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2019 Men's Hockey Playoff Champions

Donbass.

KHL: CSKA

Finnish Liiga: HPK

Svenska Hockeyligan: Frölunda

Czech Extraliga: Třinec

Slovak Extraliga: Banská Bystrica

Swiss NL: SC Bern

Deutsche Eishockey Liga: Adler Mannheim

Asia League: Sakhalin

Austrian Erste Bank Liga: EC KAC

Belarus: Yunost Minsk

Britain: Cardiff Devils

BeNe League: HYC Herentals

Denmark: Rungsted

France: Grenoble

Alps Hockey League: Olimpija Ljubljana

Norway: Frisk Asker

Poland: GKS Tychy

Hungarian Erste Liga: Ferencvárosi

Latvia: Mogo

Ukraine: Donbass

Iceland: SA Víkingar

Allan Cup: Lacombe Generals

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey: [Sorel-Tracy]

Women's Hockey Champions 2019

Peregrine. Source.

Clarkson Cup (CWHL): Calgary Inferno

The CWHL will fold on May 1. Story. Also.

Isobel Cup (NWHL): Minnesota Whitecaps

U Sports: Guelph Gryphons

NCAA: Wisconsin Badgers

Finland: Espoo Blues

France: Remparts de Tours

Germany: Memmingen

Japan: Douru Kenetsu Peregrine

Russia: Agidel Ufa

Sweden: Luleå

Switzerland: HC Ladies Lugano

Italy: Alleghe

EWHL: KMH Budapest

Tourangelles. Source.

Ässät versus Lukko 2018-19

Ässät score, October 13th, 2018. Source.

How did Ässät and Lukko fare in head-to-head action this season?

2018/9/14        Lukko 2 - 3 Ässät

2018/10/13      Ässät 5 - 4 Lukko

2018/11/23      Lukko 2 - 3 Ässät

2018/12/28      Ässät 0 - 1 Lukko

2019/2/1          Lukko 2 - 0 Ässät

2019/3/2          Ässät 5 - 4 Lukko

Despite these results Lukko are by far the better team, finishing the reguar season [5th to 8th], while Ässät were dead last.

About Oji Eagles

Oji Eagles, 1926. Source.

The Oji Eagles ice hockey club was founded in 1925, making it a year younger the Boston Bruins, and a year older than the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks. Throughout its existence it has been owned by Oji Paper Company, headquartered in Tomakomai, Hokkaido.

The club has been extremely successful in Japanese hockey competitions. The Eagles have won the All Japan Championship 37 times in 87 years. They were champions of the Japan Ice Hockey League 13 times in its 37-year existence, and have won the Asia League playoffs three times in 15 years. They have rarely suffered a losing season or a goal difference in negative numbers.

They have worn a variety of uniforms through the years -- which you can see  here --but the classic design is the one they used during the JIHL years, modelled on the red and blue Montreal Canadians uniform.

Oji Eagles' home rink is Hakucho Arena in Tomakomai. It can hold about four thousand spectators.

Their greatest rivalry has long been with Nippon Paper Cranes, another Hokkaido club attached to a paper manufacturer. But the rivals may have just played their last match on Feb 19th, as Nippon Paper is getting out of the hockey business.

Year by year:

Pre-JIHL era

1925        Founded as the company team of Oji Paper Tomakomai.

1932        Winner -- All Japan Championship (1st time)

1933        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1935        Winner -- All Japan Championship (2nd time)

1938        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1940        4th place -- All Japan Championship

1941        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1943        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1947        Winner -- All Japan Championship (3rd time)

1950        Winner -- All Japan Championship (4th time)

1951        Winner -- All Japan Championship (5th time)

1952        Winner -- All Japan Championship (6th time)

1953        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1954        Winner -- All Japan Championship (7th time)

1955        Winner -- All Japan Championship (8th time)

1956        Winner -- All Japan Championship (9th time)

1957        Co-winner -- All Japan Championship (10th time)

1958        Winner -- All Japan Championship (11th time)

1960        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1961        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1962        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1963        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1964        Winner -- All Japan Championship (12th time)

