1958–59 Suomi-sarja season

The 1958-59 Suomi-sarja season was contested as the second tier of Finnish hockey. 20 teams participated in the league, and SaiPa won the championship and was promoted alongside Kokkolan Hermes.

Regular season

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

Southwestern Group
TPV	Tampere	Promotion round
PoKärpät	Pori
Iirot	Rauma
PoPT	Pori
P-Sepot		Relegated

Northern Group
Hermes	Kokkola	Promoted
OuKärpät	Oulu
Jymy-K	Kokkola
MäUrh.	Mänttä
PiPS	Pieksämäki	Relegated

Southeastern Group
SaiPa	Lauritsala	Promoted
Reipas	Kotka
Hein-P47	Heinola
P-Karhut	Karhula
SaPKo	Savonlinna	Relegated

Southern Group

Vesa Scores

• 1/2: Vesa - Karhu-Kissat 5:3 (4:0, 0:1, 1:2)
• 1/4: Vesa - Tiikerit 7:4 (4:2, 1:0, 2:2)
• 1/7: Vesa - RPL 9:4 (3:2, 4:1, 2:1)
• 1/11: Vesa - Kullervo 12:4 (1:2, 8:1, 3:1)
• 1/16: Vesa - RPL 9:4 (5:3, 1:0, 3:1)
• 1/18: Vesa - Kullervo 5:5 (3:3, 0:0, 2:2)
• 1/28: Vesa - Tiikerit 8:4 (4:1, 1:2, 3:1)
• 2/4: Karhu-Kissat - Vesa 7:2 (1:2, 4:0, 2:0)

Standings

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Vesa Helsinki	8	6	1	1	57	35	13
2	Karhu-Kissat	8	6	0	2	42	26	12
3	Tiikerit Hämeenlinna	8	4	0	4	37	44	8
4	RPL Riihimäki	8	2	0	6	28	42	4
5	Helsingin Kullervo	8	1	1	6	26	43	2

Kullervo was relegated.

Promotion round

Vesa Scores

• 2/8: Hermes - Vesa 5:4 (0:2, 2:0, 3:2)
• 2/11: Vesa - SaiPa 2:2 (0:1, 2:1, 0:0)
• 2/15: TP-V - Vesa 10:6 (0:3, 2:0, 8:3)
• 2/18: SaiPa - Vesa 6:5 (1:2, 3:1, 2:2)
• 2/22: Hermes - Vesa 9:3 (3:3, 3:0, 3:0)
• 2/26: Vesa - TP-V - stopped after the first period at 0:0 due to poor ice conditions

Standings

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	SaiPa	6	3	2	1	27	23	8
2	Kokkolan Hermes	6	4	0	2	32	30	8
3	TP-V Tampere	5	2	1	2	27	21	5
4	Vesa Helsinki	5	0	1	4	20	32	1

Sources

• JokeriWiki - Kausi 1958-1959
• Kausi 1958-1959 (Suomi)