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
Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy Kristian Kuusela (Tappara) 2016-17: Henrik Haapala (Tappara) 2017-18: Antti Suomela (JYP) Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy The Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy is an ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish Liiga to the player who scores the most points during regular season play. To date, Steve Kariya and Martin Kariya are the only two brothers to win the title. Trophy winners: 1977-78: Henry Saleva (Kärpät) 1978-79: Veli-Pekka Ketola (Ässät) 1979-80: Matti Hagman (HIFK) 1980-81: Reijo Leppänen (TPS) 1981-82: Reijo Leppänen (TPS) 1982-83: Matti Hagman (HIFK) 1983-84: Matti Hagman (HIFK) 1984-85: Matti Hagman (HIFK) 1985-86: Arto Javanainen (Ässät) 1986-87: Kari Jalonen (Kärpät) 1987-88: Esa