1971–72 Suomi-sarja season

The 1971-72 Suomi-sarja season was the 12th season of the league as the second tier of Finnish hockey. It was divided into three groups (North, South-West, and South-East) with the top two teams qualifying for the final round, where the top two teams were promoted to the SM-sarja.

Regular season

Northern Group

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Sport Vaasa	14	10	0	4	88	45	20
2.	JyP Jyväskylä	14	9	1	4	80	74	19
3.	Kärpät Oulu	14	7	2	5	70	59	16
4.	Hilpara Tampere	14	6	1	7	85	85	13
5.	Hermes Kokkola	14	6	1	7	70	70	13
6.	RaVe Raahe	14	6	0	8	78	75	12
7.	KiePo Mänttä	14	5	2	7	71	95	12
8.	JIlves Jämsänkowski	14	2	1	11	51	90	5

Relegation Tiebreaker

• RaVe Raahe 9 - KiePo Mänttä 8

South-Western Group

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Tarmo Hämeenlinna	14	10	2	2	119	55	22
2.	HPK Hämeenlinna	14	9	2	3	77	47	20
3.	PiTa Helsinki	14	7	2	5	61	54	16
4.	City-Kiekko Helsinki	14	6	2	6	59	55	14
5.	Musan Salama Pori	14	6	2	6	56	71	14
6.	Kiekko-67 Turku	14	6	1	7	68	53	13
7.	Turun Weikot Turku	14	5	2	7	48	62	12
8.	Jyske Laitila	14	0	1	13	44	138	1

South-Eastern Group

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SaiPa Lappeenranta	14	13	1	0	145	28	27
2.	SaPKo Savonlinna	14	9	3	2	81	43	21
3.	Reipas Lahti	14	8	0	6	63	58	16
4.	Jukurit Mikkeli	14	5	4	5	52	71	14
5.	Valtit Varkuas	14	6	0	8	69	61	12
6.	Ketterä Imatra	14	5	2	7	57	70	12
7.	Hurtat Lieksu	14	5	0	9	40	71	10
8.	Peliitat Heinola	14	0	0	14	31	136	0

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	JoKP Joensuu	10	10	0	0	100	24	20
2.	K-Kissat Helsinki	10	6	1	3	69	48	13
3.	SaiPa Lappeenranta	10	5	0	5	37	54	10
4.	Sport Vaasa	10	4	1	5	48	59	9
5.	KiePo Mänttä	10	2	0	8	36	65	4
6.	Hilpara Tampere	10	2	0	8	37	76	4