1965        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1966        Winner -- All Japan Championship (13th time)

 

JIHL era

                   G     W     L    T       F       A        GD     P     Pos

1966-67      8      6      2    0      39      21      +18    12    2nd

1967        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1967-68      8      5      2    1      55      17      +38    11    2nd

1968        Winner -- All Japan Championship (14th time)

1968-69      8      7      0    1      63      12      +51    15    Winner (1st time)

1969        Winner -- All Japan Championship (15th time)

1969-70      8      7      1    0      62      13      +49    14    Winner (2nd time)

1970        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1970-71    12      9      3    0      55      20      +35    18    2nd

1971-72      8      6      2    0      56      25      +31    12    2nd

1972        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1972-73    12      7      3    2      58      34      +24    16    2nd

1973        Winner -- All Japan Championship (16th time)

1973-74    12    10      2    0      87      42      +35    20    Winner (3rd time)

1974        4th place -- All Japan Championship

1974-75    10      6      4    0      76      37      +39    12    3rd

1975        4th place -- All Japan Championship

1975-76    15    12      3    0    108      35      +73    24    2nd

1976        Winner -- All Japan Championship (17th time)

1976-77    15    12      2    1    117      33      +84    25    2nd

1977        Winner -- All Japan Championship (18th time)

1977-78    15    12      2    1      91      36      +55    25    2nd

1978        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1978-79    20    10      7    3    101      66      +35    23    4th

1979        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1979-80    15    10      1    4    114      41      +73    24    Winner (4th time)

1980        Winner -- All Japan Championship (19th time)

1980-81    20    16      3    1    111      51      +60    33    2nd

1981        Winner -- All Japan Championship (20th time)

1981        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1981-82    30    27      0    3    208      98    +110    57    Winner (5th time)

1982-83    30    26      3    1    221    103    +118    53    Winner (6th time)

1983        Winner -- All Japan Championship (21st time)

1983-84    30    25      4    1    176    101      +75    51    Winner (7th time)

1984        Winner -- All Japan Championship (22nd time)

1984-85    30    24      3    3    187      82    +105    51    Winner (8th time)

1985        Winner -- All Japan Championship (23rd time)

1985-86    30    18      7    5    154    108      +46    41    2nd

1986        Winner -- All Japan Championship (24th time)

1986-87    30    23      3    4    158      66      +92    50    Winner (9th time)

1987        Winner -- All Japan Championship (25th time)

1987-88    30    21      6    3    135      83      +52    45    Winner (10th time)

1988        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1988-89    30    18      5    7    166      91      +75    43    2nd

1989        Winner -- All Japan Championship (26th time)

1989-90    30    26      1    3    162      59    +103    55    Winner (11th time)

1990        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1990-91    30    20      8    2    145      87      +58    42    2nd

                    Playoffs: won F 3 - 2. Winner (12th time)

1991-92    30    22      6    2    155      73      +82    46    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost F 1 - 3.

1992        Winner -- All Japan Championship (27th time)

1992        Winner -- All Japan Championship (28th time)

1992-93    30    20      8    2    142      78      +64    42    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost F 1 - 3.

1993-94    30    22      6    2    136      76      +60    46    2nd

                    Playoffs: Won SF 3 - 0, won F 3 - 1. Winner (13th time)

1994        Winner -- All Japan Championship (29th time)

1994-95    30    20      8    2    139      89      +50    42    3rd

1995        Winner -- All Japan Championship (30th time)

1995-96    40    25    13    2    185    131      +54    52    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost F 0 - 3.

1996        Winner -- All Japan Championship (31st time)

1996-97    30    22      4    4    152      92      +60    48    1st

                    Playoffs: won SF 2 - 1, lost F 0 - 2.

1997        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1997-98    40    22    14    4    165    129      +36    48    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 0 - 2.

