Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy

The Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy (Finnish: Veli-Pekka Ketola -palkinto) is a Finnish ice hockey trophy awarded by the Liiga to the player who scores the most points during regular season play. It was first awarded to Henry Saleva of Kärpät in the 1977–78 SM-liiga season. The trophy was renamed in honour of Veli-Pekka Ketola in 1995.

Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy
SportIce hockey
LeagueLiiga
Given forMost points in the Liiga regular season
Local nameVeli-Pekka Ketola -palkinto  (Finnish)
CountryFinland
Presented byLiiga
History
First award1978
Editions43
First winnerHenry Saleva
Most winsMatti Hagman (4)
Most recentJustin Danforth

The trophy has overwhelmingly been won by Finns, foreign players have won the award just eight times since 1978. Matti Hagman holds the record for most titles, with four. To date, Canadians Steve Kariya and Martin Kariya are the only two brothers to win the title.

Winners
SeasonTeamPlayerPointsCitizenship
1977–78 Kärpät Henry Saleva 25 + 35 = 60  Finland
1978–79 Ässät Veli-Pekka Ketola 23 + 49 = 72  Finland
1979–80 HIFK Matti Hagman 37 + 50 = 87  Finland
1980–81 TPS Reijo Leppänen 31 + 45 = 76  Finland
1981–82 TPS Reijo Leppänen (2) 33 + 37 = 70  Finland
1982–83 HIFK Matti Hagman (2) 23 + 41 = 64  Finland
1983–84 HIFK Matti Hagman (3) 22 + 47 = 69  Finland
1984–85 HIFK Matti Hagman (4) 23 + 44 = 67  Finland
1985–86 Ässät Arto Javanainen 44 + 27 =71  Finland
1986–87 Kärpät Kari Jalonen 29 + 63 = 93*  Finland
1987–88 TPS Esa Keskinen 14 + 55 = 69  Finland
1988–89 Ilves Raimo Summanen 35 + 46 = 81  Finland
1989–90 Ilves Raimo Summanen (2) 39 + 31 = 70  Finland
1990–91 HPK Teppo Kivelä 23 + 50 = 73  Finland
1991–92 TPS Mikko Mäkelä 25 + 45 = 70  Finland
1992–93 TPS Esa Keskinen (2) 16 + 43 = 59  Finland
1993–94 TPS Esa Keskinen (3) 23 + 47 = 74  Finland
1994–95 TPS Saku Koivu 27 + 47 = 74  Finland
1995–96 Lukko Juha Riihijärvi 28 + 44 = 72  Finland
1996–97 Jokerit Petri Varis 36 + 23 = 59  Finland
1997–98 Ilves Peter Larsson 19 + 39 = 58  Sweden
1998–99 HIFK Jan Čaloun 24 + 57 = 81  Czech Republic
1999–00 TPS Kai Nurminen 41 + 37 = 78  Finland
2000–01 Jokerit Petri Varis (2) 27 + 43 = 70  Finland
2001–02 Tappara Janne Ojanen 20 + 41 = 61  Finland
2002–03 HPK Tomáš Kucharčík 28 + 27 = 55  Czech Republic
2003–04 HIFK Timo Pärssinen 32 + 30 = 62  Finland
2004–05 Ilves Steve Kariya 24 + 35 = 59  Canada
2005–06 HIFK Tony Salmelainen 27 + 28 = 55  Finland
2006–07 Blues Martin Kariya 18 + 43 = 61  Canada
2007–08 Kärpät Janne Pesonen 34 + 44 = 78  Finland
2008–09 HIFK Kim Hirschovits 18 + 48 = 66  Finland
2009–10 Tappara Jori Lehterä 19 + 50 = 69  Finland
2010–11 Lukko Perttu Lindgren 23 + 42 = 66  Finland
2011–12 Pelicans Ryan Lasch 24 + 38 = 62  United States
2012–13 Kärpät Juha-Pekka Haataja 28 + 31 = 59  Finland
2013–14 Lukko Ville Vahalahti 20 + 32 = 52  Finland
2014–15 Blues Kim Hirschovits (2) 13 + 45 = 58  Finland
2015–16 Tappara Kristian Kuusela 20 + 39 = 59  Finland
2016–17 Tappara Henrik Haapala 15 + 45 = 60  Finland
2017–18 JYP Antti Suomela 21 + 39 = 60  Finland
2018–19 KooKoo Malte Strömwall 30 + 27 = 57  Sweden
2019–20 Lukko Justin Danforth 27 + 33 = 60  Canada

* Liiga single-season point record

References

Content in this article is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at fi:Veli-Pekka Ketola -palkinto; see its history for attribution.

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