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The SM-liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, but the league and association have an agreement of cooperation. SM is a common abbreviation for Suomen mestaruus, "Finnish championship".
Sami "Helge" Helenius is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played predominantly in the SM-liiga and National Hockey League. He most recently was in a coaching role with Haukat of the Suomi-sarja.
Mestis is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona.
Alexander Bonsaksen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with KooKoo in the Finnish Liiga.
KooKoo is a Finnish ice hockey team playing in the first level of Finnish ice hockey league Liiga. KooKoo plays in the Lumon arena, in Kouvola. The team was established in 1965 and the previous name of the club is Kouvolan Kiekko-65.
Juha-Pekka Haataja is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger. He currently plays for KooKoo of the Finnish Liiga.
Radek Koblížek is a Czech ice hockey forward currently playing for KooKoo of the Finnish Liiga.
The 2014–15 Mestis season was the 15th season of the Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Jukurit won the championship. Kokkolan Hermes and Jokipojat were promoted to the Mestis league from the Suomi-sarja league for 2015-16.
The 2017–18 SM-liiga season was the 43rd season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. Tappara was the season as a defending champion. This season included a record number of matches played on Fridays and Saturdays. In autumn, there was a national team break from 5 November until 13 November.
Antti Palojärvi is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for KooKoo of the Liiga.
Patrik Puistola is a Finnish professional ice hockey right winger for Örebro HK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Puistola was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the third round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
Leevi Aaltonen is a Finnish ice hockey winger who plays for KooKoo in Liiga. He played in 7 games for KalPa in 2018–19 with no goals and one assist. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 5th round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft with the 130th pick in the draft.
The Auroraliiga is the national premier league for women's ice hockey in Finland. Founded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association as the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982, it was known as the Naisten Liiga from 2017 until being rebranded as Auroraliiga in 2024. The league comprises approximately 225 players across nine teams.
HIFK Naiset, also known as Stadin Gimmat, is an ice hockey team in the Finnish Auroraliiga (NSML). They play in the Pirkkola district of Helsinki at the Pirkkolan jäähalli. The team is the representative women's ice hockey team of the multisport club Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors and is operated by Oy HIFK-Hockey Ab, the same organization that owns the HIFK men's ice hockey team of the Liiga – HIFK Naiset are one of only two Auroraliiga teams owned directly by a Liiga team.
Sami Tamminen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward playing for Visby/Roma HK of Hockeyettan.
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The Marianne Ihalainen Award an ice hockey trophy seasonally awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the regular season top point scorer of the Naisten Liiga, known as the Naisten SM-sarja during 1982 to 2017. It is named after Marianne Ihalainen, former SM-sarja forward and one of the most accomplished women in the history of Finnish ice hockey.
The Tiia Reima Award 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, though she was never the single-season top goal scorer in the league.
JYP Naiset or JYP Jyväskylä Naiset is a Finnish ice hockey team in the Naisten Mestis. Their home is the Jyväskylän harjoitusjäähalli in Jyväskylä, Central Finland. JYP Naiset have won the Aurora Borealis Cup three times, in 1997, 1998, and 2016.
Kasper Björkqvist is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing for the Oulun Kärpät in the Liiga. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round, 61st overall, of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.
