The Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy is an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 award given by the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 SM-liiga

SM-liiga

The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...

 to the best rookie of the season. The trophy is named in honor of Jarmo Wasama

Jarmo Wasama

Jarmo Sakari Wasama was an ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. Wasama won two championships , one silver and two bronzes...

, a young Finnish defenseman who was killed in an automobile accident in 1966

Trophy Winners:

1971-72: Seppo Ahokainen

Seppo Ahokainen

Seppo Ahokainen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves and Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.-External links:*...

 (Ilves

Ilves

Ilves is a Finnish sports club nowadays mostly known for their youth work. The ice hockey team plays in the SM-liiga at the Tampereen jäähalli in Hakametsä...

)

1972-73: Jukka Alkula (Tappara

Tappara

Tappara is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Tampere, Finland at Tampereen jäähalli. The team have won 15 league championships ....

)

1973-74: Matti Hagman

Matti Hagman

Matti Risto Tapio "Hakki" Hagman is a former Finnish ice hockey professional. Hagman was the first Finnish-born and Finnish trained player to play an NHL game and the first to play in a Stanley Cup final...

 (HIFK

HIFK (ice hockey)

HIFK is an ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team plays at Helsinki Ice Hall. It was founded in 1897...

)

1974-75: Markus Mattsson

Markus Mattsson

Markus Mattsson is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was one of the first goaltenders in the NHL from Finland. He is also the goalie who ended Wayne Gretzky's 51-game point streak in 1983–84....

 (Ilves)

1975-76: Kari Makkonen

Kari Makkonen

Kari Makkonen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga for Ässät.-Playing career:Kari Makkonen played his entire SM-liiga career for Pori based team Ässät....

 (Ässät

Ässät

Ässät is an ice hockey team in the Finnish elite league, SM-liiga. They play in Pori, Finland at the Porin jäähalli.-Team history:...

)

1976-77: Risto Siltanen

Risto Siltanen

Risto Siltanen is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, and Quebec Nordiques.- Career statistics :...

 (Ilves)

1977-78: Markku Kiimalainen (Kärpät

Kärpät

Oulun Kärpät is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga based in Oulu, Finland. Their logo features a stoat ; "kärpät" is Finnish for stoats or ermines. The team has won five league championships .-History:...

)

1978-79: Kari Jalonen

Kari Jalonen

Kari Jalonen is a former professional ice hockey center. He played parts of two seasons at the NHL level, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, but is best known for his time in SM-liiga and with the Finnish national team.Jalonen represented Finland internationally on nine occasions,...

 (Kärpät)

1979-80: Pekka Arbelius

Pekka Arbelius

Pekka Arbelius is a Finnish retired ice hockey player.Arbelius played for Kärpät, MODO Hockey and JYP. He also represented Finland in five World Championships .-External links:...

 (Kärpät)

1980-81: Petri Skriko

Petri Skriko

Petri Kalevi Skriko is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player, best remembered for his seasons starring in the NHL for the Vancouver Canucks in the 1980s...

 (SaiPa

SaiPa

Saimaan Pallo is an ice hockey team in the Finnish SM-liiga. They play their home games at Kisapuisto in Lappeenranta, Finland.-History:The team's best achievement is from the 1965-1966 season, when they won bronze medals for placing third...

)

1981-82: Hannu Virta

Hannu Virta

Hannu Virta is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was named the best defenceman in the Finnish Elite League four times, and was a five-time all-star...

 (TPS

TPS (ice hockey)

TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 11-time champion of SM-liiga. They play in Turku, Finland at the HK Arena. In terms of championships, TPS is the most successful team in SM-liiga history.-Team history:...

)

1982-83: Jukka Tammi

Jukka Tammi

Jukka Tammi , nicknamed "Taisto", is a retired Finnish ice hockey goaltender.Tammi is one of the few Finnish ice hockey players to have three or more Olympic medals. He was the "Ironman" of the Finnish SM-liiga, awarded to the player who plays the most consecutive games, and has been inducted into...

 (Ilves)

1983-84: Joel Paunio (HIFK)

1984-85: Jari Neuvonen (Ilves)

1985-86: Risto Kurkinen (JYP)

1986-87: Janne Ojanen

Janne Ojanen

Janne Juhani Ojanen is a professional ice hockey player who is best known from his long time in SM-liiga team Tappara from Tampere.-Early Career in Finland:...

 (Tappara)

1987-88: Mika Nieminen

Mika Nieminen

Mika Nieminen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves, Jokerit, and HIFK. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.-External links:...

 (Ilves)

1988-89: Pekka Peltola (HPK

HPK

HPK is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight...

)

1989-90: Vesa Viitakoski

Vesa Viitakoski

Vesa Viitakoski is a professional ice hockey player. As of December, 2009, he is playing for Kärpät in the Finnish SM-liiga.-Career:...

