The 2008–09 SM-liiga season was the 34th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and JYP Jyvaskyla won the championship.
Regular season
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Pts 1 JYP 58 31 4 5 18 168 112 +56 106 2 Blues 58 28 4 8 18 159 135 +24 100 3 HPK 58 27 6 6 19 166 151 +15 99 4 Jokerit 58 28 4 6 20 134 132 +2 98 5 Kärpät 58 28 5 3 22 185 149 +35 97 6 KalPa 58 28 3 7 20 153 138 +15 97 7 HIFK 58 25 5 5 23 169 167 +2 90 8 Ilves 58 22 7 2 27 150 166 -16 82 9 Pelicans 58 22 5 4 27 149 145 +4 80 10 TPS 58 21 7 3 27 133 159 -26 80 11 Lukko 58 21 6 3 28 144 150 -6 78 12 Ässät 58 21 4 4 29 131 188 -57 75 13 Tappara 58 21 2 7 28 141 152 -11 74 14 SaiPa 58 17 4 3 34 136 174 -38 62
Playoffs
Preliminary round
HIFK - TPS 0:2 (1:3, 1:4) Ilves - Pelicans 1:2 (2:3, 1:0, 2:3)
Quarterfinals
JYP - TPS 4:2 (1:3, 2:1 P, 3:2, 1:2 P, 3:1, 4:2) Blues - Pelicans 4:3 (0:1, 4:3, 2:3, 4:3, 1:2 P, 7:2, 8:2) HPK - KalPa 2:4 (0:3, 3:1, 0:4, 1:2 P, 2:1, 2:3 P) Jokerit - Kärpät 1:4 (1:4, 2:3 P, 4:1, 1:6, 2:3 P)
Semifinal
JYP - KalPa 4:1 (3:0, 4:1, 1:2, 2:1, 4:1) Blues - Kärpät 2:4 (3:2 P, 2:3, 2:3 P, 4:1, 5:7, 3:4 P)
3rd place
Blues - KalPa 1:2
Final
JYP - Kärpät 4:0 (2:1 P, 1:0, 2:1, 5:2)
Relegation
1st round Lukko - SaiPa 0:3 (2:3 P, 2:5, 2:3 P) Ässät - Tappara 0:3 (4:5 P, 2:7, 2:4)
2nd round Lukko - Ässät 3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:4, 3:1)
SM-liiga qualifier Sport - Ässät 3:4 (3:2, 1:3, 0:5, 2:1 P, 4:3, 2:3 P, 0:3)
External links SM-liiga official website