The Finnish edition of the 2009 Nordic Trophy ice hockey tournament was played between 6 August and 29 August 2009 and included only Finnish teams.
Tappara won this tournament, beating HIFK 2–0 in the final. For unexplained reasons, Kärpät and Jokerit left the tournament after the regulation round, and instead, Tappara joined the playoffs.
The Finnish edition of the 2009 Nordic Trophy featured 6 teams.
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Team is eliminated from the tournament |
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Lukko | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 |
HIFK | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 10 |
TPS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 8 |
Kärpät | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 22 | —4 | 7 |
Jokerit | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | —3 | 5 |
Tappara | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 23 | —9 | 3 |
Tappara | |
HIFK | |
Lukko | |
4 | TPS |
5 | Kärpät |
6 | Jokerit |
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