The Jarmo Wasama Memorial Trophy is an ice hockey award given by the Finnish Liiga to the best rookie of the season. The trophy is named in honor of Jarmo Wasama, a young Finnish defenseman who was killed in an automobile accident in 1966. In 2020 it was awarded to Matias Maccelli of Ilves.
Ville Juhani Nieminen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward who played over 400 games in the National Hockey League.
Jussi Timonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He is the younger brother former NHL'er Kimmo Timonen.
Mikko Jokela is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. Jokela played one game in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks in 2003.
David Printz is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenseman, who last played for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Ville Koistinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing with HPK in the Finnish Liiga.
Matthew James Generous is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for Ilves of the Finnish Liiga.
Joonas Lehtivuori is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Lehtivuori was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 4th round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
Eero Kilpeläinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for KalPa in the Liiga. He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 5th round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
Kai Kantola is a Finnish-American professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for KalPa of the Finnish Liiga.
Iiro Pakarinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Pakarinen previously played in the Finnish Liiga with KalPa and HIFK and the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers.
Jaakko Rissanen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Linköpings HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Toni Hyvärinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for KalPa of the Finnish Liiga.
Kim Strömberg is a Finnish professional ice hockey Winger who currently plays for KooKoo of the Liiga.
Cade Patrick Fairchild is an American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for KalPa in the Finnish Liiga. He was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the 4th round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
Artturi Lehkonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is currently signed with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lehkonen was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
Henri Kiviaho is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender currently playing with HC Nové Zámky in the Slovak Tipsport liga. While playing with KalPa in the Liiga, Kiviaho was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 5th round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
Arttu Ruotsalainen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with Ilves in the Liiga on loan under contract for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The 2019–20 Liiga season is the 45th season of the Liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The last two game days of the regular season were scheduled to be played in front of an empty arena due to the Finnish government advising that all public events with more than 500 attendees will be cancelled or postponed. On 13 March, the rest of the season, which included the final round of the regular season and all of playoffs, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joona Riekkinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for KalPa of the Finnish Liiga.
