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.

Vasa sport is still in the game

It is now 2-2 in game standings for Ässät and Vasa Sport after Vasa Sport won 2-1 on home ice today. Both teams are now 2 wins away from winning and continue being or becomming an SM-Liiga team.

If Ässät should lose, They will no longer be a part o the SM-Liiga and Vasa Sport will take their place, becomming an SM-Liiga team for the first time. If Ässät wins, nothing will change, Ässät will stay in the SM-Liiga and Vas sport will stay in the Mestis liiga.

Jyp goes to the finals

After a 4-1 win against Kalpa tonight, JYP is now throu to the finals. JYP won 4-1 in games and Kalpa didn´t have what it takes to go to the finals.

Since game 1, JYP was the stronger team and Kalpa had difficulties so it was no surprice that JYP now is in the finals in the SM-Liiga 2008-2009.

Both Kalpa and Kärpät lost on home ice

Tonight was a disappointing night for all home ice fans. Both Kärpät and Kalpa lost on home ice and the game standings are now 2-2 for Blues and Kärpät and 3-1 for Jyp-Kalpa.

The Kuopio game resulted in a 2-1 loss for Kalpa against JYP and in Oulu, Kärpät took a beating aswell. Blues ended up winning 4-1 on away ice. Kärpät and Kalpa fans are not happy with their teams preformance on home ice.

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.