The Aarne Honkavaara trophy is an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 trophy given by the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 SM-liiga

SM-liiga

The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. 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...

 to the player who scores the most goals during regular season play.

Trophy Winners:

1977-78: Markku Kiimalainen (Kärpät

Kärpät

Oulun Kärpät is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga based in Oulu, Finland. Their logo features a stoat ; "kärpät" is Finnish for stoats or ermines. The team has won five league championships .-History:...

)

1978-79: Kari Makkonen

Kari Makkonen

Kari Makkonen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga for Ässät.-Playing career:Kari Makkonen played his entire SM-liiga career for Pori based team Ässät....

 (Ässät

Ässät

Ässät is an ice hockey team in the Finnish elite league, SM-liiga. They play in Pori, Finland at the Porin jäähalli.-Team history:...

)

1979-80: Matti Hagman

Matti Hagman

Matti Risto Tapio "Hakki" Hagman is a former Finnish ice hockey professional. Hagman was the first Finnish-born and Finnish trained player to play an NHL game and the first to play in a Stanley Cup final...

 (HIFK

HIFK (ice hockey)

HIFK is an ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team plays at Helsinki Ice Hall. It was founded in 1897...

)

1980-81: Arto Javanainen

Arto Javanainen

Arto Kalevi Javanainen was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He was the first European draft pick in Pittsburgh Penguins history, going in the fifth round .-Career:...

 (Ässät)

1981-82: Reijo Leppänen

Reijo Leppänen

Reijo Leppänen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for TPS. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.-External links:*...

 (TPS

TPS (ice hockey)

TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 11-time champion of SM-liiga. They play in Turku, Finland at the HK Arena. In terms of championships, TPS is the most successful team in SM-liiga history.-Team history:...

)

1982-83: Raimo Summanen

Raimo Summanen

Raimo Olavi Summanen , is a former professional ice hockey forward and also a former coach of the Finnish national team. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, 125th overall, and spent his NHL career with Edmonton and the Vancouver Canucks...

 (Ilves

Ilves

Ilves is a Finnish sports club nowadays mostly known for their youth work. The ice hockey team plays in the SM-liiga at the Tampereen jäähalli in Hakametsä...

)

1983-84: Arto Javanainen

Arto Javanainen

Arto Kalevi Javanainen was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He was the first European draft pick in Pittsburgh Penguins history, going in the fifth round .-Career:...

 (Ässät)

1984-85: Mikko Mäkelä

Mikko Mäkelä

Mikko Matti Mäkelä is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey left wing. Known as the "Flying Finn", he was drafted in the fourth round, 65th overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft....

 (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 Selänne

Teemu Ilmari Selänne nicknamed "The Finnish Flash" is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger, an alternate captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . An offensive player known for his skill and speed, Selanne has led the NHL in goal-scoring three times and has been named to...

 (Jokerit

Jokerit

Jokerit is an ice-hockey team from Helsinki, Finland, playing in the Finnish Elite League, SM-liiga. The team has won 6 league championships...

)

1992-93: Tomas Kapusta (HPK

HPK

HPK is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight...

)

1993-94: Marko Jantunen

Marko Jantunen

Marko Jantunen is a Finnish ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft as their 11th round pick, 239th overall.-Playing career:...

 (TPS)

1994-95: Kai Nurminen

Kai Nurminen

Kai I. Nurminen is a retired Finnish ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Hornets in the Danish Oddset Ligaen.- Career :...

 (HPK)

1995-96: Juha Riihijärvi

Juha Riihijärvi

Juha Riihijärvi is a former professional ice hockey left winger who played his last season for Bolzano-Bozen Foxes in Italian Serie A.-Career in Finland:...

 (Lukko

Lukko

Lukko is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga, formed 1936. The full name of the club is Rauman Lukko. They play in Rauma, Finland at the Äijänsuo Arena. They have won the national championship once, in 1963...

)

1996-97: Petri Varis

Petri Varis

Petri Varis is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their 7th-round pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...

 (Jokerit)

1997-98: Dale McTavish

Dale McTavish

Dale B. McTavish is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played nine games in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames in 1996–97, recording one goal and two assists...

 (SaiPa

SaiPa

Saimaan Pallo is an ice hockey team in the Finnish SM-liiga. They play their home games at Kisapuisto in Lappeenranta, Finland.-History:The team's best achievement is from the 1965-1966 season, when they won bronze medals for placing third...

)

1998-99: Pasi Saarela

Pasi Saarela

Pasi Saarela is a professional Finnish ice hockey player. Pasi Saarela won the Aarne Honkavaara trophy for best goal scorer in 2005 with the team, Lukko and in 1999 with Jokerit. He has won Sm-liiga championships with Jokerit in 1996 and 1997. He has also played in Switzerland's and Sweden's...

 (Jokerit)

1999-00: Kai Nurminen

Kai Nurminen

Kai I. Nurminen is a retired Finnish ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Hornets in the Danish Oddset Ligaen.- Career :...

 (TPS)

2000-01: Jaroslav Bednar

Jaroslav Bednar

Jaroslav Bednář is a Czech ice hockey winger, who currently plays for HC Lugano in the National League A in Switzerland.-Playing career:...

 (HIFK)

2001-02: Vesa Viitakoski

Vesa Viitakoski

Vesa Viitakoski is a professional ice hockey player. As of December, 2009, he is playing for Kärpät in the Finnish SM-liiga.-Career:...

 (Ilves)

2002-03: Tomas Kucharcik (HPK)

2003-04: Timo Pärssinen

Timo Pärssinen

Timo Pärssinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Timrå IK in the Swedish Elitserien.-Playing career:...

 (HIFK)

2004-05: Pasi Saarela (Lukko)

2005-06: Tony Salmelainen

Tony Salmelainen

Tony Salmelainen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who plays for Genève-Servette HC and formerly for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Russian Super League...

 (HIFK)

2006-07: Jani Rita

Jani Rita

Jani Rita is a professional ice hockey winger.-Playing career:Despite limited NHL experience, Rita has played extensively in the American Hockey League and in the SM-liiga in his native Finland. Rita started his hockeycareer in a youth team of EKS...

 (Jokerit)

2007-08: Janne Pesonen

Janne Pesonen

Janne Pesonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger currently an unrestricted free agent .- Career :...

 (Kärpät

Kärpät

Oulun Kärpät is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga based in Oulu, Finland. Their logo features a stoat ; "kärpät" is Finnish for stoats or ermines. The team has won five league championships .-History:...

)

2008-09: Jussi Makkonen

Jussi Makkonen

Jussi Makkonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Tappara of the SM-liiga.-External links:...

 (HPK)

2009-10: Jukka Hentunen

Jukka Hentunen

Jukka Hentunen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, who plays for KalPa.- Draft :He was drafted by the Calgary Flames as their sixth-round pick, #176 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft....

 (Jokerit)

2010-11 Janne Lahti

Janne Lahti

Janne Lahti is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Jokerit in the SM-liiga.On June 1, 2007, Lahti signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens, and he played the 2007–08 season in the American Hockey League with the Hamilton Bulldogs.-External links:...

(Jokerit)