The Karoliina Rantamäki Award () is an

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trophy awarded by the

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to the playoff

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of the Naisten Liiga, called the Naisten SM-sarja during 1982 to 2017. The Naisten SM-sarja Playoff MVP trophy was first awarded in the 1999–2000 season and the first recipient was forward Kati Kovalainen of Espoo Blues Naiset. The most Karoliina Rantamäki Awards won by a single player is three, a record fittingly held by HIFK Naiset

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Karoliina Rantamäki Karoliina Stina Margaretha Rantamäki (born 23 February 1978) is a Finnish ice hockey forward. She plays in the Auroraliiga with Kiekko-Espoo. Rantamäki holds the all-time career record for games played with the Finnish women's national ice ...

. Rantamäki was recognized as the Naisten SM-sarja Playoff MVP in 2001, 2005, and 2007, all while playing with the Espoo Blues. The award was named after Rantamäki in the 2010–11 season. Of the ten players with Naisten Liiga trophies named in their honor, Rantamäki is the only player to hold the most wins of her eponymous award; she also holds the record for most

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s, with six, and most Tiia Reima Awards, with eight. The Karoliina Rantamäki Award correlates with post-retirement coaching positions more than any other Naisten Liiga award; of the nine retired players who won the award during their playing careers, six have held or currently hold coaching positions: Maija Hassinen-Sullanmaa (2006), Sanna Lankosaari (2002),

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(; 2010, 2014), Isabella Laiho (; 2015) in the Naisten Liiga,

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(, previously Välilä; 2016) in the

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(SDHL), and

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(2017) in the

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(PWHL).

Award winners

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All time award recipients

References

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