1998        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1998-99    40    21    18    1    147    142        +5    43    2nd

                    Playoffs: won SF 3 - 0, lost F 1 - 3.

1999        4th place -- All Japan Championship

1999-00    30    13    15    2    103      97        +6    28    4th

                    Playoffs: lost SF 0 - 3.

2000        Winner -- All Japan Championship (32nd time)

2000-01    40    21    16    3    148    132      +16    45    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 2 - 3.

2001        4th place -- All Japan Championship

                   G    W OW SW SL OL     L       F       A      GD     P    Pos

2001-02    40    20    2    0    1    2     15    132    127    +5    47    3rd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 0 - 2.

2002        Winner -- All Japan Championship (33rd time)

2002-03    32    16    1    2          2      11    131   100   +31   39    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost SF.

2003        4th place -- All Japan Championship

2003-04    12      8    1                1       2      38      23   +15   18    2nd, 1st round

                 12      8    0                1       3      47      37   +10   17    2nd, 2nd round

 

AIHL era

                  G     W  OW   T   OL   L       F       A     GD      P    Pos

2003-04    16      5     0    2    0     9      55      58       -3    17    4th

2004        4th place -- All Japan Championship

2004-05    42    24     2    2    1   13    181    124    +57    79    4th

                    Playoffs: lost SF 1 - 3.

2005        Winner -- All Japan Championship (34th time)

2005-06    38    22     0    4    2   10    159      87    +72    72    4th

                    Playoffs: won QF 3 - 1, lost SF 0 - 3.

2006        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2006-07    34    20     0    4    1     9    151      80    +71    65    3rd

                    Playoffs: lost QF 1 - 3.

2007        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

2007-08    30    17     1    2    2     8    112      74    +38    57    3rd

                    Playoffs: won QF 3 - 0, won SF 3 - 0, won F 3 - 0. Winner (1st time)

2008        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

                  G    W   OW   SW   SL  OL    L     F       A     GD     P    Pos

2008-09    36    21    1       2      2    0    10   141    77    +64    71    3rd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 0 - 4.

2009        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

2009-10    36    21    0       3      2    3      7   141    80    +61    74    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 1 - 3.

2010        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2010-11    36    21    3       2      3    0      7    161    91    +70    76    1st

                    Playoffs: lost SF 1 - 3.

2011        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

2011-12    36    21    1       2      4    2      6    141    82    +59    75    1st

                    Playoffs: won SF 3 - 0, won F 3 - 1. Winner (2nd time)

2012        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2012-13    42    32    2       0      1    1      6    199    92  +107   102   1st

                    Playoffs: won SF 3 - 0, lost F 1 - 3.

2013        Winner -- All Japan Championship (35th time)

2013-14    42    32    2       5      0    0      3    194    74  +120   110    1st

                    Playoffs: won SF 3 - 0, lost F 1 - 3.

2014        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2014-15    48    21    2       5      3    3    14    156  138    +18     83    4th

                    Playoffs: lost QF 1 - 2.

2015        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

2015-16    48    26    1       1      3    1    16    158  125    +33     86    4th

                    Playoffs: lost QF 0 - 2.

2016        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2016-17    48    28    3       1      1    3    12    203  124    +79     96    3rd

                    Playoffs: lost QF 0 - 2.

2017        Winner -- All Japan Championship (36th time)

2017-18    28      9    3       3      0    1    12      74    73      +1     40    5th

                    Playoffs: won QF 2 - 1, won SF 3 - 2, lost F 1 - 3.

2018        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2018-19    34    11    6                      3    14     87    94        -7    48    5th

                    Playoffs: lost QF 1 - 2.

2019        Winner -- All Japan Championship (37th time)

Sources: English and Japanese Wikipedia; hockeyarchives.info; ojihockey-fan.jp; jihl.or.jp

38th All Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship

Rabbits. Source.

