The Aarne Honkavaara trophy is an

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to the player who scores the most goals during regular season play. Trophy Winners: 1977-78: Markku Kiimalainen ( Kärpät) 1978-79: Kari Makkonen (

Ässät Ässät or Ässä may refer to: * HC Ässät Pori Oy, Finnish sports club ** Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) ** Porin Ässät (women's ice hockey) ** Porin Ässät (men's football) ** PATA (esports) *, Finnish band from Oulu *S Group, Finnish Con ...

) 1979-80:

Matti Hagman Matti Risto Tapio "Hakki" Hagman (21 September 1955 – 11 October 2016) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player. Hagman was the first Finnish-born and Finnish-trained player to play in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the first to play ...

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HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK ) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

) 1980-81: Arto Javanainen (Ässät) 1981-82: Reijo Leppänen ( TPS) 1982-83:

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Ilves Ilves (; Finnish for " Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena. The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the city ...

) 1983-84: Arto Javanainen (Ässät) 1984-85:

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(Ilves) 1985-86: Arto Javanainen (Ässät) 1986-87: Risto Kurkinen ( JYP) 1987-88: Arto Javanainen (TPS) 1988-89:

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(TPS) 1989-90: Raimo Summanen (Ilves) 1990-91: Arto Javanainen (Ässät) 1991-92:

Teemu Selänne Teemu Ilmari Selänne (; born July 3, 1970) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger. He began his professional career in 1989–90 with Jokerit of the SM-liiga and played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Wi ...

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Jokerit Helsingin Jokerit (English: Jokers or Jesters) are a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga (1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002). Jokerit plays its h ...

) 1992-93: Tomas Kapusta (

HPK Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) is a professional ice hockey team in the Liiga, the top men's ice hockey league in Finland. Their home ice is the Ritari-areena in Hämeenlinna. HPK was established in 1929. The parent club of the team is HPK Edu ...

) 1993-94: Marko Jantunen (TPS) 1994-95:

Kai Nurminen Kai Ilmari Nurminen (born March 29, 1969) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Hornets in the Danish Oddset Ligaen. Career Nurminen started and played most of his ice hockey career with TPS in SM-lii ...

(HPK) 1995-96:

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Lukko Rauman Lukko (Finnish for "lock") is a Finnish sports club based in Rauma, Finland, best known for its men’s professional ice hockey team. The club was founded as Rauma Woodin Lukko in 1936. The representative team currently plays in the Fi ...

) 1996-97:

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(Jokerit) 1997-98:

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) 1998-99:

Pasi Saarela Pasi Saarela (born August 24, 1973 in Finland) 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 Helsingin Jokerit (English: Jo ...

(Jokerit) 1999-00:

(TPS) 2000-01:

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(HIFK) 2001-02: Vesa Viitakoski (Ilves) 2002-03:

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(HPK) 2003-04:

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(HIFK) 2004-05: Pasi Saarela (Lukko) 2005-06:

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(HIFK) 2006-07:

Jani Rita Jani Markus Rita (born July 25, 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger who last played with Jokerit of the Russian KHL, for whom he played most of his career. Playing career Despite limited NHL experience, Rita has played exte ...

(Jokerit) 2007-08:

Janne Pesonen Janne Tapani Pesonen (born 11 May 1982) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger who played for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga. Playing career Pesonen began his career with Hokki in 1998, playing in the second-highest division ...

( Kärpät) 2008-09: Jussi Makkonen (HPK) 2009-10:

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(Jokerit) 2010-11: Janne Lahti (Jokerit) 2011-12: Tomáš Záborský (Ässät) 2012-13:

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(Kärpät) 2013-14:

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Tappara Tappara (; Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at ''Tampere Deck Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 18 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, ...

) 2014-15:

(Tappara) 2015-16:

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(SaiPa) 2016-17:

Veli-Matti Savinainen Veli-Matti Savinainen (born 5 January 1986) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Playing career Savinainen has previously played for the Liiga clubs, Ässät and Ta ...

(Tappara) 2017-18: Charles Bertrand (Kärpät) 2018-19: Malte Strömwall (

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) 2019-20: Julius Nättinen (JYP) 2020-21: Sebastian Wännström (Ässät) 2021-22: Anton Levtchi (Tappara)

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Aarne Honkavaara trophy The Aarne Honkavaara trophy is an ice hockey trophy given by the Finnish Liiga to the player who scores the most goals during regular season play. Trophy Winners: 1977-78: Markku Kiimalainen ( Kärpät) 1978-79: Kari Makkonen ( Ässät) 1979- ...