# Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy

The Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy (Finnish: Veli-Pekka Ketola -palkinto) is a Finnish ice hockey trophy awarded by the Liiga to the player who scores the most points during regular season play. It was first awarded to Henry Saleva of Kärpät in the 1977–78 SM-liiga season. The trophy was renamed in honour of Veli-Pekka Ketola in 1995.
The trophy has overwhelmingly been won by Finns, foreign players have won the award just nine times since 1978. Matti Hagman holds the record for most titles, with four. To date, Canadians Steve Kariya and Martin Kariya are the only two brothers to win the title.

## Winners

| Season | Team | Player | Points | Citizenship |
| 1977–78 | Kärpät | Henry Saleva | 25 + 35 = 60 | Finland |
| 1978–79 | Ässät | Veli-Pekka Ketola | 23 + 49 = 72 | Finland |
| 1979–80 | HIFK | Matti Hagman | 37 + 50 = 87 | Finland |
| 1980–81 | TPS | Reijo Leppänen | 31 + 45 = 76 | Finland |
| 1981–82 | TPS | Reijo Leppänen (2) | 33 + 37 = 70 | Finland |
| 1982–83 | HIFK | Matti Hagman (2) | 23 + 41 = 64 | Finland |
| 1983–84 | HIFK | Matti Hagman (3) | 22 + 47 = 69 | Finland |
| 1984–85 | HIFK | Matti Hagman (4) | 23 + 44 = 67 | Finland |
| 1985–86 | Ässät | Arto Javanainen | 44 + 27 =71 | Finland |
| 1986–87 | Kärpät | Kari Jalonen | 29 + 63 = 93* | Finland |
| 1987–88 | TPS | Esa Keskinen | 14 + 55 = 69 | Finland |
| 1988–89 | Ilves | Raimo Summanen | 35 + 46 = 81 | Finland |
| 1989–90 | Ilves | Raimo Summanen (2) | 39 + 31 = 70 | Finland |
| 1990–91 | HPK | Teppo Kivelä | 23 + 50 = 73 | Finland |
| 1991–92 | TPS | Mikko Mäkelä | 25 + 45 = 70 | Finland |
| 1992–93 | TPS | Esa Keskinen (2) | 16 + 43 = 59 | Finland |
| 1993–94 | TPS | Esa Keskinen (3) | 23 + 47 = 74 | Finland |
| 1994–95 | TPS | Saku Koivu | 27 + 47 = 74 | Finland |
| 1995–96 | Lukko | Juha Riihijärvi | 28 + 44 = 72 | Finland |
| 1996–97 | Jokerit | Petri Varis | 36 + 23 = 59 | Finland |
| 1997–98 | Ilves | Peter Larsson | 19 + 39 = 58 | Sweden |
| 1998–99 | HIFK | Jan Čaloun | 24 + 57 = 81 | Czech Republic |
| 1999–00 | TPS | Kai Nurminen | 41 + 37 = 78 | Finland |
| 2000–01 | Jokerit | Petri Varis (2) | 27 + 43 = 70 | Finland |
| 2001–02 | Tappara | Janne Ojanen | 20 + 41 = 61 | Finland |
| 2002–03 | HPK | Tomáš Kucharčík | 28 + 27 = 55 | Czech Republic |
| 2003–04 | HIFK | Timo Pärssinen | 32 + 30 = 62 | Finland |
| 2004–05 | Ilves | Steve Kariya | 24 + 35 = 59 | Canada |
| 2005–06 | HIFK | Tony Salmelainen | 27 + 28 = 55 | Finland |
| 2006–07 | Blues | Martin Kariya | 18 + 43 = 61 | Canada |
| 2007–08 | Kärpät | Janne Pesonen | 34 + 44 = 78 | Finland |
| 2008–09 | HIFK | Kim Hirschovits | 18 + 48 = 66 | Finland |
| 2009–10 | Tappara | Jori Lehterä | 19 + 50 = 69 | Finland |
| 2010–11 | Lukko | Perttu Lindgren | 23 + 42 = 66 | Finland |
| 2011–12 | Pelicans | Ryan Lasch | 24 + 38 = 62 | United States |
| 2012–13 | Kärpät | Juha-Pekka Haataja | 28 + 31 = 59 | Finland |
| 2013–14 | Lukko | Ville Vahalahti | 20 + 32 = 52 | Finland |
| 2014–15 | Blues | Kim Hirschovits (2) | 13 + 45 = 58 | Finland |
| 2015–16 | Tappara | Kristian Kuusela | 20 + 39 = 59 | Finland |
| 2016–17 | Tappara | Henrik Haapala | 15 + 45 = 60 | Finland |
| 2017–18 | JYP | Antti Suomela | 21 + 39 = 60 | Finland |
| 2018–19 | KooKoo | Malte Strömwall | 30 + 27 = 57 | Sweden |
| 2019–20 | Lukko | Justin Danforth | 27 + 33 = 60 | Canada |
| 2020–21 | HPK | Petri Kontiola | 14 + 41 = 55 | Finland |
| 2021–22 | Tappara | Anton Levtchi | 26 + 35 = 61 | Finland |
| 2022-23 | HPK | Michael Joly | 25 + 39 = 64 | Canada |
| 2023-24 | Ilves | Oula Palve | 20 + 44 = 64 | Finland |
| 2024-25 | Sport | Atro Leppänen | 21 + 42 = 63 | Finland |
* Liiga single-season point record
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