Emma Laaksonen Award
Emma Laaksonen Award Emma Laaksonen -palkinto (Finnish) | |
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Sport | Ice hockey |
League | Naisten Liiga |
Awarded for | Fair play player |
Presented by | Finnish Ice Hockey Association |
History | |
First award | 2011 |
First winner | |
Most wins | Saila Saari (2) |
Most recent | , 2021 |
The Emma Laaksonen Award (Finnish: Emma Laaksonen -palkinto) is an ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the fair play player of the year of the Naisten Liiga, called the Naisten SM-sarja until 2017. The award recognizes the player who best contributes to their team while "playing fair," that is to say, incurring very few penalties. Winners typically exceed one point per game and are issued fewer than 10 penalty minutes (PIM) over a full season. It is named after defenceman Emma Terho (née Laaksonen), former captain of the Finnish women's national ice hockey team and current general manager of Kiekko-Espoo. Despite being named after a defenceman, the trophy has only ever been awarded to forwards.
The trophy was first awarded in 2011, to of the Espoo Blues. Saila Saari is the lone player to have received the trophy twice, first in 2013, while playing with JYP Jyväskylä, and again in 2018, while playing with Oulun Kärpät. Emilia Vesa, recipient for the 2018–19 season, is the only honoree to have won the trophy while scoring less than one point per game. The most recent winner is in the 2020–21 season, while playing with KalPa Kuopio.
Award winners[]
Season | Winner | Team | GP | Pts | PIM | |
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2010–11 | Espoo Blues | 26 | 28 | 4 | [1] | |
2011–12 | Ilves Tampere | 19 | 28 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | Saila Saari | JYP Jyväskylä | 28 | 39 | 2 | |
2013–14 | Tiina Paananen | JYP Jyväskylä | 28 | 31 | 8 | |
2014–15 | Noora Tulus | Espoo Blues | 25 | 38 | 8 | |
2015–16 | Sanni Hakala | JYP Jyväskylä | 23 | 36 | 4 | |
2016–17 | Tanja Niskanen | KalPa Kuopio | 22 | 36 | 6 | |
2017–18 | Saila Saari | Kärpät Oulu | 26 | 44 | 8 | [2] |
2018–19 | Emilia Vesa | Team Kuortane | 28 | 21 | 4 | [3] |
2019–20 | Viivi Vainikka | Team Kuortane | 30 | 52 | 6 | [4] |
2020–21 | KalPa Kuopio | 25 | 35 | 2 | [5] |
Source: Elite Prospects[6]
All time award recipients[]
Player | Wins | Years won |
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Saila Saari | 2 | 2013, 2018 |
Sanni Hakala | 1 | 2016 |
1 | 2021 | |
1 | 2012 | |
Tanja Niskanen | 1 | 2017 |
Tiina Paananen | 1 | 2014 |
1 | 2011 | |
Noora Tulus | 1 | 2015 |
Viivi Vainikka | 1 | 2020 |
References[]
- ^ Mennander, Pasi (11 March 2011). "Naisten SM-sarjan palkinnot 2010–11 – Tässä nimilista!". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ Mennander, Pasi (8 March 2018). "Naisten Liigan kauden 2017–18 palkitut pelaajat, erotuomarit ja tähtikentät". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy. Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. p. 554. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy (2020). Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. p. 528. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Niemeläinen, Jonne (16 March 2021). "Huikeat tehot kerännyt 19-vuotias KalPa-hyökkääjä Elisa Holopainen palkittiin Naisten Liigan runkosarjan parhaana – huomenna edessä kauden tärkein peli". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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