2/21

Match No. 1: Seibu Princess Rabbits [4 - 1] Obihiro Ladies

Match No. 2: Toyota Cygnus [3 - 4] Daishin

Match No. 3: Takasu Clinic Mikage Gretz [1 - 0] Hachinohe Reds Women's Ice Hockey Club

Match No. 4: Kushiro Bears [0 - 11] Douro Kenetsu Peregrine

2/22

Match No. 5: Obihiro Ladies [2 - 5] Toyota Cygnus

Match No. 6: Hachinohe Reds [1 - 2] Kushiro Bears

Match No. 7: Seibu Princess Rabbits [4 - 3] Daishin

Match No. 8: Mikage Gretz [0 - 5] Douro Kenetsu Peregrine

2/23

Match No. 9:    [Toyota Cygnus 6 - 2 Hachinohe Reds]

Match No. 10:  [Obihiro Ladies 2 - 5 Kushiro Bears]

Match No. 11:  [Seibu Princess Rabbits 6 - 0 Mikage Gretz]

Match No. 12:  [Daishin 1 - 2 Douro Kenetsu Peregrine]

2/24

Match No. 13: Hachinohe Reds [1 - 4] Obihiro Ladies

Match No. 14: Toyoto Cygnus [3 - 0] Kushiro Bears

Match No. 15: Mikage Gretz [0 - 4] Daishin

Match No. 16: Seibu Princess Rabbits [1 - 3] Douro Kenetsu Peregrine

[Douro Kenetsu Peregrine are the champions.]

Source.

Ässät versus Lukko in the 1970s

Ässät Pori, Finnish masters 1971 and 1978. Source.

1979-80

    1979/10/7      Ässät 6 - 5 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1979/11/11    Lukko 2 - 10 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1979/12/9      Ässät 10 - 7 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1980/3/9        Lukko 6 - 2 Ässät    Runkosarja

1978-79

    1978/10/8      Lukko 1 - 4 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1978/11/16    Ässät 5 - 6 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1978/12/12    Lukko 7 - 7 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1979/2/4        Ässät 9 - 4 Lukko    Runkosarja

    Ässät finished first in the Runkosarja, but lost in the playoff final to Tappara.

1977-78

    1977/10/16    Ässät 5 - 1 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1977/12/8      Lukko 6 - 3 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1978/1/12      Ässät 17 - 3 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1978/2/19      Lukko 7 - 4 Ässät    Runkosarja

    Ässät won the playoffs. Lukko finished ninth in the Runkosarja and were obliged to enter the league qualifying tournament, which they won, allowing them to remain in the SM Liiga.

1976-77

    1976/10/14    Ässät 7 - 2 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1976/11/7      Lukko 3 - 8 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1977/1/2        Ässät 9 - 4 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1977/2/6        Lukko 3 - 2 Ässät    Runkosarja

    Lukko finished ninth but won the league qualifying tournament to remain in SM Liiga.

1975-76

    1975/10/16    Lukko 4 - 3 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1975/10/23    Ässät 4 - 1 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1975/12/14    Lukko 3 - 4 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1976/3/11      Ässät 6 - 3 Lukko    Runkosarja

    This was the inaugural season of SM Liiga. Playoffs were introduced.

1974-75

    1974/10/31    Ässät 2 - 2 Lukko     SM-sarja

    1974/11/14    Lukko 4 - 1 Ässät    SM-sarja

    1975/1/28      Ässät 3 - 6 Lukko    SM-sarja

    1975/3/13      Lukko 4 - 3 Ässät    SM-sarja

1973-74

    1973/10/7      Lukko 2 - 7 Ässät    SM-sarja

    1973/11/30    Ässät 4 - 3 Lukko    SM-sarja

    1974/1/11      Lukko 6 - 6 Ässät     SM-sarja

    1974/2/26      Ässät 5 - 8 Lukko    SM-sarja

1972-73

    Lukko played in the tier II Suomensarja.

1971-72

    1971/10/10    Ässät 2 - 2 Lukko     SM-sarja, first round

    1971/11/25    Lukko 2 - 1 Ässät    SM-sarja, first round

    1972/2/27      Ässät 2 - 3 Lukko    SM-sarja, qualification round

    1972/3/5        Lukko 1 - 3 Ässät    SM-sarja, qualification round

    Lukko were relegated.

