View source for 1951–52 Suomi-sarja season

The '''1951-52 [[Suomi-sarja (1960-1974)|Suomi-sarja]] season''' was contested as the second tier of Finnish hockey. 25 teams participated in the league, and [[TPS Turku]] won the championship.

==Regular season==
The league was divided into five groups, the winners qualifying for promotion to the [[SM-sarja]]. 

===Central Group===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!GP
!W
!T
!L
!GF
!GA
!Pts
|- 
|1
|TPV Tampere
|8
|6
|1
|1
|36
|31
|13
|-
|2
|VIFK Vaasa
|8
|6
|0
|2
|56
|24
|10
|-
|3
|TKV Tampere
|8
|4
|0
|4
|51
|23
|8
|-
|4
|Haukat
|8
|2
|1
|5
|30
|49
|5
|- 
|5
|TKT Tampere
|8
|1
|0
|7
|20
|66
|2
|}

TKT was relegated to the Maakuntasarja

===Southwestern Group===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!GP
!W
!T
!L
!GF
!GA
!Pts
|- 
|1
|TPS Turku
|8
|8
|0
|0
|59
|18
|16
|-
|2
|PPT Pori
|8
|5
|1
|2
|55
|27
|11
|-
|3
|Abo IFK
|8
|4
|1
|3
|52
|31
|9
|-
|4
|Veikot Turku
|8
|2
|0
|6
|24
|67
|4
|- 
|5
|Pallo-Iirot Rauma
|8
|0
|0
|8
|14
|61
|0
|}

Pallo-Iirot was relegated.
===Southeastern Group===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!GP
!W
!T
!L
!GF
!GA
!Pts
|- 
|1
|KuPS Kuopio
|8
|7
|0
|1
|47
|22
|14
|-
|2
|KyPa Kymi
|8
|5
|2
|1
|36
|25
|12
|-
|3
|KTP Kotka
|8
|2
|2
|4
|25
|29
|6
|-
|4
|KoRe Kotka
|8
|2
|2
|4
|33
|38
|6
|- 
|5
|Keltamustat Kuopio
|8
|1
|0
|7
|22
|49
|2
|}

Keltamustat was relegated.

===Northern Group===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!GP
!W
!T
!L
!GF
!GA
!Pts
|- 
|1
|KPV
|8
|7
|0
|1
|52
|27
|14
|-
|2
|OJK Oulu
|8
|7
|0
|1
|40
|24
|14
|-
|3
|OK (Oulu?)
|8
|2
|0
|6
|34
|41
|4
|-
|4
|Vesa Raahe
|8
|2
|0
|6
|31
|45
|4
|- 
|5
|OTP Oulu
|8
|2
|0
|6
|27
|56
|4
|}

Tiebreaker
*'''KPV''' - OJK 4:1

OTP was relegated.
===Southern Group===
;Vesa Scores
*1/21: RPL - Vesa 6:6 (3:0, 1:3, 2:3)
*1/26: '''Kullervo''' - Vesa 6:2 (2:0, 0:1, 4:1)
*1/30: '''Vesa''' - RPL 10:6 (5:2, 2:2, 3:2)
*2/2: Vesa - Kullervo 6:6
*2/6: '''Ponnistus''' - Vesa 5:3 (3:1, 1:2, 1:0)
*2/8: Vesa - Kunto 6:6 (2:2, 1:3, 3:1)
*2/15: Kunto - Vesa 4:4
*2/19: Vesa - Ponnistuts 7:7
;Standings
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!GP
!W
!T
!L
!GF
!GA
!Pts
|- 
|1
|[[Helsingin Ponnistus]]
|8
|6
|1
|1
|54
|33
|13
|-
|2
|[[Helsingin Kullervo]]
|8
|4
|1
|3
|42
|31
|9
|-
|3
|[[Käpylän Kunto]]
|8
|3
|2
|3
|40
|40
|7
|-
|4
|[[Vesa Helsinki]]
|8
|1
|5
|2
|44
|46
|7
|- 
|5
|[[Riihimäen Pallonlyöjät]]
|8
|1
|1
|6
|34
|64
|3
|}

Riihimäen was relegated. 

==Final round==
;Scores
*'''TPV''' - Ponnistus 7:2
*'''TPS''' - KuPS 5:2
*'''TPS''' - TPV 7:2
*'''TPS''' - Ponnistus 4:3
*'''TPV''' - KuPS 3:2
;Standings
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!GP
!W
!T
!L
!GF
!GA
!Pts
|- 
|1
|TPS Turku
|3
|3
|0
|0
|16
|7
|6
|-
|2
|TPV Tampere
|3
|2
|0
|1
|12
|11
|4
|-
|3
|KuPS Kuopio
|2
|0
|0
|2
|4
|8
|0
|-
|4
|Helsingin Ponnistus
|2
|0
|0
|2
|5
|11
|0
|}

==Sources==
*''Jääkiekkoliiton kilpailukertomus 1951-52''
*[https://jokerit.fandom.com/fi/wiki/Kausi_1951-1952 JokeriWiki - Kausi 1951-1952]
*[https://jokerit.fandom.com/fi/wiki/Kausi_1951-1952_(Suomi) Kausi 1951-1952 (Suomi)]
{{Suomi-sarja (1960-1974) seasons}}

[[Category:1951 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:1952 in ice hockey]]