Sport | Ice hockey |
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League | Naisten Liiga |
Awarded for | Most goals in regular season |
Presented by | Finnish Ice Hockey Association |
History | |
First award | 1983 |
First winner | Anne Haanpää |
Most wins | Karoliina Rantamäki (8) |
Most recent | Lisette Täks, 2024 |
The Tiia Reima Award (Finnish : Tiia Reima -palkinto) is an ice hockey trophy seasonally awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the top goal scorer of the Naisten Liiga regular season. It is named after Tiia Reima, one of the trailblazers of women's ice hockey in Finland and sole possessor of fifth on the list of all-time goals in the Naisten Liiga (called Naisten SM-sarja during 1982 to 2017), though she was never the single-season top goal scorer in the league.
G = goals; GP = games played; G/GP = goals per game
Source: Elite Prospects [12]
Player | Wins | Years won |
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Karoliina Rantamäki | 8 | 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
Linda Leppänen ( née Välimäki) | 6 | 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Anne Helin | 4 | 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
Sari Krooks | 4 | 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 |
Elisa Holopainen | 3 | 2019, 2020, 2023 |
Sari Marjamäki ( née Fisk) | 3 | 1993, 1995, 2001 |
Anne Haanpää | 2 | 1983, 1985 |
Johanna Ikonen | 2 | 1991, 1993 |
Matilda Nilsson | 2 | 2021, 2022 |
Petra Vaarakallio | 2 | 1996, 1997 |
Michelle Karvinen | 1 | 2009 |
Sanna Lankosaari | 1 | 1999 |
Anne Nurmi | 1 | 1992 |
Riikka Sallinen ( née Nieminen) | 1 | 1994 |
Lisette Täks | 1 | 2024 |
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