:0, 1:1)Hufvudstadsbladet, 1939-03-06
;Turku Lightning Tournament
*Åbo IFK - Turun Riento 1:0
*TPS - Turun Riento 2:0
*TPS - Åbo IFK 0:0
TPS won. 
;Tampere Lightning Tournament (3x10)Aamulehti, 1939-01-03
*1/1: TBK - Ilves II 4:0
*1/1: TaPa - TKV 3:2 
*1/1: TBK - TaPa 3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0)
==References==
* Hockey Archives
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Category:1938 in ice hockey
Category:1939 in ice hockey