1953–54 Suomi-sarja season

The 1953-54 Suomi-sarja season was contested as the second tier of Finnish hockey. 21 teams participated in the league, and Lukko won the championship and was promoted alongside KyPa Karhula.

Regular season

The league was divided into four groups, the winners qualifying for promotion to the SM-sarja.

Northwestern Group

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Hermes Kokkola	6	4	1	1	36	24	9
2	VIFK Vaasa	6	2	3	1	36	24	7
3	TPV Tampere	6	2	2	2	22	23	6
4	Jymy Kokkola	6	1	0	5	20	41	2

PyHa Tampere withdrew.

Southwestern Group

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Lukko Rauma	10	8	1	1	48	33	17
2	Abo IFK	10	5	1	4	41	33	11
3	Karpat Pori	10	5	1	4	48	44	11
4	PPT Pori	10	4	2	4	39	34	10
5	TuTe Turku	10	4	2	4	35	40	10
6	Pyrkiva Turku	10	0	1	9	19	46	1

Tiebreaker

• PPT - TuTe 7:1

Southeastern Group

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	KyPa Kymi	8	5	3	0	43	18	13
2	KIF Helsinki	8	5	2	1	39	27	12
3	KoRe Kotka	8	4	2	2	36	32	10
4	Janteva Kotka	8	1	1	6	27	40	3
5	KTP Kotka	8	1	0	7	18	46	2

Southern Group

Vesa Scores

• 1/10: Vesa - Kullervo 10:5 (3:1, 4:3, 3:1)
• 1/13: Vesa - Jääpeikot 7:3 (2:1, 4:0, 1:2)
• 1/17: Vesa - HyPS 9:6 (1:1, 4:2, 4:3)
• 1/20: Vesa - Ponnistus 8:5 (3:4, 2:0, 3:1)
• 1/31: Vesa - Jääpeikot 9:2 (2:0, 5:1, 2:1)
• 2/5: Vesa - Ponnistus 9:3 (2:1, 4:0, 3:2)
• 2/10: Vesa - Kullervo 7:5 (2:0, 4:2, 1:3)
• 2/14: HyPS - Vesa 3:2 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1)

Standings

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Vesa Helsinki	8	7	0	1	61	32	14
2	HyPS	8	6	0	2	55	41	12
3	Jääpeikot	8	2	2	4	32	45	6
4	Helsingin Ponnistus	8	2	1	5	40	50	5
5	Helsingin Kullervo	8	1	1	6	34	54	3

Kullervo was relegated.

Promotion round

Vesa Scores

• 2/21: Vesa - Lukko 5:2 (2:0, 3:1, 0:1)
• 2/25: KyPa - Vesa 4:3 (1:1, 2:1, 1:1)
• 2/28: Hermes - Vesa 10:7

Standings

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Lukko	3	2	0	1	14	11	4
2	KyPa Karhula	3	1	1	1	12	13	3
3	Hermes	3	1	1	1	16	17	3
4	Vesa Helsinki	3	1	0	2	15	16	2

Tiebreaker

• KyPa - Hermes 4:2

Sources

• Jääkiekkoliiton kilpailukertomus 1953-54
• JokeriWiki - Kausi 1953-1954
• Kausi 1953-1954 (Suomi)