1970-71

    1970/11/3      Ässät 4 - 3 Lukko    SM-sarja, first round

    1971/1/21      Lukko 3 - 3 Ässät    SM-sarja, first round

    Ässät made the split, but Lukko did not. Ässät won the final round.

(I have taken games results for 1975-76 and later from the SM Liiga website and fi.wikipedia. SM Sarja results are from UrheiluSuomi.com.)

2018-19 Champions Hockey League Champions

Source.

It was Frölunda HC vs Red Bull München at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg on Tuesday.

Frölunda won this tournament in 2015-16 and 2016-17, and were runners-up in 2014-15. Red Bull München had never made it past the Round of 16 before this season.

This was the seventh Champions Hockey League match at the Scandinavium in 2018-19.

Frölunda are currently 5th in the Svenska Hockeyligan standings. RBM are second in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Frölunda won 3 - 1. Ryan Lasch was the tournament's top scorer.

About the Svenska Damhockeyligan

Modo. Source.

The SDHL is the top women's hockey league in Sweden. There are ten teams, and each plays a 36-game schedule followed by playoffs.

The league began in 2008 and was known as the Riksserien until 2016. Prior to 2008 the top league was Division 1, which now serves as the second tier under the name Damettan. There have been Swedish women's hockey championships since 1984.

This year's SDHL teams are:

AIK. Stockholm. Black and gold. Four members of the 2018-19 squad played on the 2018 Swedish women's Olympic team last February: Emmy Alasalmi, Sabina Küller, Lisa Johansson, Minatsu Murase.

Brynäs. Gävle. Black, gold and red. 2018 Olympians: Erika Grahm, plus Sarah Forster of the Swiss team. There are six Canadians on the Brynäs roster: Sonja van der Bliek, Ivana Bilic, Cassandra Vilgrain, Kayla Gardner, Jennifer Wakefield, and Savannah Newton of Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia.

Djurgården. Stockholm. Black, red and gold. Swedish champions 2017. Hanna Olsson was a 2018 Olympian for Sweden and Isabel Waidacher for Switzerland.

Göteborg. Their home rink is in Angered, a suburb of Göthenberg. Black, red, white and gold. Three Canadians: Brooklyn Irwin, Alyssa Macmillan, Morgan Kelly.

HV71. Jönköping. Blue, white and gold. Fanny Rask was on the 2018 Swedish Olympic team, Rosa Lindstedt and Sanni Hakala the Finnish, and Sabrina Zollinger the Swiss. Canadians: Madelaine Ericsson, Jessica Healey.

Leksand. Leksand in Dalarna. White, blue and gold. 2018 Olympians: Elin Lundberg, Anna Borgqvist. Canadians: Danielle Stone, Tawnya Guindon.

Linköping. Linköping in Östergötland. Blue, white and red. Swedish champions 2014 and 2015. Olympians: Emilia Ramboldt and Pernilla Winberg for Sweden; Lara Stalder for Switzerland; Sidney Morin for the USA; Eveliina Suonpää for the Finns. Kennedy Marchment is Canadian.

Luleå HF/MSSK. Luleå on the Bay of Bothnia. MSSK stands for Munksund Skuthamn Sportklub, which is along the coast in Piteå. The clubs joined forces in 2015 and use both towns' arenas. Black, red and gold. Swedish champions in 2016 and 2018. Olympians: Johanna Fällman, Rebecca Stenberg, Emma Nordin, Sara Grahn; Chiho Osawa the captain of the Japan team; and Jenni Hiirikoski, Michelle Karvinen, Noora Tulus, Ronja Savolainen and Petra Neiminen for the Finns. They beat the Metropolitan Riveters of the NWHL in the inaugural Champions Cup in September.

MODO. Örnsköldsvik. Red, white and green. Swedish champions 2012. Olympians: Johanna Olofsson, Olivia Carlsson. Canadians: Brooke Boquist, Breanne Wilson-Bennett, Kaitlyn Tougas, Michela Cava.

