The Aaro Kivilinna Memorial Trophy is an award given every year since 1973 to the best ice hockey club overall in Finland by the Finnish SM-liiga.[1] The recipient is determined by the final standings of each club in the SM-liiga or Mestis as well as their teams in the three topmost junior leagues and the women's league. (Thus the winner is quite often another club than the SM-liiga champion of that year.)
Aaro Kivilinna was an ice hockey defenseman from Helsinki, Finland who also worked as a sports journalist and as the secretary and later vice-president of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. He was killed in action in the Winter War in February 1940.
Winners of the Aaro Kivilinna Memorial Trophy
| Season |
Team
|
| 1972–73
|
Ilves
|
| 1973–74
|
Ilves
|
| 1974–75
|
Tappara
|
| 1975–76
|
Jokerit
|
| 1976–77
|
TPS
|
| 1977–78
|
Ilves
|
| 1978–79
|
Tappara
|
| 1979–80
|
Ässät
|
| 1980–81
|
Ilves
|
| 1981–82
|
Ilves
|
| 1982–83
|
Ilves
|
| 1983–84
|
Tappara
|
| 1984–85
|
Kärpät
|
| 1985–86
|
HIFK
|
| 1986–87
|
HIFK
|
| 1987–88
|
HIFK
|
| 1988–89
|
HIFK
|
| 1989–90
|
Ilves
|
| 1990–91
|
TPS
|
| 1991–92
|
JYP
|
| 1992–93
|
Ilves
|
| 1993–94
|
Tappara
|
| 1994–95
|
TPS
|
| 1995–96
|
Jokerit
|
| 1996–97
|
Jokerit and TPS (tied)
|
| 1997–98
|
Jokerit
|
| 1998–99
|
Jokerit
|
| 1999–00
|
Jokerit
|
| 2000–01
|
Kärpät
|
| 2001–02
|
TPS
|
| 2002–03
|
Jokerit
|
| 2003–04
|
TPS
|
| 2004–05
|
Kärpät
|
| 2005–06
|
Kärpät
|
| 2006–07
|
Blues
|
| 2007–08
|
Kärpät
|
| 2008–09
|
Blues
|
| 2010–11
|
Blues
|
| 2011–12
|
Blues
|
| 2012–13
|
Blues
|
| 2013–14
|
Blues
|
| 2014–15
|
Blues
|
| 2015–16
|
Kärpät
|
| 2016–17
|
HIFK
|
| 2017–18
|
Kärpät
|
| 2018–19
|
Kärpät
|
| 2019–20
|
Not awarded
|
| 2020-21
|
Not awarded
|
| 2021-22
|
HIFK
|
| 2022-23
|
Tappara
|
| 2023-24
|
HIFK
|
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