The Marianne Ihalainen Award () an

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trophy seasonally awarded by the

Finnish Ice Hockey Association The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (, ) is the sport governing body, governing body of ice hockey in Finland. Since the late 1980s, Finland has enjoyed a period of success on the international stage and, , the Finland men's national ice hockey t ...

to the regular season top point scorer of the

Auroraliiga The is the national premier league for women's ice hockey in Finland. Founded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association as the Naisten Suomen mestaruus, SM-sarja (NSMs; ) in 1982, it was known as the Naisten Liiga (NSML;) from 2017 until being rebr ...

, known as the Naisten Liiga during 2017 to 2024, and as the Naisten SM-sarja during 1982 to 2017. It is named after

Marianne Ihalainen Marianne Ihalainen (born 22 February 1967) is a retired Finnish ice hockey forward. She won a bronze medal as captain of the Finnish national team at the 1998 Winter Olympics and also won six IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, four ...

, former SM-sarja

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and one of the most accomplished women in the history of Finnish ice hockey.

Award winners

Source: Elite Prospects

All time award recipients

References

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