Matti Keinonen trophy

The Matti Keinonen Trophy (Finnish: Matti Keinonen –palkinto) is an ice hockey award given by the Finnish Liiga to the "most effective player" of the season, i.e. the player with the best plus/minus rating.^[1][2]

Matti Keinonen Trophy

Sport	Ice hockey
League	Liiga
Awarded for	Most effective player in the Liiga
Local name	Matti Keinonen -palkinto (Finnish)
Country	Finland
Presented by	Liiga
History
First award	1978 (1978)
Editions	44
First winner	Pekka Rautakallio
Most wins	Tie: Juha Huikari, Lasse Kukkonen (2)
Most recent	Aku Räty

Trophy winners

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Season	Winner
1977–78	Pekka Rautakallio (Ässät)
1978–79	Veli-Pekka Ketola (Ässät)
1979–80	Reijo Leppänen (TPS)
1980–81	Juha Huikari (Kärpät)
1981–82	Timo Nummelin (TPS)
1982–83	Carey Wilson (HIFK)
1983–84	Arto Sirviö (Jokerit)
1984–85	Esa Tikkanen (HIFK)
1985–86	Harry Nikander (Ässät)
1986–87	Juha Huikari (Kärpät)
1987–88	Risto Jalo (Ilves)
1988–89	Jukka Vilander (TPS)
1989–90	Mika Nieminen (Ilves)
1990–91	Leo Gudas (JYP)
1991–92	Waltteri Immonen (Jokerit)
1992–93	Erik Hämäläinen (Jokerit)
1993–94	Aleksandr Smirnov (TPS)
1994–95	Veli-Pekka Kautonen (HIFK)
1995–96	Petri Varis (Jokerit)
1996–97	Kimmo Timonen (TPS)
1997–98	Olli Jokinen (HIFK)
1998–99	Brian Rafalski (HIFK)
1999–00	Kai Nurminen (TPS)
2000–01	Jouni Loponen (TPS)
2001–02	Marko Tuulola (HPK)
2002–03	Lasse Kukkonen (Kärpät)
2003–04	Jari Viuhkola (Kärpät)
2004–05	Jukka Voutilainen (HPK)
2005–06	Lasse Kukkonen (Kärpät)
2006–07	Martti Järventie (Jokerit)
2007–08	Janne Pesonen (Kärpät)
2008–09	Olli Malmivaara (JYP)
2009–10	Harri Tikkanen (Lukko)
2010–11	Sami Vatanen (JYP)
2011–12	Toni Söderholm (HIFK)
2012–13	Jere Sallinen (HPK)
2013–14	Ville Pokka (Kärpät)
2014–15	Markus Hännikäinen (JYP)
2015–16	Sebastian Aho (Kärpät)
2016–17	Jasper Lindsten (TPS)
2017–18	Charles Bertrand (Kärpät)
2018–19	Nicklas Lasu (Kärpät)
2019–20	Mika Pyörälä (Kärpät)
2020–21	Anrei Hakulinen (Lukko)
2021–22	Waltteri Merelä (Tappara)
2022–23	Aku Räty (Ilves)
2023–24	Filip Král (Pelicans)
2024–25	Niclas Almari (Lukko)