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.A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey – Aa 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 2009–10 HIFK 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
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