The Veli-Pekka Ketola 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 awarded 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 points during regular season play.

To date, Steve Kariya

Steve Kariya

Steven Tetsuo Kariya is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger and younger brother of retired National Hockey League player Paul Kariya.-Playing career:...

 and Martin Kariya

Martin Kariya

Martin Tetsuya Kariya is a professional ice hockey right winger for HC Ambri-Piotta of the Swiss Hockey League.-Amateur:...

 are the only two brothers to win the title.

Trophy winners:

1977-78: Henry Saleva (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: Veli-Pekka Ketola

Veli-Pekka Ketola

Veli-Pekka Ketola . He is a retired professional ice hockey player and coach.-Playing career:Veli-Pekka Ketola played in the Finnish League, World Hockey Association, and National Hockey League...

 (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: 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:...

)

1981-82: Reijo Leppänen (TPS)

1982-83: Matti Hagman (HIFK)

1983-84: Matti Hagman (HIFK)

1984-85: Matti Hagman (HIFK)

1985-86: 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)

1986-87: 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)

1987-88: Esa Keskinen

Esa Keskinen

Esa Keskinen is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey forward.- Playing career :Keskinen was drafted by the Calgary Flames as their fifth-round pick, 101st overall, in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, but never played in the NHL anytime in his active playing career...

 (TPS)

1988-89: 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...

)

1989-90: Raimo Summanen (Ilves)

1990-91: Teppo Kivelä (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...

)

1991-92: 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....

 (TPS)

1992-93: Esa Keskinen

Esa Keskinen

Esa Keskinen is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey forward.- Playing career :Keskinen was drafted by the Calgary Flames as their fifth-round pick, 101st overall, in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, but never played in the NHL anytime in his active playing career...

 (TPS)

1993-94: Esa Keskinen (TPS)

1994-95: Saku Koivu

Saku Koivu

Saku Antero Koivu is a Finnish professional ice hockey player and an alternate captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . He began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1995–96 after three seasons with TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga...

 (TPS)

1995-96: Juha Riihijärvi (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

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...

)

1997-98: Peter Larsson (Ilves)

1998-99: Jan Caloun

Jan Caloun

Jan Čaloun is a retired professional hockey player. He is 178 cm tall, 80 kg in weight. He shoots right and plays right wing. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the fourth round, 75th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft...

 (HIFK)

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: 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)

2001-02: Janne Ojanen

Janne Ojanen

Janne Juhani Ojanen is a professional ice hockey player who is best known from his long time in SM-liiga team Tappara from Tampere.-Early Career in Finland:...

 (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 ....

)

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: Steve Kariya

Steve Kariya

Steven Tetsuo Kariya is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger and younger brother of retired National Hockey League player Paul Kariya.-Playing career:...

 (Ilves)

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: Martin Kariya

Martin Kariya

Martin Tetsuya Kariya is a professional ice hockey right winger for HC Ambri-Piotta of the Swiss Hockey League.-Amateur:...

 (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...

)

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: Kim Hirschovits

Kim Hirschovits

Kim Hirschovits is a professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the New York Rangers as their sixth-round pick, #194 overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He is 6'1" tall and weighs 183 lbs.-Career:...

 (HIFK)

2009-10: Jori Lehterä

Jori Lehterä

Jori Lehterä is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre. He was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the 3rd round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft...

 (Tappara)

2010-11: Perttu Lindgren

Perttu Lindgren

Perttu Lindgren is a professional ice hockey player.He is 6 ft tall, weighs 185 lb, shoots left and plays center...

(Lukko)