1970–71 Suomi-sarja season

The 1970-71 Suomi-sarja season was the 11th 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	10	9	0	1	57	37	18
2.	KiePo Mänttä	10	7	0	3	58	44	14
3.	Kärpät Oulu	10	4	1	5	43	46	9
4.	JyP Jyväskylä	10	3	1	6	50	54	7
5.	JIlves Jämsänkoski	10	3	0	7	39	54	6
6.	OPS Oulu	10	3	0	7	36	48	6

Relegation Tiebreaker

• JIlves Jämsänkoski 7 - OPS Oulu 2

South-Western Group

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	K-Kissat Helsinki	14	9	2	3	81	48	20
2.	Hilpara Tampere	14	9	2	3	64	51	20
3.	HPK Hämeenlinna	14	9	1	4	70	52	19
4.	PiTa Helsinki	14	6	1	7	52	54	13
5.	Turun Wiekot Turku	14	6	1	7	61	67	13
6.	Musan Salama Pori	14	5	1	8	53	70	11
7.	Piekot Helsinki	14	4	2	8	66	67	10
8.	Alku Forssa	14	3	0	11	39	79	6

South-Eastern Group

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	JoKP Joensuu	14	10	1	3	93	48	21
2.	SaiPa Lappeenranta	14	10	0	4	86	34	20
3.	Peliitat Heinola	14	8	1	5	59	55	17
4.	Reipas Lahti	14	6	2	6	49	51	14
5.	Ketterä Imatra	14	6	1	7	51	61	13
6.	Valtit Varkaus	14	6	0	8	64	72	12
7.	Peto Joensuu	14	4	1	9	49	76	9
8.	KoRe Kotka	14	2	2	10	45	99	6

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	JoKP Joensuu	5	4	0	1	25	12	8
2.	K-Kissat Helsinki	5	4	0	1	21	16	8
3.	SaiPa Lappeenranta	5	3	0	2	37	165	6
4.	Sport Vaasa	5	3	0	2	21	14	6
5.	KiePo Mänttä	5	1	0	4	15	33	2
6.	Hilpara Tampere	5	0	0	5	17	45	0