Kärpät on thin ice

The third SM-Liiga final was played today in Jyväskylä. JYP had already won the last two games and it was a very important game for Kärpät.

Kärpät didn´t manage to win this important game and will have a very hard time turning the standings around. JYP only need one more win to win the SM-Liiga 2008-2009.

The next game will be played on tuesday April 14 th in Oulu.

Sports dream has ended

Tonight the final game between Vasa Sport and Ässät was played in Pori.

Ässät was the far better team and Vasa Sport just couldn´t keep up with the standard of the home teams play witch resulted in a 3-0 win for Ässät.

Ässät remains in the SM-Liiga and Vasa Sport´s dream of getting to the SM-Liiga ended. They will be staying in Mestis liiga, witch is a lower ranked league in finish icehockey.

JYP wins second final

The second SM-Liiga final was played earlier tonight in Oulu. This was a very important game for the home team, Kärpät.

It was a very even game and most of the game Kärpät looked like the dominating team but JYP managed to score a goal in the beginning of the third period and won the game 0-1.

JYP now have a 2 game win advantage and it will be very tought for Kärpät to win the next game in Jyväskylä.

JYP won the first SM-Liiga final

Yesterday, JYP won the first SM-Liiga final against Kärpät. It was an even match but JYPhad all the better changes throu th whole game.

JYP opened up with the first goal in the first period. In the second period, Kärpäts Daniel Corso scored to even the game. The game went to overtime and after a few minutes JYP scored the winning goal.

The next game will be played tomorrow in Oulu on Kärpät home ice.

Ässät on home ice in fifth game against Vasa Sport

Tonight Ässät and Vasa Sport will play the fifth game against each other. The game is played on Ässäts home ice in Pori.

This is a very important game for both teams. A win today will give one of the teams a 3-2 game leading advantage and could make it hard for the losing team to recover and win the next game.
The game will start at 6:30 PM.

Nelonen brings you the SM-Liiga finals live

Nelonen will show all of the SM-Liiga finals 2008-2009. The first final will kick off on wednesday in JYväskylä. Nelonen starts sending at 6:00 pm and the game starts at 6:30 pm.

If you are interested in nelonens schedule for the finals you can go to www.nelonen.fi. For more information about the finals go to www.sm-liiga.fi

Kärpät will meet JYP in the finals

Yeasterday Kärpät won 4-3 on overtime. Blues was leading 3-2 into the last minute but Kärpäts Vesa Viitakoski put the puck in the net at 59:26 and made the game go to overtime. Just three minutes into overtime, Kärpäts Juha-matti Aaltonen shot the puck behind Blues goalkeeper, Mikko Koskinen, taking Kärpät to the finals. Kärpät won 4-2 in games.

Kärpät has been in the finals many times before and have won the SM-Liiga several times. JYP is a very strong team this season so the finals should be very interresting.