The 1956–57 SM-sarja season was the 26th season of the SM-sarja, the top level of ice hockey in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. 10 teams participated in the league, and Ilves Tampere won the championship.

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Qualification for final

* TPS Turku -

Tappara Tampere Tappara (; Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at '' Tampere Deck Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 18 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, ...

8:1

3rd place

* Tarmo Hämeenlinna -

1:6/3:1

Final

Ilves Tampere Ilves (; Finnish for " Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena. The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the cit ...

- TPS Turku 4:2/7:5

External links

Season
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Liiga seasons 1956–57 in Finnish ice hockey