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2006–07 SM-liiga Season
The 2006–07 SM-liiga season was the 32nd season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and Karpat Oulu won the championship. Regular season Playoffs Preliminary round * TPS (ice hockey), TPS - Pelicans (ice hockey), Pelicans 0:2 (0:2, 1:3) * Lukko - Ilves 1:2 (3:2, 1:2, 2:5) Quarterfinals * Kärpät - Pelicans (ice hockey), Pelicans 4:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:2 P, 1:0) * Jokerit - Ilves 4:0 (2:1, 4:1, 6:1, 4:2) * HPK - HIFK 4:1 (4:1, 1:2, 5:0, 4:2, 2:1 P) * Tappara - Espoo Blues, Blues 1:4 (3:2 P, 2:3 P, 1:7, 0:2, 1:2 P) Semifinal * Kärpät - Espoo Blues, Blues 3:0 (4:1, 3:2, 3:2 P) * Jokerit - HPK 3:0 (2:1 P, 2:1 P, 4:0) 3rd place * HPK - Espoo Blues, Blues 7:2 Final * Kärpät - Jokerit 3:0 (3:2, 4:2, 5:2) External links SM-liiga official website {{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 SM-liiga season 2006–07 in Finnish ice hockey, 1 2006–07 in European ice hockey leagues, Finnish Liiga seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulun Kärpät
Oulun Kärpät (Finnish language, Finnish for "Oulu Stoat, Ermines", sometimes referred to as Kärpät Oulu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Oulu and playing in the top-tier Finnish Liiga. Kärpät have won the Finnish championship title eight times, and is the most successful Finnish ice hockey team in the 21st century. History Early years In the spring of 1946, three young men decided to found a new sports club in Oulu. At the constitutional meeting on May 15, 1946, the club was named "Oulun Kärpät 46". At first, Kärpät played association football, football (soccer) and its first winter sport was bandy. In the first annual meeting in January 1947, an ice hockey section was established. At the beginning of the new decade, Kärpät was somewhat successful in ice hockey and it became the main sport of the club. The first game at the highest level, then known as "SM-sarja" was played on the December 4, 1960, against HJK Helsinki, HJK of Helsinki, but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilves
Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the city of Tampere. History With sixteen championships, Ilves is the second most successful hockey team in the Finnish championship league, the Liiga, after their local rival Tappara. The club was founded in the spring of 1931, and it played its first game against Tampereen Palloilijat the next winter. In the late 1930s, Ilves won three Finnish championship titles as the first Tampere-based hockey team. After World War II, Ilves started playing its home games at the then new Koulukatu ice rink. It had another championship spree in 1945–1947 when it stayed undefeated for over four years (albeit playing only 36 games during that period). In 1954, Ilves was for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KalPa
Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) is a professional ice hockey team which competes in the Finnish Liiga. They play in Kuopio, Finland at the Niiralan monttu, Olvi Areena. Team history Established in 1929 as ''Sortavalan Palloseura'' in Sortavala, the club relocated to Kuopio in 1945 after its original hometown had been annexed by the Soviet Union. During its Sortavala years, the club was not active in ice hockey, but competed in association football, bandy, and pesäpallo instead. Ice hockey was introduced in 1947, and in 1956 KalPa officially replaced the more traditional Kuopio club KuPS in that sport thus specializing in hockey – minor league football was still continued until 1974 as a farm team of sorts for KuPS. The full name of the company that runs the representative team today is ''KalPa Hockey Oy''. The majority of the company is owned by former National Hockey League, NHL players Sami Kapanen and Kimmo Timonen. Kapanen is the majority owner, controlling 50.5% of the franchise. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porin Ässät (men's Ice Hockey)
Porin Ässät ry is a sports club based in Pori, Finland. The club's only programs are ice hockey and esports, but it used to have an association football program. Porin Ässät ry operates an ice hockey team in the Finnish Elite League. Porin Ässät ry also has junior teams for all age groups from U7 to U20. Porin Ässät ry also operate a women's ice hockey school and the girl's junior ice hockey department while also operating a skating school. Sports Men's ice hockey Ässät's ice hockey department started in 1967 when two local clubs, RU-38 and Karhut, merged. Since 1967, Ässät has won three Finnish Championships (1971, 1978 and 2013) and one Finnish Cup (''Suomen Cup'' in Finnish) For the 2023–24 season, Ässät plays in the Liiga, the top-tier of ice hockey in Finland. Ässät women's ice hockey department was established in 1981 and it was one of the ten teams that formed the Naisten SM-sarja (now ''Naisten Liiga''). The team was disestablished in 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JYP Jyväskylä
JYP is an ice hockey team playing in the Finnish top division Liiga. They play in Jyväskylä, Finland, at the Synergia-areena, LähiTapiola Areena. History JYP was founded in 1923. First it was the ice hockey section of the sports club ''Jyväskylän Palloilijat'' The current full name of the club is, having been registered as an osakeyhtiö since 1999. JYP has won the Finnish SM-liiga twice, in 2009 and 2012, having been the losing side in the play-off finals in 1989 and 1992. Early years JYP was founded in 1923 as Jyväskylän Palloilijat (''Jyväskylä's Ballsport players'' in English). Originally the club was multi-sport club having competitive departments in association football, football, pesäpallo (Finnish baseball), bandy and later ice hockey and basketball. In 1977 JyP divided due to financial reasons and ice hockey department began with new club, JyP HT (officially Jyväskylän Palloilijat Hockey Team) while football department formed JyP-77 (JJK Jyväskylä nowadays). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SaiPa
