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Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy

Finnish ice hockey award

Summary

Finnish ice hockey award

Field	Value
name	Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy
image	Trofeo Veli-Pekka Ketola.jpg
sport	Ice hockey
league	Liiga
awardedfor	Most points in the Liiga regular season
localnames	fi
country	Finland
presenter	Liiga
first	1978
number	44
firstwinner	Henry Saleva
mostwins	Matti Hagman (4)
mostrecent	Oula Palve
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The Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy () is a Finnish ice hockey trophy awarded by the Liiga to the player who scores the most points during regular season play. It was first awarded to Henry Saleva of Kärpät in the 1977–78 SM-liiga season. The trophy was renamed in honour of Veli-Pekka Ketola in 1995.

The trophy has overwhelmingly been won by Finns, foreign players have won the award just nine times since 1978. Matti Hagman holds the record for most titles, with four. To date, Canadians Steve Kariya and Martin Kariya are the only two brothers to win the title.

Winners

Season	Team	Player	Points	Citizenship
1977–78	Kärpät	Henry Saleva	25 + 35 = 60
1978–79	Ässät	Veli-Pekka Ketola	23 + 49 = 72
1979–80	HIFK	Matti Hagman	37 + 50 = 87
1980–81	TPS	Reijo Leppänen	31 + 45 = 76
1981–82	TPS	Reijo Leppänen (2)	33 + 37 = 70
1982–83	HIFK	Matti Hagman (2)	23 + 41 = 64
1983–84	HIFK	Matti Hagman (3)	22 + 47 = 69
1984–85	HIFK	Matti Hagman (4)	23 + 44 = 67
1985–86	Ässät	Arto Javanainen	44 + 27 =71
1986–87	Kärpät	Kari Jalonen	29 + 63 = 93*
1987–88	TPS	Esa Keskinen	14 + 55 = 69
1988–89	Ilves	Raimo Summanen	35 + 46 = 81
1989–90	Ilves	Raimo Summanen (2)	39 + 31 = 70
1990–91	HPK	Teppo Kivelä	23 + 50 = 73
1991–92	TPS	Mikko Mäkelä	25 + 45 = 70
1992–93	TPS	Esa Keskinen (2)	16 + 43 = 59
1993–94	TPS	Esa Keskinen (3)	23 + 47 = 74
1994–95	TPS	Saku Koivu	27 + 47 = 74
1995–96	Lukko	Juha Riihijärvi	28 + 44 = 72
1996–97	Jokerit	Petri Varis	36 + 23 = 59
1997–98	Ilves	Peter Larsson	19 + 39 = 58
1998–99	HIFK	Jan Čaloun	24 + 57 = 81
1999–00	TPS	Kai Nurminen	41 + 37 = 78
2000–01	Jokerit	Petri Varis (2)	27 + 43 = 70
2001–02	Tappara	Janne Ojanen	20 + 41 = 61
2002–03	HPK	Tomáš Kucharčík	28 + 27 = 55
2003–04	HIFK	Timo Pärssinen	32 + 30 = 62
2004–05	Ilves	Steve Kariya	24 + 35 = 59
2005–06	HIFK	Tony Salmelainen	27 + 28 = 55
2006–07	Blues	Martin Kariya	18 + 43 = 61
2007–08	Kärpät	Janne Pesonen	34 + 44 = 78
2008–09	HIFK	Kim Hirschovits	18 + 48 = 66
2009–10	Tappara	Jori Lehterä	19 + 50 = 69
2010–11	Lukko	Perttu Lindgren	23 + 42 = 66
2011–12	Pelicans	Ryan Lasch	24 + 38 = 62
2012–13	Kärpät	Juha-Pekka Haataja	28 + 31 = 59
2013–14	Lukko	Ville Vahalahti	20 + 32 = 52
2014–15	Blues	Kim Hirschovits (2)	13 + 45 = 58
2015–16	Tappara	Kristian Kuusela	20 + 39 = 59
2016–17	Tappara	Henrik Haapala	15 + 45 = 60
2017–18	JYP	Antti Suomela	21 + 39 = 60
2018–19	KooKoo	Malte Strömwall	30 + 27 = 57
2019–20	Lukko	Justin Danforth	27 + 33 = 60
2020–21	HPK	Petri Kontiola	14 + 41 = 55
2021–22	Tappara	Anton Levtchi	26 + 35 = 61
	2022-23	HPK	Michael Joly	25 + 39 = 64
	2023-24	Ilves	Oula Palve	20 + 44 = 64
	2024-25	Sport	Atro Leppänen	21 + 42 = 63

Liiga single-season point record

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References

Content in this article is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at :fi:Veli-Pekka Ketola -palkinto; see its history for attribution.

References

(2014-03-14). "Liigan runkosarjapalkinnot 2014 jaettu". [[Liiga]].
Seppänen, Antti. (2017-03-13). "Henrik Haapalalle pistepörssin voitto – piste-ennätys tuplaantui". [[Liiga]].
Seppänen, Antti. (2018-03-12). "Antti Suomelalle Ketola-palkinto ensimmäisenä JYP-pelaajana". [[Liiga]].
Touru, Ville. (2019-03-14). "Tässä ovat SM-liigan pudotuspeliparit – pistepörssin voitto ratkesi dramaattisesti jatkoajalla!". [[Ilta-Sanomat]].
"Palkinnot". [[Liiga]].
Seppänen, Antti. (2021-04-14). "Tässä ovat Liigan runkosarjapalkintojen voittajat". [[Liiga]].

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