1952–53 Suomi-sarja season

The 1952-53 Suomi-sarja season was contested as the second tier of Finnish hockey. 19 teams participated in the league, and TK-V Tampere won the championship.

Regular season

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

Western Group

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	TKV Tampere	8	7	0	1	82	22	14
2	VIFK Vaasa	8	6	0	2	86	21	12
3	KPV	8	4	0	4	44	48	8
4	PyHa Tampere	8	2	0	6	21	100	4
5	OrPo Orivesi	8	1	0	7	34	76	2

OrPo was relegated.

Southwestern Group

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	PPT Pori	6	5	0	1	32	18	10
2	Abo IFK	6	5	0	1	37	13	10
3	TuTe Turku	6	2	0	4	21	25	4
4	TuVe Turku	6	0	0	6	10	44	0

TuVe was relegated.

Eastern Group

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	KuPS Kuopio	8	6	2	0	48	28	14
2	KyPa Kymi	8	5	0	3	43	25	10
3	KTP Kotka	8	4	1	4	33	39	7
4	KoRe Kotka	8	3	1	4	33	40	7
5	KuPu Kuusankoski	8	1	0	7	29	54	2

KuPu was relegated.

Southern Group

Vesa Scores

• 1/4: Ponnistus - Vesa 5:4 (2:2, 0:1, 3:1)
• 1/12: Vesa - Kunto 10:2 (3:1, 2:0, 5:1)
• 1/20: HyPS - Vesa 2:2 (0:1, 0:1, 2:0)
• 1/24: Vesa - Kullervo 8:6 (2:2, 2:2, 4:2)
• 2/3: Ponnistus - Vesa 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0)
• 2/5: Vesa - Kunto 4:3 (2:2, 0:0, 2:1)
• 2/9: Vesa - HyPS 4:3 (2:1, 1:0, 1:2)
• 2/13: Kullervo - Vesa 7:6 (3:3, 2:0, 2:3)

Standings

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Helsingin Ponnistus	8	7	0	1	51	20	14
2	HyPS	8	5	1	2	41	20	11
3	Vesa Helsinki	8	4	1	3	38	32	9
4	Helsingin Kullervo	8	3	0	5	39	45	6
5	Käpylän Kunto	8	0	0	8	20	73	0

Kunto was relegated.

Final round

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	TKV Tampere	3	2	1	0	11	8	5
2	KuPS Kuopio	3	1	1	1	12	8	3
3	Helsingin Ponnistus	3	1	0	2	8	11	2
4	PPT Pori	3	1	0	2	10	14	2

Sources

• Jääkiekkoliiton kilpailukertomus 1952-53
• JokeriWiki - Kausi 1952-1953
• Kausi 1952-1953 (Suomi)