Kultainen kypärä () is an

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award given by the Suomen jääkiekkoilijat ry (SJRY; ) to the best player in the Finnish

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and

Auroraliiga The is the national premier league for women's ice hockey in Finland. Founded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association as the Naisten Suomen mestaruus, SM-sarja (NSMs; ) in 1982, it was known as the Naisten Liiga (NSML;) from 2017 until being rebr ...

. Winners are selected via votes cast by each league's players. Kultainen kypärä has been awarded in the Liiga since 1987, and in the Auroraliiga since 2022. In addition, a long running tradition by Veikkaus is for the current best scorer of a Liiga team to carry a golden helmet, also called kultainen kypärä or kultakypärä. The player that plays the most games carrying the golden helmet that also is in the top 20 of the league's scoreboard by the end of the regular season is awarded with €10,000 by Veikkaus.

Award winners

Liiga

* 1986-1987: Pekka Järvelä ( JYP) * 1987-1988: Jarmo Myllys (

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) * 1988-1989: Jukka Vilander ( TPS) * 1989-1990: Jukka Tammi (

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) * 1990-1991:

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(

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) * 1991-1992: Mikko Mäkelä (TPS) * 1992-1993: Juha Riihijärvi (JYP) * 1993-1994: Esa Keskinen (TPS) * 1994-1995: Saku Koivu (TPS) * 1995-1996: Juha Riihijärvi (Lukko) * 1996-1997: Kimmo Rintanen (TPS) * 1997-1998: Raimo Helminen (Ilves) * 1998-1999: Brian Rafalski (

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) * 1999-2000: Kai Nurminen (TPS) * 2000-2001: Kimmo Rintanen, TPS * 2001-2002: Janne Ojanen (

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) * 2002-2003:

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( HPK) * 2003-2004: Timo Pärssinen (HIFK) * 2004-2005: Tim Thomas, Jokerit * 2005-2006: Tony Salmelainen (HIFK) * 2006-2007: Cory Murphy (HIFK) * 2007-2008:

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(Jokerit) * 2008-2009: Juuso Riksman (Jokerit) * 2009-2010: Jori Lehterä (Tappara) * 2010-2011: Ville Peltonen (HIFK) * 2011-2012: Tomáš Záborský ( Ässät) * 2012-2013: Ilari Filppula (Jokerit) * 2013-2014: Michael Keränen (Ilves) * 2014-2015: Kim Hirschovits (

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) * 2015-2016: Kristian Kuusela (Tappara) * 2016-2017: Mika Pyörälä ( Kärpät) * 2017-2018: Julius Junttila (Kärpät) * 2018-2019: Malte Strömwall ( KooKoo) * 2019-2020: Justin Danforth (Lukko) * 2020-2021: Petri Kontiola (HPK) * 2021-2022: Anton Levtchi (Tappara) * 2022-2023: Michael Joly (HPK)

Auroraliiga

* 2021–2022: Anni Keisala (

) * 2022–2023: Elisa Holopainen (

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) * 2023–2024: Elisa Holopainen (KalPa) * 2024–2025: Emma Nuutinen (

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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kultainen Kypara Liiga trophies and awards