SAIPA (, ''SAIPA'') is an Iranian automaker headquartered in Tehran. The SAIPAC (an acronym for the French ''Société anonyme iranienne de production des automobiles Citroën'' lit. ''Iranian Limited Company for the Production of Citroën Automobiles'') was established in 1965 as with 75% Iranian ownership, to assemble Citroëns under license for the Iranian market. It changed its name into SAIPA (''Société anonyme iranienne de production automobile'') in 1975 when Citroën withdrew from the company. Its products in recent years have been mostly under-licensed Korean cars and its own engine and range of cars. The chief executive officer, chief executive (president (corporate title), president or managing director) of SAIPA is Ali Sheikhzadeh. The main subsidiaries of SAIPA Group are Saipa Diesel, Pars Khodro and Zamyad Co. History SAIPA began by assembling Citroën's two-cylinder mini car, the Citroën Dyane, Dyane, in 1968. It went under the name Jyane (or Jian) in Iran. SAI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelicans (ice Hockey)
The Lahti Pelicans are a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga, Finland. Founded in 1996, they play in the city of Lahti at Isku Arena. The team is co-owned by (among others) former National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender Pasi Nurminen and Formula One racecar driver Valtteri Bottas. History Viipurin Reipas (1891–1964) Viipurin Reipas was a sports club located in Vyborg. They won the first ever Finnish Ice Hockey Championship in 1928 with a team consisting mostly of bandy players. After Vyborg was taken from Finland by Soviet Union during World War II, the club relocated to Lahti where it continued under its original name until renamed to Lahden Reipas. Lahden Reipas (1964–1975) Reipas spent five seasons in SM-sarja from 1965 to 1970. Their best finish was sixth in 1965–66. Kiekkoreipas (1975–1989) Kiekkoreipas was formed in 1975 to take over hockey operations from Lahden Reipas. They finished top of the league in recently formed First Division in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukko
Rauman Lukko (Finnish for "lock") is a Finnish sports club based in Rauma, Finland, Rauma, Finland, best known for its men's professional ice hockey team. The club was founded as Rauma Woodin Lukko in 1936. The representative team currently plays in the Finnish Liiga, the premier men's professional ice hockey league in Finland. They play their home games in the Kivikylän Areena, Äijänsuo Arena, which has a capacity of 5,400 spectators. Lukko won the SM-sarja#Winners, SM-sarja in 1962–63 SM-sarja season, 1963 and won the Liiga championship in 2020–21 Liiga season, 2021. Until 2023 the club also had a top-tier Lukko Naiset, women's representative ice hockey team, which played in the Naisten Liiga (ice hockey), Naisten Liiga, and a top-tier women's representative pesäpallo team, which plays in the Superpesis. Honours Domestic Liiga * Winners (1): 2020–21 Liiga season, 2020–21 * Runners-up (1): 1987–88 SM-liiga season, 1987–88 * 3rd place (4): 1993–94 SM-liiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jokerit
Helsingin Jokerit (, English: Joker (playing card), Jokers or Jesters of Helsinki) is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland, which competes in Mestis. Jokerit plays its home games at the Helsinki Ice Hall and Helsinki Halli in Helsinki. Founded in 1967, the team has a rich history of success, having secured six league championships as a prominent member of the Finnish Liiga, SM-liiga in the years 1972–73 SM-sarja season, 1973, 1991–92 SM-liiga season, 1992, 1993–94 SM-liiga season, 1994, 1995–96 SM-liiga season, 1996, 1996–97 SM-liiga season, 1997, and 2001–02 SM-liiga season, 2002. Additionally, Jokerit has three European championships to its name, having triumphed in the IIHF European Cup in 1994 IIHF European Cup, 1994 and 1995 IIHF European Cup, 1995, as well as the IIHF Continental Cup in 2002–03 IIHF Continental Cup, 2003. Starting in the 2014–15 KHL season, 2014–15 season, Jokerit became part of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TPS (ice Hockey)
TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 10-time champion of SM-liiga and 1-time champion of SM-sarja. They play in Turku, Finland, at Gatorade Center. In terms of championships, TPS is the second all-time most successful team in SM-Liiga, right behind Tappara. Team history TPS was established in 1922 as Turun Palloseura, from which the acronym derives. The club began ice hockey activities after 1929. Today, the full name of the company that owns the ice hockey team is ''HC TPS Turku Oy''. TPS has won the Finnish Championship in ice hockey 11 times: 1956, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2010. Only Tampere teams Ilves and Tappara have won more titles when SM-sarja also counts. Coach Hannu Jortikka led the club to a total of six championships in 1989–91 and 1999–2001. TPS have also won two Finnish Cups, a European Cup in 1993–94 IIHF European Cup, 1994, the European Hockey League in 1996–97 European Hockey League, 1997, and a IIHF Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
