The Pekka Rautakallio trophy is an

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award given by the

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Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding lea ...

to the best defenceman of the season. In 1995 the award was renamed to carry the name of its first winner

Pekka Rautakallio Pekka Olavi "Rocky" Rautakallio (born July 25, 1953) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played 14 seasons of elite hockey in the SM-sarja and SM-liiga between 1968 and 1987 for Ässät and HIFK Helsinki, duri ...

. In 2019 it was awarded to

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Trophy winners

*1977-78:

( Ässät) *1978-79: Pekka Rautakallio (Ässät) *1979-80: Reijo Ruotsalainen ( Kärpät) *1980-81: Reijo Ruotsalainen (Kärpät) *1981-82: Pertti Lehtonen (

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 ...

) *1982-83: Nikolai Makarov (

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 ...

) *1983-84: Tapio Levo (Ässät) *1984-85: Tapio Levo (Ässät) *1985-86: Pekka Rautakallio (HIFK) *1986-87: Hannu Virta ( TPS) *1987-88: Timo Jutila (

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, ...

) *1988-89: Hannu Virta (TPS) *1989-90: Hannu Virta (TPS) *1990-91: Hannu Virta (TPS) *1991-92: Harri Laurila ( JYP) *1992-93:

Erik Hämäläinen Erik Vesa Hämäläinen (born April 20, 1965 in Rauma, Finland) is a left-handed retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman. Hämäläinen currently is an Ice hockey coach, employed by SM-liiga team Lukko Playing career Early career Erik Hämäläinen ...

(Jokerit) *1993-94:

Petteri Nummelin Timo Petteri Nummelin (born November 25, 1972) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets. He was drafted by the Columbus Blue ...

(TPS) *1994-95: Marko Kiprusoff (TPS) *1995-96:

Mika Strömberg Mika Juhani Strömberg (born February 28, 1970 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their eleventh-round pick, #211 overall, in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. After a ten-yea ...

(Jokerit) *1996-97: Brian Rafalski (

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 ...

) *1997-98: Allan Measures (

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 cit ...

) *1998-99: Brian Rafalski (HIFK) *1999-00:

Toni Lydman Toni Petteri Lydman (born 25 September 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He first played competitively in his native Finland with Tappara, and HIFK of the SM-liiga before enjoying a lengthy career in the National Hocke ...

(HIFK) *2000-01: Jouni Loponen (TPS) *2001-02: Tom Koivisto (Jokerit) *2002-03: Marko Tuulola (HPK) *2003-04:

Toni Söderholm Toni Kristian Söderholm (born 14 April 1978) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and a retired ice hockey defenceman. He is the head coach of the German men's national team. Playing career A native of Finland's capital city of Helsinki, Söderholm pl ...

(HIFK) *2004-05: Ilkka Mikkola (Kärpät) *2005-06: Lasse Kukkonen (Kärpät) *2006-07: Cory Murphy (HIFK) *2007-08:

Arto Laatikainen Arto Markus Laatikainen (born May 24, 1980) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with HPK of the Finnish Liiga. Laatikainen was selected by the New York Rangers in the 7th round (197th overall) of the 1999 NHL ...

( Blues) *2008–09: Markus Seikola (Ilves) *2009–10:

Lee Sweatt Walter Lee Sweatt (born August 13, 1985) is an American former professional ice hockey player. Sweatt played four years of professional hockey in Europe and North America. Sweatt played three games in the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2011, bef ...

(TPS) *2010–11: Sami Vatanen (JYP) *2011–12: Sami Vatanen (JYP) *2012–13: Shaun Heshka (Ässät) *2013-14: Lasse Kukkonen (Kärpät) *2014-15: Esa Lindell (Ässät) *2015-16: Yohann Auvitu (HIFK) *2016-17: Miika Koivisto (

Jukurit Mikkelin Jukurit is a professional ice hockey team in Liiga, the top tier Finnish ice hockey league. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli (known since 2016 as Ikioma Areena). The team has won 7 Mestis (2nd highest lev ...

) *2017-18:

Miro Heiskanen Miro Heiskanen (born 18 July 1999) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Ranked in the top ten eligible European skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau ...

(HIFK) *2018-19:

(

) *2019-20: Matt Caito (

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References

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