The Urpo Ylönen 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 goalie of the season.

Trophy winners:

1977-78: Antero Kivelä (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:...

)

1978-79: Jorma Valtonen

Jorma Valtonen

Pertti Leo Jorma Valtonen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.Valtonen, who was born in Turku, Finland, played for Jokerit, TPS, Rosenlewin Urheilijat -38 and Ässät. In Italy Valtonen played for Gardena ja HC Alleghe. In West Germany he played for EHC 70 München...

 (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:...

)

1979-80: Jorma Valtonen (TPS)

1980-81: Hannu Kamppuri

Hannu Kamppuri

Hannu Juhani Kamppuri is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. Kamppuri was an accomplished SM-liiga goaltender, but is probably best known in North America for being one of the first Finnish goaltenders to compete in the National Hockey League, where he played 13 games for the New Jersey...

 (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 ....

)

1981-82: Hannu Kamppuri (Tappara)

1982-83: Rauli Sohlman (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...

)

1983-84: Hannu Kamppuri (Tappara)

1984-85: Kari Takko

Kari Takko

Kari Maurits Takko is a retired Finnish ice hockey goaltender.- Playing career :He played six seasons in the NHL, serving as a backup to Don Beaupre, Jon Casey and Bill Ranford. He was selected in the tenth round of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, 200th overall, by the Quebec Nordiques, but was unable...

 (Ässät)

1985-86: 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....

 (Tappara)

1986-87: Hannu Kamppuri (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:...

)

1987-88: Jarmo Myllys

Jarmo Myllys

Jarmo Myllys is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars as their ninth-round pick, #172 overall, in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft...

 (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...

)

1988-89: Timo Lehkonen (TPS)

1989-90: 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

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...

)

1990-91: Markus Ketterer

Markus Ketterer

Markus Ketterer is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and also the Swedish Elitserien. He played for Jokerit, TPS as Färjestads BK, the latter with which he became champion in 1997. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.-External links:*...

 (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...

)

1991-92: Petr Bříza

Petr Bríza

Petr Bříza is a former Czech ice hockey goaltender. He played in goal on the bronze medal winning ice hockey team for Czechoslovakia at the 1992 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...

 (Lukko)

1992-93: Timo Lehkonen (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...

)

1993-94: Kari Takko (Ässät)

1994-95: Boris Rousson (Lukko)

1995-96: Ari Sulander

Ari Sulander

Ari Sulander, also nicknamed Sulo , is a professional ice hockey goaltender.-Career in Finland:...

 (Jokerit)

1996-97: 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)

1997-98: Tim Thomas

Tim Thomas (ice hockey)

Timothy James Thomas, Jr. is an American professional ice hockey goaltender with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . Raised in Davison, MI, Thomas played college hockey for the University of Vermont for four years, from 1993–1997, during which he was drafted 217th overall by the...

 (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...

)

1998-99: Miikka Kiprusoff

Miikka Kiprusoff

Miikka Sakari Kiprusoff is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He was selected in the fifth round, 116th overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He has also played for TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga...

 (TPS)

1999-00: Pasi Nurminen

Pasi Nurminen

Pasi Nurminen is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers as their sixth-round pick, #189 overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft....

 (Jokerit)

2000-01: Jussi Markkanen

Jussi Markkanen

Jussi Markkanen is an ice hockey goaltender for EV Zug of the National League A .-Playing career:Markkanen has played extensively in various European professional leagues as well as the NHL...

 (Tappara)

2001-02: Kari Lehtonen

Kari Lehtonen

Kari Lehtonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League...

 (Jokerit)

2002-03: Kari Lehtonen

Kari Lehtonen

Kari Lehtonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League...

 (Jokerit)

2003-04: Niklas Bäckström

Niklas Bäckström

Niklas Oskar Bäckström is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League . He has won both William M. Jennings Trophy and Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award...

 (Kärpät)

2004-05: Niklas Bäckström

Niklas Bäckström

Niklas Oskar Bäckström is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League . He has won both William M. Jennings Trophy and Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award...

 (Kärpät)

2005-06: Juuso Riksman

Juuso Riksman

Juuso Riksman is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender.Riksman played junior hockey in the HIFK organization, but started his pro career with Hermes of Kokkola, then in the 1st division. After a visit to Kiruna in the Swedish 1st division, Riksman returned to HIFK...

 (Ässät)

2006-07: Tuomas Tarkki

Tuomas Tarkki

Tuomas Tarkki is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League....

 (Kärpät)

2007-08: Tuomas Tarkki

Tuomas Tarkki

Tuomas Tarkki is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League....

 (Kärpät)

2008-09: Juuso Riksman

Juuso Riksman

Juuso Riksman is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender.Riksman played junior hockey in the HIFK organization, but started his pro career with Hermes of Kokkola, then in the 1st division. After a visit to Kiruna in the Swedish 1st division, Riksman returned to HIFK...

 (Jokerit)

2009-10: Atte Engren

Atte Engren

Atte Engren is a Finnish professional hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League . Engren was drafted as 204th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft and signed a two-year entry-level contract on May 28, 2010...

 (TPS)

2010-11: Juuso Riksman

Juuso Riksman

Juuso Riksman is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender.Riksman played junior hockey in the HIFK organization, but started his pro career with Hermes of Kokkola, then in the 1st division. After a visit to Kiruna in the Swedish 1st division, Riksman returned to HIFK...

(HIFK)