Kalevi Numminen trophy
Encyclopedia
The Kalevi Numminen trophy is an ice hockey
award given by the Finnish
SM-liiga
to the best coach of the season. In 2008 it was awarded to Petri Matikainen
of Blues
.
Trophy Winners:
1977-78: Kari Mäkinen
(Ässät
)
1978-79: Veli-Pekka Roiha (Reipas Lahti)
1979-80: Jorma Rikala (HIFK
)
1980-81: Kari Mäkinen (Kärpät
)
1981-82: Rauno Korpi
(Tappara
)
1982-83: Reino Ruotsalainen (Jokerit
)
1983-84: Pentti Matikainen
(Kärpät)
1984-85: Seppo Hiitelä (Ilves
)
1985-86: Rauno Korpi (Tappara)
1986-87: Rauno Korpi (Tappara)
1987-88: Pentti Matikainen (HIFK)
1988-89: Hannu Aravirta
(JYP)
1989-90: Hannu Jortikka
(TPS
)
1990-91: Hannu Jortikka (TPS)
1991-92: Harri Rindell (HIFK)
1992-93: Vladimir Jursinov (TPS)
1993-94: Vladimir Jursinov (TPS)
1994-95: Vladimir Jursinov (TPS)
1995-96: Sakari Pietilä (HPK
)
1996-97: Hannu Kapanen
(HPK)
1997-98: Erkka Westerlund
(HIFK)
1998-99: Hannu Jortikka (TPS)
1999-00: Hannu Jortikka (TPS)
2000-01: Hannu Jortikka (TPS)
2001-02: Raimo Summanen
(Jokerit)
2002-03: Jukka Rautakorpi (Tappara)
2003-04: Kari Heikkilä
(Kärpät)
2004-05: Kari Jalonen
(Kärpät)
2005-06: Jukka Jalonen
(HPK)
2006-07: Kari Jalonen (Kärpät)
2007-08: Petri Matikainen
(Blues
)
2008-09: Risto Dufva (JYP)
2009-10: Kai Suikkanen
(TPS)
2010-11: Petri Matikainen (Blues)
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...
award 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 best coach of the season. In 2008 it was awarded to Petri Matikainen
Petri Matikainen
Petri Matikainen is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach.Originally playing for SaPKo, he moved to play two seasons of junior hockey in Oshawa Generals. He was part of the team that won J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1987. In the same year, he also won IIHF World U20 Championship with...
of Blues
Espoo Blues
The Blues are an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Espoo, Finland at the Barona Areena.-Team history:The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo and played their first season in 1984-1985 in the Finnish Second Division...
.
Trophy Winners:
1977-78: Kari Mäkinen
Kari Mäkinen
Kari Mäkinen is the archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. On 11 March 2010 he was elected the 14th Archbishop of Turku and Finland, and he succeeded Jukka Paarma in that position on 6 June 2010...
(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:...
)
1978-79: Veli-Pekka Roiha (Reipas Lahti)
1979-80: Jorma Rikala (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: Kari Mäkinen (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:...
)
1981-82: Rauno Korpi
Rauno Korpi
Rauno "Rane" Korpi is a Finnish ice hockey coach. He coached Tappara to three consecutive Finnish Championships in SM-liiga during the years 1986-1988. He has also won one additional Finnish Championship Gold, one Silver medal and one Bronze medal. Korpi has been chosen three times as The Coach of...
(Tappara
Tappara
Tappara is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Tampere, Finland at Tampereen jäähalli. The team have won 15 league championships ....
)
1982-83: Reino Ruotsalainen (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...
)
1983-84: Pentti Matikainen
Pentti Matikainen
Pentti Matikainen is a Finnish hockey coach and general manager. He was selected the SM-liiga coach of the year in 1984. As the coach of the Finnish national ice hockey team, he led Finland to silver medals in the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 World Championships, and to third place in the...
(Kärpät)
1984-85: Seppo Hiitelä (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...
)
1985-86: Rauno Korpi (Tappara)
1986-87: Rauno Korpi (Tappara)
1987-88: Pentti Matikainen (HIFK)
1988-89: Hannu Aravirta
Hannu Aravirta
Hannu Aravirta is a Finnish ice hockey player and an ice hockey coach for the Finnish national men's team, SM-liiga and Elitserien.-Career as player:...
(JYP)
1989-90: Hannu Jortikka
Hannu Jortikka
Hannu Jortikka is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach.Jortikka spent most of his playing career in TPS. He was a part of the championship-winning TPS team in 1976. He had to retire in 1983 due to injury....
(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:...
)
1990-91: Hannu Jortikka (TPS)
1991-92: Harri Rindell (HIFK)
1992-93: Vladimir Jursinov (TPS)
1993-94: Vladimir Jursinov (TPS)
1994-95: Vladimir Jursinov (TPS)
1995-96: Sakari Pietilä (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...
)
1996-97: Hannu Kapanen
Hannu Kapanen
Hannu Kapanen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Jokerit and HIFK...
(HPK)
1997-98: Erkka Westerlund
Erkka Westerlund
Erkka Westerlund was the head coach of the Finnish national men's ice hockey team. He was appointed head coach on November 1, 2004, and his contract ended in May 2007, after winning World Championship Silver in Moscow's World Championship tournament...
(HIFK)
1998-99: Hannu Jortikka (TPS)
1999-00: Hannu Jortikka (TPS)
2000-01: Hannu Jortikka (TPS)
2001-02: 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...
(Jokerit)
2002-03: Jukka Rautakorpi (Tappara)
2003-04: Kari Heikkilä
Kari Heikkilä
Kari Heikkilä is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach.He played majority of his career in Ilves, but had also stints in Sweden and in Italy, where he ended his career in 1994....
(Kärpät)
2004-05: Kari Jalonen
Kari Jalonen
Kari Jalonen is a former professional ice hockey center. He played parts of two seasons at the NHL level, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, but is best known for his time in SM-liiga and with the Finnish national team.Jalonen represented Finland internationally on nine occasions,...
(Kärpät)
2005-06: Jukka Jalonen
Jukka Jalonen
Jukka Jalonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Finnish national men's ice hockey team....
(HPK)
2006-07: Kari Jalonen (Kärpät)
2007-08: Petri Matikainen
Petri Matikainen
Petri Matikainen is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach.Originally playing for SaPKo, he moved to play two seasons of junior hockey in Oshawa Generals. He was part of the team that won J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1987. In the same year, he also won IIHF World U20 Championship with...
(Blues
Espoo Blues
The Blues are an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Espoo, Finland at the Barona Areena.-Team history:The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo and played their first season in 1984-1985 in the Finnish Second Division...
)
2008-09: Risto Dufva (JYP)
2009-10: Kai Suikkanen
Kai Suikkanen
Kai Suikkanen is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey left wing. He played in two games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres, and spent most of his career in Finland's SM-liiga with Kärpät and TPS Turku. Currently, he works as the head coach of Pelicans Lahti in the SM-liiga...
(TPS)
2010-11: Petri Matikainen (Blues)