The Unto Wiitala trophy is an ice-hockey award given by the Finnish Liiga to the best referee of the season. It is named after Unto Wiitala a Finnish goalkeeper who competed in the 1950s and became a referee after his playing career.
Trophy winners
Season Winner1967–68 Sakari Sillankorva1968–69 Sakari Sillankorva1969–70 Sakari Sillankorva1970–71 Pentti Isotalo1971–72 Unto Wiitala1972–73 Unto Wiitala1973–74 Unto Wiitala1974–75 Unto Wiitala1975–76 Raimo Sepponen1976–77 Raimo Sepponen1977–78 Karl-Gustav Kaisla1978–79 Pertti Juhola1979–80 Karl-Gustav Kaisla1980–81 Antti Koskinen1981–82 Raimo Sepponen1982–83 Seppo Mäkelä1983–84 Seppo Mäkelä1984–85 Pertti Juhola1985–86 Antti Koskinen1986–87 Pertti Juhola1987–88 Seppo Mäkelä1988–89 Seppo Mäkelä1989–90 Karl-Gustav Kaisla1990–91 Antti Koskinen1991–92 Seppo Mäkelä1992–93 Seppo Mäkelä1993–94 Kari Nieminen1994–95 Rami Savolainen1995–96 Seppo Mäkelä1996–97 Seppo Mäkelä1997–98 Seppo Mäkelä1998–99 Pekka Haajanen1999–00 Marko Lepaus2000–01 Markku Kruus2001–02 Markku Kruus2002–03 Jari Levonen2003–04 Timo Favorin2004–05 Jari Levonen2005–06 Markku Kruus2006–07 Timo Favorin2007–08 Timo Favorin2008–09 Jari Levonen2009–10 Jari Levonen2010–11 Jari LevonenAntti Boman2011–12 Jari Levonen2012–13 Aleksi Rantala2013–14 Jari LevonenJukka Hakkarainen2014–15 Stefan Fonselius2015–16 Stefan Fonselius2016–17 Timo Favorin2017–18 Aleksi Rantala2018–19 Stefan Fonselius2019–20 Mikko Kaukokari2020–21Lassi Heikkinen2021–22Joonas Kova2022–23 Mikko Kaukokari2023–24 Joonas Kova
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