Ässät is still in the game

Earlier tonight Ässät played against Vasa Sport for a place in the SM-Liiga next season. Ässät lost on home ice a couple of days ago but took the away win in Vasa.

Both teams have won a game each and it is interesting to see who will fall and who will rise. If Ässät wins three more games, they will remain in the SM-Liiga but if Vasa Sport wins, Ässät will fall from the SM-Liiga and Vasa Sport will take their place in the league. Ässät will then end up in the Mestis liiga, the league under the SM-Liiga where Vasa Sport currently are.

Kalpa wins away game

Earlier tonight, Kalpa and JYP played the third game in the SM-Liiga semi finals. After two losses Kalpa finally managed to win the dominating team from Jyväskylä.

The game standings are now 2-1 in JYP´s favor but the next game is played on Kalpa home ice so hopefully for them it will result in another victory to tie the game standings.

In the other semi final, Blues are leading 2-1 in games against Kärpät who lost 2-1 earlier tonight. Kärpät are multi time SM-Liiga winners but Blues are fighting hard to avoid them from taking another SM-Liiga title.

JYP is two wins away from the 2008-2009 SM-Liiga final

On saturday JYP played their second semi final against Kalpa. The first game was in Jyväskylä were JYP won 3-0 on home ice. Kalpa didn´t show any approvement on home ice in Kuopio, which resulted in a 1-4 loss.

Now JYP are only two more wins away from playing in the 2008-2009 SM-Liiga final against Oulun Kärpät or Espon Blues.

Will Ässät fall down to Mestis Liiga?

Yesterday Ässät played against Vasa Sport. The first of these teams to win 4 games will either move from mestis to the SM-Liiga or fall from the SM-Liiga down to mestis whitch is the league under the SM-Liiga.

Ässät who technically still are in the SM-Liiga, lost their first game against Vasa Sport 3-2. Vasa Sport, the winner of Mestis Liiga 2009 are fighting for the opportunity to upgrade from mestis to the SM-Liiga and only need three more wins for this dream to come true.

Jokerit hooligans attacked Kärpät fan

The season for the Helsinki team.Jokerit, is now over but Jokerit hooligans are still not over the seasons sudden ending. A few days ago, Jokerit hooligans assaulted a women by the Central railway Station in Helsinki. The reason to the abuse was that the women was wearing a Kärpät shirt. They obviously didn´t apply for this and attacked the woman instantly.

The women the Jokerit hooligans assaulted ended up with minor cuts and bruises but nothing serious.

Jokerits season has ended

Earlier tonight, Jokerit played against Kärpät and lost 3-2 on overtime. Since this was Kärpäts fourth win against Jokerit, they are now through to the semi finals.

Jokerit will not play any more games this season and no team from Helsinki will win any medal this season. HIFK has allready been on vacation for about three weeks now and are training for a more successful season next season.

TPS and Kalpa won on overtime

Yesterday Kalpa won HPK on ovrtime and are now leading 3-1 in the playoffs games. JYP struggeled for a win yeasterday against TPS but TPS managed to make a goal on overtime and won the game. The standing for JYP-TPS are now 2-2 in games.

Canal+ brings HPK - Kalpa to your screen

On saturday Canal+ will be showing HPK-Kalpa, live. This is a very interesting game since Kalpa has the opportunity to go to the semi finals. They only need one more win and it is over for HPK.

HPK are having problems in the playoffs and are not playing as fans would expect from them. They are one of the favourites and many thought they would go to the finals but people are starting to lose hope for the Hämeenlinna team.

There is still hope for Jokerit

Earlier tonight Jokerit play against Kärpät in the third round of the SM-Liig playoffs 2009. Before this game, Kärpät had two wins and Jokerit none.

Jokerit won tonights game 4-1 showing Kärpät that they are still in the game and wont give up so easy. Kärpät only need two more wins to go to the semi-finals.

JYP won 3-2 against TPS and are now leading 2-1 in game wins and Pelicans won against Blues and are leading 2-1 in game wins aswell. Kalpa gave HPK a 4-0 beating and are also leading 2-1 in game wins.

The third round in the playoffs

On tuesday the third round in the playoffs will take place. All other teams have won one game each exept for Kärpät who have won over Jokerit two times. Jokerit have no wins so far but hopefully for them, they will win on tomorrow.

Jokerit are out on thin ice

Jokerit has had a great season in the SM-Liiga 2008-2009 but that season will end if they don´t win Kärpät on tuesday. Kärpät have won both playoff games against Jokerit and only need one more to go to the semi finals.

Kärpät is one of the best teams in the SM-Liiga but have had alot of problem this season. They now seem to be playing the kind of icehockey the fans expect of them and Jokerit will have to fight hard on tuesday if they want to stay in the playoffs.

