Sport | Ice hockey |
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League | Liiga |
Awarded for | Most effective player in the Liiga |
Local name | Matti Keinonen -palkinto (Finnish) |
Country | Finland |
Presented by | Liiga |
History | |
First award | 1978 |
Editions | 44 |
First winner | Pekka Rautakallio |
Most wins | Tie: Juha Huikari, Lasse Kukkonen (2) |
Most recent | Aku Räty |
The Matti Keinonen Trophy (Finnish : Matti Keinonen –palkinto) is an ice hockey award given by the Finnish Liiga to the "most effective player" of the season, i.e. the player with the best plus/minus rating. [1] [2]
Season | Winner |
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1977–78 | Pekka Rautakallio (Ässät) |
1978–79 | Veli-Pekka Ketola (Ässät) |
1979–80 | Reijo Leppänen (TPS) |
1980–81 | Juha Huikari (Kärpät) |
1981–82 | Timo Nummelin (TPS) |
1982–83 | Carey Wilson (HIFK) |
1983–84 | Arto Sirviö (Jokerit) |
1984–85 | Esa Tikkanen (HIFK) |
1985–86 | Harry Nikander (Ässät) |
1986–87 | Juha Huikari (Kärpät) |
1987–88 | Risto Jalo (Ilves) |
1988–89 | Jukka Vilander (TPS) |
1989–90 | Mika Nieminen (Ilves) |
1990–91 | Leo Gudas (JYP) |
1991–92 | Waltteri Immonen (Jokerit) |
1992–93 | Erik Hämäläinen (Jokerit) |
1993–94 | Aleksandr Smirnov (TPS) |
1994–95 | Veli-Pekka Kautonen (HIFK) |
1995–96 | Petri Varis (Jokerit) |
1996–97 | Kimmo Timonen (TPS) |
1997–98 | Olli Jokinen (HIFK) |
1998–99 | Brian Rafalski (HIFK) |
1999–00 | Kai Nurminen (TPS) |
2000–01 | Jouni Loponen (TPS) |
2001–02 | Marko Tuulola (HPK) |
2002–03 | Lasse Kukkonen (Kärpät) |
2003–04 | Jari Viuhkola (Kärpät) |
2004–05 | Jukka Voutilainen (HPK) |
2005–06 | Lasse Kukkonen (Kärpät) |
2006–07 | Martti Järventie (Jokerit) |
2007–08 | Janne Pesonen (Kärpät) |
2008–09 | Olli Malmivaara (JYP) |
2009–10 | Harri Tikkanen (Lukko) |
2010–11 | Sami Vatanen (JYP) |
2011–12 | Toni Söderholm (HIFK) |
2012–13 | Jere Sallinen (HPK) |
2013–14 | Ville Pokka (Kärpät) |
2014–15 | Markus Hännikäinen (JYP) |
2015–16 | Sebastian Aho (Kärpät) |
2016–17 | Jasper Lindsten (TPS) |
2017–18 | Charles Bertrand (Kärpät) |
2018–19 | Nicklas Lasu (Kärpät) |
2019–20 | Mika Pyörälä (Kärpät) |
2020–21 | Anrei Hakulinen (Lukko) |
2021–22 | Waltteri Merelä (Tappara) |
2022–23 | Aku Räty (Ilves) |
2023–24 | Filip Král (Pelicans) |
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