Marianne Ihalainen Award

The Marianne Ihalainen Award (Finnish: Marianne Ihalainen -palkinto) an ice hockey trophy seasonally awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the regular season top point scorer of the Auroraliiga, known as the Naisten Liiga during 2017 to 2024, and as the Naisten SM-sarja during 1982 to 2017. It is named after Marianne Ihalainen, former SM-sarja forward and one of the most accomplished women in the history of Finnish ice hockey.

Marianne Ihalainen Award

Sport	Ice hockey
League	Auroraliiga
Awarded for	Most points in the Auroraliiga regular season
Local name	Marianne Ihalainen -palkinto (Finnish)
Country	Finland
Presented by	Finnish Ice Hockey Association
History
First award	1983
Editions	42
First winner	Anne Haanpää, 1983
Most wins	Karoliina Rantamäki (6)
Most recent	Emma Nuutinen, 2025

Award winners

Season	Winner	Team	Pts	GP	PpG
1982–83	Anne Haanpää	Porin Ässät	42	7	6.00
1983–84	Sari Krooks	Vaasan Sport	21	4	5.25
1984–85	Anne Haanpää	Ilves Tampere	49	8	6.13
1985–86	Sari Krooks	Vaasan Sport	53	14	3.79
1986–87	Sari Krooks	Vaasan Sport	45	12	3.75
1987–88	Sari Krooks	Vaasan Sport	45	14	3.21
1988–89	Liisa Karikoski	EVU Vantaa	33	13	2.54
1989–90	Marianne Ihalainen	Ilves Tampere	33	12	2.75
1990–91	Johanna Ikonen	Keravan Shakers	28	12	2.33
1991–92	Anne Nurmi	Ilves Tampere	31	14	2.21
1992–93	Liisa Karikoski	Kiekko-Espoo	32	14	2.43
1993–94	Riikka Nieminen	Keravan Shakers	129	21	6.14
1994–95	Sari Fisk	Ilves Tampere	58	24	2.42
1995–96	Petra Vaarakallio	Kiekko-Espoo	48	23	2.09
1996–97	Riikka Nieminen	JyP HT	64	24	2.67
1997–98	Karoliina Rantamäki	Kiekko-Espoo	60	24	2.50
1998–99	Sanna Lankosaari	Oulun Kärpät	48	24	2.00
1999–00	Petra Vaarakallio	Espoo Blues	60	26	2.31
2000–01	Tiia Reima	IHK Helsinki	56	24	2.33
2001–02	Karoliina Rantamäki	Espoo Blues	55	24	2.29
2002–03	Petra Vaarakallio	Espoo Blues	73	23	3.17
2003–04	Karoliina Rantamäki	Espoo Blues	71	24	2.96
2004–05	Karoliina Rantamäki	Espoo Blues	39	20	1.95
2005–06	Karoliina Rantamäki	Espoo Blues	43	22	1.95
2006–07	Karoliina Rantamäki	Espoo Blues	51	22	2.32
2007–08	Eini Lehtinen	Oulun Kärpät	79	20	3.95
2008–09	Michelle Karvinen	Espoo Blues	81	22	3.68
2009–10	Linda Välimäki	Ilves Tampere	77	19	4.05
2010–11	Anne Helin	Oulun Kärpät	51	20	2.55
2011–12	Anne Helin	Oulun Kärpät	76	27	2.81
2012–13	Anne Helin	Oulun Kärpät	69	25	2.76
2013–14	Linda Välimäki	Espoo Blues	71	28	2.54
2014–15	Linda Välimäki	Espoo Blues	65	28	2.32
2015–16	Jenni Hiirikoski	JYP Jyväskylä	79	28	2.82
2016–17	Linda Välimäki	Espoo United	60	28	2.14
2017–18	Linda Välimäki	Ilves Tampere	71	28	2.54
2018–19	Elisa Holopainen	KalPa Kuopio	29	10	2.90
2019–20	Saila Saari	Oulun Kärpät	16	10	1.60
2020–21	Michaela Pejzlová	IFK Helsinki	13	8	1.63
2021–22	Estelle Duvin	TPS Turku	57	26	2.19
2022–23	Michaela Pejzlová	IFK Helsinki	82	31	2.65
2023–24	Michaela Pejzlová	IFK Helsinki	71	24	2.96
2024–25	Emma Nuutinen	Kiekko-Espoo	65	30	2.17

Source: Elite Prospects^[1]

All time award recipients

Player	Wins	Years won
Karoliina Rantamäki	6	1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Linda Välimäki	5	2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018[2]
Sari Krooks	4	1984, 1986, 1987, 1988
Anne Helin	3	2011, 2012, 2013
Michaela Pejzlová	3	2021,[3] 2023,[4] 2024[5]
Petra Vaarakallio	3	1996, 2000, 2003
Anne Haanpää	2	1983, 1985
Liisa Karikoski	2	1989, 1993
Riikka Nieminen	2	1994, 1997
Estelle Duvin	1	2022[6]
Sari Fisk	1	1995
Jenni Hiirikoski	1	2016
Elisa Holopainen	1	2019[7]
Michelle Karvinen	1	2009
Marianne Ihalainen	1	1990
Johanna Ikonen	1	1991
Sanna Lankosaari	1	1999
Eini Lehtinen	1	2008
Anne Nurmi	1	1992
Emma Nuutinen	1	2025
Saila Saari	1	2020[8]