SDE. Their home rink is in Enebyberg, a suburb of Stockholm. SDE stands for Stocksund, Danderyd and Endbyberg. Black, white and gold. Canadian: Amanda Titus.

Below the SDHL is the Damettan, which consists of four regional leagues (North, South, East, and West). One of the clubs in the South Division is Danish, Hvidovre IK. At the end of the regular season the four divisional winners and the two bottom SDHL teams enter the Kval till SDHL. The four Damettan teams play off and the two winners face the two SDHL teams. The two winners from that go into next year's SDHL.

League website.

Hockey in Ladakh

Read an article about hockey in Leh, in the Indian Himalayas.

Ässät versus Lukko in the 1980s

Arto Javanainen versus Jouni Peltonen. Source.

1989-90

    Ässät played in Division 1 this season. They returned to the SM Liiga by beating JoKP in the promotion playoffs.

1988-89

    1988/10/20    Lukko 7 - 3 Ässät    Runkosarje

    1988/11/20    Ässät 4 - 5 Lukko    Runkosarje

    1989/1/1        Lukko 4 - 1 Ässät    Runkosarje

    1989/2/2        Ässät 1 - 8 Lukko    Runkosarje

    Ässät finished 12th in the SM Liiga. They lost to JoKP in the relegation playoffs and went down to Division 1.

1987-88

    1987/10/6      Lukko 5 - 1 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1987/10/31    Ässät 5 - 2 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1987/11/19    Lukko 7 - 3 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1987/11/26    Ässät 3 - 5 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1988/3/17      Ässät 4 - 5 Lukko    Runkosarja

1986-87

    1986/10/9      Ässät 2 - 5 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1986/11/2      Lukko 9 - 0 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1986/11/27    Lukko 1 - 3 Ässät    Runkosalja

    1986/12/26    Ässät 4 - 4 Lukko     Runkosarja

    1987/1/15      Ässät 4 - 4 Lukko     Runkosalja

    1987/2/15      Lukko 3 - 5 Ässät    Runkosarja

1985-86

    1985/10/13    Lukko 6 - 4 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1985/11/14    Ässät 9 - 3 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1986/1/2        Lukko 3 -12 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1986/2/2        Ässät 6 - 4 Lukko    Runkosarja

1984-85

    1984/10/4      Ässät 6 - 4 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1984/11/1      Lukko 3 - 5 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1984/12/6      Ässät 3 - 1 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1985/1/31      Lukko 4 - 5 Ässät    Runkosarja

1983-84

    While Ässät finished 2nd in SM Liiga, Lukko played in Division 1, but they earned promotion back to SM Liiga by defeating HPK in the promotion playoffs.

1982-83

    1982/9/30      Ässät 5 - 4 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1982/10/28    Lukko 3 - 6 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1982/11/28    Ässät 15 - 2 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1983/1/23      Lukko 2 - 1 Ässät    Runkosarja

    Lukko finished in last place and were defeated by HPK in the relegation playoffs.

1981-82

    1981/10/1      Lukko 9 - 10 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1981/11/5      Ässät 6 - 3 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1981/12/3      Lukko 3 - 3 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1982/1/28      Ässät 15 - 2 Lukko    Runkosarja

    Lukko finished last but were able to stay up by beating FoPS Forssa in the relegation playoffs.

1980-81

    1980/10/5      Lukko 2 - 9 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1980/11/2      Ässät 8 - 3 Lukko    Runkosarja

    1980/11/23    Lukko 3 - 6 Ässät    Runkosarja

    1981/1/18      Ässät 5 - 4 Lukko    Runkosarja

    Lukko finished last but were able to stay up by finishing second among four in the league qualifier.

These scores are sourced from the official SM Liiga website, but you have to wonder about some of them. Ässät beat Lukko 15 - 2 on 1982/1/28 and 1982/11/28? That looks like a transcription error to me.