The Aarne Honkavaara trophy is an

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

trophy given by the Finnish

Liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mesti ...

to the player who scores the most goals during regular season play. Trophy Winners: 1977-78: Markku Kiimalainen ( Kärpät) 1978-79:

Kari Makkonen Kari Makkonen (born January 20, 1955) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player and coach. He played in the Finnish Elite League with Ässät for 16 seasons. Makkonen played one National Hockey League season with the Edmonton Oilers. ...

( Ässät) 1979-80: Matti Hagman (

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

) 1980-81: Arto Javanainen (Ässät) 1981-82:

Reijo Leppänen Reijo Kalevi Leppänen (born 8 November 1951 in Turku, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hoc ...

(

TPS TPS or Tps may refer to: In arts and entertainment *Télévision Par Satellite, a French satellite television company *Third-person shooter, a game genre * Torsonic Polarity Syndrome, in ''South Park'' animation * Trailer Park Sex, a band from ...

) 1982-83:

Raimo Summanen Raimo Olavi Summanen (born March 2, 1962) is a former professional ice hockey forward and the current head coach of HIFK of the Finnish Elite League. He is also a former coach of the Finnish national team. He was selected by the Edmont ...

(

Ilves Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, ...

) 1983-84: Arto Javanainen (Ässät) 1984-85: Mikko Mäkelä (Ilves) 1985-86: Arto Javanainen (Ässät) 1986-87: Risto Kurkinen ( JYP) 1987-88: Arto Javanainen (TPS) 1988-89: Jukka Vilander (TPS) 1989-90: Raimo Summanen (Ilves) 1990-91: Arto Javanainen (Ässät) 1991-92:

Teemu Selänne Teemu Ilmari Selänne (; born July 3, 1970) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger. He began his professional career in 1989–90 with Jokerit of the SM-liiga and played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Winn ...

(

Jokerit Helsingin Jokerit (, English: Joker (playing card), Jokers or Jesters of Helsinki) is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland, which competes in Mestis. Jokerit plays its home games at the Helsinki Ice Hall and Helsinki Halli in ...

) 1992-93: Tomas Kapusta ( HPK) 1993-94:

Marko Jantunen Marko Jantunen (born February 14, 1971) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 11th round, 239th overall, of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Jantunen began his career in Kiekko-R ...

(TPS) 1994-95: Kai Nurminen (HPK) 1995-96: Juha Riihijärvi (

Lukko Rauman Lukko (Finnish for "lock") is a Finnish sports club based in Rauma, Finland, Rauma, Finland, best known for its men's professional ice hockey team. The club was founded as Rauma Woodin Lukko in 1936. The representative team currently pla ...

) 1996-97: Petri Varis (Jokerit) 1997-98: Dale McTavish (

SaiPa SAIPA (, ''SAIPA'') is an Iranian automaker headquartered in Tehran. The SAIPAC (an acronym for the French ''Société anonyme iranienne de production des automobiles Citroën'' lit. ''Iranian Limited Company for the Production of Citroën Autom ...

) 1998-99: Pasi Saarela (Jokerit) 1999-00: Kai Nurminen (TPS) 2000-01: Jaroslav Bednar (HIFK) 2001-02: Vesa Viitakoski (Ilves) 2002-03:

Tomas Kucharcik Tomas may refer to: People * Tomás (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Gaelic given name * Tomas (given name), a Swedish, Dutch, and Lithuanian given name * Tomáš, a Czech and Slovak given name * Tomàs, a Catalan given name and surname * ...

(HPK) 2003-04: Timo Pärssinen (HIFK) 2004-05: Pasi Saarela (Lukko) 2005-06:

Tony Salmelainen Tony Salmelainen (born August 8, 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He last played for HIFK of the Finnish Liiga in 2013. He was originally drafted by the Edmonton Oilers as their second-round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry ...

(HIFK) 2006-07: Jani Rita (Jokerit) 2007-08:

Janne Pesonen Janne Tapani Pesonen (born 11 May 1982) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger who played for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga. Playing career Pesonen began his career with Hokki in 1998, playing in the second-highest division ...

( Kärpät) 2008-09:

Jussi Makkonen Jussi Makkonen (born April 24, 1985) is a Finland, Finnish retired ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward who last played or KH GKS Katowice. Awards * Aarne Honkavaara award (Best goalscorer in SM-liiga), 2008–2009 References External link ...

(HPK) 2009-10: Jukka Hentunen (Jokerit) 2010-11: Janne Lahti (Jokerit) 2011-12: Tomáš Záborský (Ässät) 2012-13: Juha-Pekka Haataja (Kärpät) 2013-14:

Olli Palola Olli Palola (born 8 April 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward who plays professionally for Timrå IK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Palola saw his first action in the Finnish top-flight ...

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Tappara Tappara (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the SM-liiga. They play at ''Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 20 Finnish league championships, wh ...

) 2014-15:

(Tappara) 2015-16: Chad Rau (SaiPa) 2016-17: Veli-Matti Savinainen (Tappara) 2017-18: Charles Bertrand (Kärpät) 2018-19: Malte Strömwall ( KooKoo) 2019-20:

Julius Nättinen Julius Nättinen (born 14 January 1997) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with HC Ajoie of the National League (NL). He was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round, 59th overall, in the 2015 NHL En ...

(JYP) 2020-21:

Sebastian Wännström Sebastian Wännström (born March 3, 1991) is a Sweden, Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing with Vaasan Sport in the Finnish SM-liiga, Liiga. Before that, he played with Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing ca ...

(Ässät) 2021-22: Anton Levtchi (Tappara) 2022-23: Reid Gardiner (JYP) 2023-24: Teemu Turunen (Kärpät) 2024-25: Iiro Pakarinen (HIFK)

References

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