 (SaiPa)

1990-91: Janne Grönvall

Janne Grönvall

Janne Grönvall is a professional Finnish ice hockey player.He is currently playing for Tappara in the Finnish SM-Liiga. This is his third stint with the club. He first joined them in 1992, when he left Lukko Rauma. In 1994 he left them for AHL club St...

 (Tappara)

1991-92: Petri Varis

Petri Varis

Petri Varis is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their 7th-round pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...

 (Ässät)

1992-93: Ville Peltonen

Ville Peltonen

Ville Peltonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the HIFK of the SM-liiga . He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third round pick, 58th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft....

 (HIFK)

1993-94: Juha Lind

Juha Lind

Juha Lind is a Finnish ice hockey forward currently playing Jokerit in the SM-liiga.Lind started his career with Jokerit his hometown team. He was drafted 178th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. He remained with Jokerit until 1997 when he joined the Dallas Stars...

 (Jokerit

Jokerit

Jokerit is an ice-hockey team from Helsinki, Finland, playing in the Finnish Elite League, SM-liiga. The team has won 6 league championships...

)

1994-95: Joni Lehto

Joni Lehto

Joni Lehto is a former professional ice hockey defenceman.Lehto played for Ottawa 67's in the Ontario Hockey League before being drafted to NHL by New York Islanders...

 (Lukko

Lukko

Lukko is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga, formed 1936. The full name of the club is Rauman Lukko. They play in Rauma, Finland at the Äijänsuo Arena. They have won the national championship once, in 1963...

)

1995-96: Jani Hurme

Jani Hurme

Jani Hurme is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Ilves in the Finnish SM-liiga. He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the third round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft with the 58th overall pick....

 (TPS)

1996-97: Olli Jokinen

Olli Jokinen

Olli Jokinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He was initially drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1997, third overall after Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. He was the captain of the Florida Panthers from 2003...

 (HIFK)

1997-98: Pasi Puistola

Pasi Puistola

Pasi Puistola is a Finnish professional ice hockey player currently with the HV71 team in the Swedish Elitserien league.- References :...

 (Ilves)

1998-99: Timo Pärssinen

Timo Pärssinen

Timo Pärssinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Timrå IK in the Swedish Elitserien.-Playing career:...

 (HPK)

1999-00: Antero Niittymäki

Antero Niittymäki

Antero Pertti Elias Niittymäki is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a member of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. He has previously played for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning, as well as in the SM-liiga and the American Hockey League...

 (TPS)

2000-01: Toni Dahlman

Toni Dahlman

Toni Dahlman is a Finnish professional ice hockey player currently playing for Graz 99ers of the Austrian Hockey League...

 (Ilves)

2001-02: Joonas Vihko

Joonas Vihko

Joonas Vihko is an Finnish professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Luleå HF of the Elitserien.-References:...

 (HIFK)

2002-03: Toni Söderholm

Toni Söderholm

Toni Kristian Söderholm is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for HIFK in the SM-liiga.-Regular season and playoffs:-International:-External links:...

 (HIFK)

2003-04: Janne Pesonen

Janne Pesonen

Janne Pesonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger currently an unrestricted free agent .- Career :...

 (Kärpät)

2004-05: Simo Vidgren (Ilves)

2005-06: Perttu Lindgren

Perttu Lindgren

Perttu Lindgren is a professional ice hockey player.He is 6 ft tall, weighs 185 lb, shoots left and plays center...

 (Ilves)

2006-07: Tuomas Suominen

Tuomas Suominen

Tuomas Suominen is a Finnish ice hockey player who currently plays professionally in Finland for TPS of the SM-liiga.-External links:...

 (TPS)

2007-08: Oskar Osala

Oskar Osala

Oskar Osala is a Finnish professional ice hockey Left Wing currently playing with the HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.-Playing career:He started his career with Vaasa-based Sport...

 (Blues

Espoo Blues

The Blues are an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Espoo, Finland at the Barona Areena.-Team history:The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo and played their first season in 1984-1985 in the Finnish Second Division...

)

2008-09: Teemu Hartikainen

Teemu Hartikainen

Teemu Hartikainen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

 (KalPa

KalPa

The Kalevan Pallo is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Kuopio, Finland at the Niiralan monttu.-Team history:Established in 1929, the full name of the company that runs the representative team is KalPa Hockey Oy. The majority of the company is owned by NHL players Sami Kapanen and...

)

2009-10: Mikael Granlund

Mikael Granlund

Mikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-Liiga...

 (HIFK)

2010-11: Teemu Pulkkinen

Teemu Pulkkinen

Teemu Pulkkinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger who currently players for Jokerit of the Finnish SM-Liiga. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings.-Career:...

 (Jokerit

Jokerit

Jokerit is an ice-hockey team from Helsinki, Finland, playing in the Finnish Elite League, SM-liiga. The team has won 6 league championships...

)