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SM Ringette

SM Ringette, previously "Ringeten SM-sarja [fi]", is the elite semi-professional ringette league in Finland's first division and its highest. The league features the best ringette players in Finland and is run by Ringette Finland. The league was known as Ringeten SM-sarja [fi] until it was rebranded in 2021 and is known as the "Finnish National Ringette League" by English speakers. The National Ringette League (NRL) is its Canadian equivalent.

The league has been in operation since the 1987–88 winter season and a number of its clubs competed in the Ringette World Club Championship when the international club tournament existed. Several of the league's players have played for the Finland national ringette team at the World Ringette Championships including Marjukka Virta, Anne Pohjola, and Susanna Tapani.

SM-Ringette (formerly Ringeten SM-sarja [fi]) began operating during the 1987–88 winter season. Between 2013 and 2020, it was managed jointly by the Suomen Kaukalopallo- ja Ringetteliitto [fi] (SKRL ry) known in English as the "Finland Rinkball (Suomen Kaukalopalloliiton [fi]) and Ringette Association".

The SKRL was founded in November 2012 and started its operations at the beginning of 2013. In addition to Rinkball Finland and Ringette Finland, SKRL's founding members were the SM Ringette SM referees and the Kaukalopallo SM-Liiga ry. The federations of both sports decided to combine their resources due to falling registration rates as well as for financial reasons. When the new association was founded there were about 10,000 sports enthusiasts actively involved.

At the union's fall meeting in 2019, Finland's federal government was authorized to find conditions for dissolving the union. At the spring meeting on June 6, 2020, it was decided to dissolve the Suomen Kaukalopallo- ja Ringetteliitto ry on December 31, 2020, but both have since continued as two separate organizations.

The Agnes Jacks Trophy, named after the wife of Sam Jacks, is awarded to the league's Most Valuable Player at the end of the each season and was first awarded in 1992.

Jenni-Lysa Vehanen is a retired Finnish ringette player who is widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time in the sport. In honour of her accomplishments and contributions to the sport, the trophy for the top scorer in the Finnish National Ringette League is named after her. She played for several teams in Finland during the height of her career, including Angels Espoo, which was one of the most dominant teams in Finnish ringette during the 1990s and 2000s.

Throughout her career, Vehanen was a prolific scorer and won numerous awards and accolades for her achievements on the ice. She was a six-time Finnish national champion with Angels Espoo and was the leading scorer in SM Ringette, the Finnish National Ringette League, a record seven times.

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