2004–05 SM-liiga season

2004–05 SM-liiga season
SM-liiga's 30 year anniversary badge on a jersey
Finals champions	Oulun Kärpät
Runners-up	Jokerit

Kärpät celebrates 2-0 victory over the Jokerit in the 2005 final.

The 2004–05 SM-liiga season was the 30th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 13 teams participated in the league, and Kärpät Oulu won the championship.

Regular season

	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	Kärpät	56	35	5	6	10	190	122	+68	121
2	Jokerit	56	34	4	3	15	163	96	+67	113
3	HPK	56	24	17	2	13	196	128	+68	108
4	HIFK	56	29	5	7	15	162	116	+46	102
5	Lukko	56	28	4	6	18	152	130	+22	98
6	TPS	56	22	8	10	16	146	142	+4	92
7	Ilves	56	22	6	8	20	164	179	-15	86
8	JYP	56	23	2	7	24	147	148	-1	80
9	Tappara	56	17	8	6	25	151	172	-21	73
10	Ässät	56	15	8	6	27	140	178	-38	67
11	Blues	56	15	5	6	30	139	159	-20	61
12	SaiPa	56	11	7	5	33	145	195	-50	52
13	Pelicans	56	7	3	10	36	100	230	-130	37

Playoffs

Preliminary round

• Ilves - Ässät 2:0 (3:1, 4:1)
• JYP - Tappara 1:2 (6:4, 0:1, 0:4)

Quarterfinals

• Kärpät - Tappara 4:1 (2:0, 3:2, 0:1, 5:1, 6:2)
• Jokerit - Ilves 4:1 (5:2, 2:3, 7:1, 3:1, 4:1)
• HPK - TPS 4:2 (3:2, 2:3, 4:1, 2:3, 4:3, 3:0)
• HIFK - Lukko 1:4 (2:3 P, 0:3, 4:3 P, 0:2, 2:5)

Semifinals

• Kärpät - Lukko 3:0 (3:0, 3:1, 4:3)
• Jokerit - HPK 3:0 (5:3, 3:2, 4:1)

3rd place

• HPK - Lukko 4:3 P

Final

• Kärpät - Jokerit 3:1 (3:2 P, 2:1, 1:2, 2:0)

External links

• SM-liiga official website