Naisten Liiga (ice hockey)

Naisten Liiga

Full name	Naisten SM-liiga
Current season	Naisten SM-liiga 2019/20
sport	ice Hockey
Association	Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto
League foundation	1982
Teams	8th
Country countries	Finland
Title holder	Oulun Kärpät
Record champions	Espoo Blues (13)
Website	www.leijonat.fi
↓ Naisten Mestis

The Naisten Liiga (until 2017 Naisten SM-sarja ) is the highest Finnish women's ice hockey league . It has been run by the Finnish ice hockey association Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto since 1982.

The Aurora Borealis Cup

Since 2011, the league champion has received the Aurora Borealis Cup (Northern Lights Cup).

Since 2017, the top division has been called Naisten Liiga , on the one hand to increase the popularity of the league and to bring the name into line with the top men's league ( Liiga , previously SM-liiga ).

Participants in the 2018/19 season

For the 2018/19 season, the Liiga was increased by two teams from Naisten Mestis : Vaasan Sport and Turun Palloseura

• Espoo Blues Naiset
• HPK Naiset
• KalPa
• KJT Hockey , Kerava
• Team Kuortane
• Oulun Kärpät
• Tampereen Ilves
• Lukko
• Vaasan Sport
• Turun Palloseura (TPS)

Title holder

year
1982/83	HJK Helsinki	Ilves Tampere	EVU Vantaa
1983/84	HJK Helsinki	EVU Vantaa	Ilves Tampere
1984/85	Ilves Tampere	EVU Vantaa	HJK Helsinki
1985/86	Ilves Tampere	HJK Helsinki	Vaasan Sport
1986/87	Ilves Tampere	EVU Vantaa	Shakers Kerava
1987/88	Ilves Tampere	EVU Vantaa	HIFK Helsinki
1988/89	EVU Vantaa	Ilves Tampere	HIFK Helsinki
1989/90	Ilves Tampere	EVU Vantaa	SaiPa Lappeenranta
1990/91	Ilves Tampere	Shakers Kerava	EKS Espoo
1991/92	Ilves Tampere	Shakers Kerava	EKS Espoo
1992/93	Ilves Tampere	Shakers Kerava	Kiekko-Espoo
1993/94	Shakers Kerava	Ilves Tampere	Kiekko-Espoo
1994/95	Shakers Kerava	Ilves Tampere	Kalevan Pallo
1995/96	Shakers Kerava	Kärpät Oulu	Kalevan Pallo
1996/97	Jyväskylän Hockey Cats	Shakers Kerava	Kiekko-Espoo
1997/98	Jyväskylän Hockey Cats	Kärpät Oulu	Kiekko-Espoo
1998/99	Espoo Blues	Jyväskylän Hockey Cats	Ilves Tampere
1999/2000	Espoo Blues	Kärpät Oulu	Ilves Tampere
2000/01	Espoo Blues	Kärpät Oulu	Ilves Tampere
2001/02	Espoo Blues	IHK Helsinki	Kärpät Oulu
2002/03	Espoo Blues	Kärpät Oulu	Ilves Tampere
2003/04	Espoo Blues	Ilves Tampere	Kärpät Oulu
2004/05	Espoo Blues	Ilves Tampere	Kärpät Oulu
2005/06	Ilves Tampere	Kärpät Oulu	Espoo Blues
2006/07	Espoo Blues	Kärpät Oulu	IHK Helsinki
2007/08	Espoo Blues	Ilves Tampere	Kärpät Oulu
2008/09	Espoo Blues	Ilves Tampere	HPK Hämeenlinna
2009/10	Ilves Tampere	Espoo Blues	HPK Hämeenlinna
2010/11	HPK Hämeenlinna	Ilves Tampere	Kärpät Oulu
2011/12	Kärpät Oulu	Ilves Tampere	HPK Hämeenlinna
2012/13	Espoo Blues	JYP	Kärpät Oulu
2013/14	Espoo Blues	JYP	HPK Hämeenlinna
2014/15	Espoo Blues	JYP	Ilves Tampere
2015/16	JYP	HPK Hämeenlinna	Espoo Blues
2016/17	Kärpät Oulu	Espoo United	Kalevan Pallo
2017/18	Kärpät Oulu	Ilves Tampere	Team Kuortane

Medal table

space	society
1.	EKS Espoo / Kiekko-Espoo / Blues / Espoo United	13	2	8th
2.	Ilves Tampere	10	11	6th
3.	Shakers Kerava	3	4th	1
4th	Kärpät Oulu	3	7th	6th
5.	JYP / Hockey Cats	3	4th	0
6th	HJK Helsinki	2	1	1
7th	EVU Vantaa	1	5	1
8th.	HPK Naiset	1	1	4th
9.	IHK Helsinki	0	1	1
10.	KalPa Kuopio	0	0	3
11.	HIFK Helsinki	0	0	2
12.	Vaasan Sport	0	0	1
12.	SaiPa Lappeenranta	0	0	1
12.	Team Kuortane	0	0	1

Awards

The following awards are given annually:

• Player of the year: Riikka-Nieminen-Trophy
• Best goalkeeper: Tuula Puputti Trophy
• Best Defender: Päivi Halonen Trophy
• Best attacker: Katja Riipi trophy
• Top scorer: Marianne Ihalainen Trophy
• Top scorer ( Maalitykki ): Tiia Reima trophy
• Most Effective Player ( Tehopelaaja ): Sari Fisk Trophy
• Rookie of the year : Noora Räty trophy
• Fair Play : Emma Laaksonen Trophy
• Coach of the year: Hannu Saintula trophy
• Playoff MVP : Karoliina Rantamäki Trophy
• Best referee : Anu Hirvonen Trophy
• Best linesman : Johanna Suban trophy

In addition, two all-star teams are selected.

Web links

• Naisten SM-sarja on the website of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation
• History of SM-sarja ( memento of September 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation
• Results & Statistics 1983 to 1991 at whockey.com
• Development of women's ice hockey in Finland at whockey.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pasi Mennander: - Aurora Borealis Cup lahjoitettiin Jääkiekkomuseoon. In: leijonat.fi. September 9, 2011, archived from the original on September 22, 2017 ; Retrieved September 21, 2017 (Finnish). 
2. ↑ Pasi Mennander: - Tästä pelataan - 16 faktaa Aurora Borealis Cupista. In: leijonat.fi. September 9, 2011, archived from the original on September 21, 2017 ; Retrieved September 21, 2017 (Finnish). 
3. ↑ Naisten SM-sarja historiaan - Ensi kaudella pelataan Naisten Liigaa. In: leijonat.fi. March 21, 2017, archived from the original on September 21, 2017 ; Retrieved September 21, 2017 (Finnish).