Prince of Wales Trophy awarded to the Eastern Conference playoff champions since the 1993-94 season. A superstition that is prevalent among many of today's NHL players is that no player should either touch or hoist the Wales (Eastern Conference champion) or Clarence S. Campbell (Western Conference champion) Trophies after they have won the conference playoffs; these players feel that the Stanley Cup is the true championship trophy and thus it should be the only trophy that they should be hoisting. Instead of touching the conference trophy, the captain of the winning team merely poses (usually looking solemn) with the trophy, and sometimes, the entire
Lasse Oksanen trophy Lasse Oksanen trophy The Lasse Oksanen trophy is an ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish Liiga to the best player of the season during regular season play. Trophy winners: 1993-94: Esa Keskinen (TPS) 1994-95: Saku Koivu (TPS) 1995-96: Juha Riihijärvi (Lukko) 1996-97: Jani Hurme (TPS) 1997-98: Raimo Helminen (Ilves) 1998-99: Jan Caloun (HIFK) 1999-00: Kai Nurminen (TPS) 2000-01: Tony Virta (TPS) 2001-02: Janne Ojanen (Tappara) 2002-03: Antti Miettinen (HPK) 2003-04: Timo Pärssinen (HIFK) 2004-05: Tim Thomas (Jokerit) 2005-06: Tony Salmelainen (HIFK) 2006-07: Cory Murphy (HIFK) 2007-08: Ville Leino (Jokerit) 2008-09: Juuso Riksman (Jokerit) 2009-10: Jori Lehterä (Tappara) 2010-11: Ville