JYP unexpected loss against TPS on home ice

JYP, the leading team in the league before the playoffs, lost 1-3 against a improved TPS on friday. Jyp scored the first goal but after that TPS scored 3 unanswered goals.

Sinuhe Wallinheimo, JYP´s goalie had a low number of 5 saves so TPS scored 3 out of 8 shots on goal. That is almost 50 % shots in the net. TPS goalie, Alexander Salak had about 30 shots against him but still managed to keep the puck out of the net.

JYP was taken by surprice and now have to make some changes in order to win TPS tomorrow at 5pm.

Good playoff start for Kalpa

Earlier tonight, HPK played against Kalpa on home ice. The match didn´t go as expected for the home team and they ended up losing 0-3. Kalpa played a great game but the biggest reason to their win was their goalie, Mika Oksa who didn´t let in a goal. Sami Kapanen was also a big impact on tonights win for Kalpa. He scored 2 gols and assisted 1.

HPK have had a very good season but they seem to have problems against Kalpa. In tonights game they had about 30 shots on goal and no goals.

Next HPK-Kalpa game is tomorrow at 5 pm.

Fans disapointed in HIFK season

Fans of HIFK, one of the favorite teams in the SM-Liiga, are still very disapointed with the outcome of the season. It just didn´t seem that they wanted it enough. When they played good, they could do anything but as soon as they let in a goal, their game play collapsed.

They also have had alot of problems with injuries but no one would have thought they would lose three games in a row against a less expirienced team, TPS.

TPS is not that good a team but they have a stunning goal keeper, Alexander Salak who I think is the reason to TPS success this season. His goalkeeper skills might make it hard for JYP to score goals in the playoffs.

the playoff matchups are set

The playoff games are now set. JYP will play against TPS, Pelicans, who won Ilves on tuesday, will play against Blues.

Kärpät and Jokerit plays against each other as well as HP and Kalpa but that was allready set a longer time ago.

Canal + brings the playoff kickoff to your home

On friday th 13th, when the SM-Liiga playoffs kicks off, canal + sends HPK-Kalpa live on tv. The broadcasting will begin at 6:10pm and the match starts at 6:30pm.

Another playoff game they are showing is TPS-JYP on saturday at 4:45pm. This will be brodacasted live from TPS home arena.

Playoff start

The playoffs in the SM-Liiga will start on friday, march 13th. It will be a very interesting playoff season with very good teams and players.

Goodbye HIFK

TPS will meet JYP after winning over HIFK on home ice. HIFK did not make it to the playoffs. Ilves and pelicans, have won 1 game each and will fight for a playoff place. The winner will meet Blues.

HIFK lost on home ice

Yesterday HIFK and TPS played the first game in hopes to make it to the playoffs. In the beginning of the game, HIFK played very well but after TPS made one goal, HIFK play was terrible. They had no control over the game and lost 4-1. If TPS wins the next game, they will go to the playoffs.

Kim Hirschovits overall point winner 2008-2009

Yesterday, Kim Hirschovits scored 1 goal and assisted 2 in the game against TPS. He now has an overall of 66 points, 2 points more than Jarkko Immonen from JYP.

He have won the overall point scorer in the SM-liiga runkosarja 2008-2009 and will hopefully continue getting points in the playoffs.

TPS and Ilves almost a place in the playoffs

Ilves and TPS still have a chance for playoffs. TPS won yeasterday against HIFK and Ilves won against Lukko. TPS will play against HIFK and Ilves against Pelicans in on saturday.

The winner of TPS and HIFKwill will then meet the current SM-Liiga leader, JYP and the winner of Ilves and Pelicans will meet Blues in the playoffs.

Ilves - JYP tonight on Canal +

Tonight Ilves will meet JYP in one of the last SM-Liiga games before the playoffs. Ilves are having major problems and have lost several games in the last weeks. JYP on the other hand, haven´t lost a game i a long time so it´s going to be hard for Ilves to win tonight.

The game will be brought to you live from Canal + at 6:30 pm.

Kim Hirschovits point leader

The HIFK forward, Kim Hirchovits is currently the overall point leader in the SM-Liiga. He has a stunning 62 points with 17 goals and 45 assists and is also the current assist leader.

Toni Koivisto from Kärpät, who has 61 points with 23 goals and 38 assists is only 1 point behind Hirschovits.

Jussi Makkonen from HPK is currently on a third place with 58 points and is the leading goal scorer with 27 goals. He has 31 assists.

Kim Hirschovits(img1), Toni Koivisto(img2), Jussi Makkonen(img3)