Karoliina Rantamäki Award

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Karoliina Rantamäki Award
SportIce hockey
LeagueNaisten Liiga
Awarded forPlayoff MVP
Local nameKaroliina Rantamäki -palkinto  (Finnish)
CountryFinland
Presented byFinnish Ice Hockey Association
History
First award2000
Editions20
First winnerKati Kovalainen
Most winsKaroliina Rantamäki (3)
Most recent, 2021

The Karoliina Rantamäki Award (Finnish: Karoliina Rantamäki -palkinto) is an ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the playoff MVP of the Naisten Liiga. During 1982 to 2017, the league was called the Naisten SM-sarja. The Naisten SM-sarja Playoff MVP trophy was first awarded in the 1999–2000 season and the first recipient was forward Kati Kovalainen of the Espoo Blues Naiset.

The most Karoliina Rantamäki Awards won by a single player is three, a record rather appropriately held by HIFK Naiset captain Karoliina Rantamäki. Rantamäki was recognized as the Naisten SM-sarja Playoff MVP in 2001, 2005, and 2007, all while playing with the Espoo Blues Naiset. The Playoff MVP award was named after Rantamäki in the 2010–11 season.[1] Of the ten players with Naisten Liiga trophies named in their honor, she is the only player to hold the most wins of her eponymous award. Rantamäki also holds the record for most Marianne Ihalainen Awards won, with six, and most Tiia Reima Awards won, with eight.

The Karoliina Rantamäki Award correlates with post-retirement coaching positions more than any other Naisten Liiga award; of the eight retired players who won the award during their playing careers, five have held or currently hold coaching positions: Maija Hassinen-Sullanmaa (2006), Sanna Lankosaari (2002), and Linda Leppänen (née Välimäki; 2010, 2014) in the Naisten Liiga, Riikka Sallinen (2016) in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), and Mira Jalosuo (2017) with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA).

Award winners[]

Season Winner Team Pos.
1999–2000 Kati Kovalainen Blues D
2000–01 Karoliina Rantamäki Blues F
2001–02 Sanna Lankosaari F
2002–03 Blues G
2003–04 Blues G
2004–05 Karoliina Rantamäki Blues F
2005–06 Maija Hassinen-Sullanmaa Ilves G
2006–07 Karoliina Rantamäki Blues F
2007–08 Noora Räty Blues G
2008–09 Noora Räty Blues G
2009–10 Linda Leppänen (née Välimäki) Ilves F
2010–11 Annina Rajahuhta HPK F
2011–12 Kärpät G
2012–13 Emma Nuutinen Blues F
2013–14 Linda Välimäki Leppänen Blues F
2014–15 (née Portnoj) Blues G
2015–16 Riikka Sallinen (née Nieminen) JYP F
2016–17 Mira Jalosuo Kärpät D
2017–18 Kärpät G [2]
2018–19 Espoo (L) F [3]
2019–20 Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [4]
2020–21 K-Espoo G [5]

Source: Elite Prospects[6]

All time award recipients[]

Player Wins Years won
Karoliina Rantamäki 3 2001, 2005, 2007
Noora Räty 2 2008, 2009
Linda Leppänen (née Välimäki) 2 2010, 2014
2 2003, 2004
1 2012
Maija Hassinen-Sullanmaa 1 2006
Mira Jalosuo 1 2017
Kati Kovalainen 1 2000
(née Portnoj) 1 2015
Sanna Lankosaari 1 2002
Emma Nuutinen 1 2013
1 2018
1 2021
Annina Rajahuhta 1 2011
Riikka Sallinen (née Nieminen) 1 2016

References[]

  1. ^ "Jääkiekkoliitto uudisti palkinnot: Pokaaleihin nimet Selänne, Koivu, Räty, Javanainen..." (in Finnish). MTV Uutiset. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Mennander, Pasi (26 February 2019). "Naisten Liigan kauden 2018–19 palkitut pelaajat ja tähtikentät". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 9 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "2019–20 Naisten Liiga, ylempi jatkosarja: Pelaajatilastot". tilastopalvelu.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 9 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Mennander, Pasi (15 March 2021). "Naisten Liigan kauden 2020–21 palkitut pelaajat ja tähtikentät". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Awards - Naisten Liiga (W) Most Valuable Player in Playoffs (Karoliina Rantamäki Award)". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 3 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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