[6][7] The Finnish Ice Hockey Association has altered the season format of the Auroraliiga several times over the league's history.Selected by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, the MVP of the playoffs is awarded the Karoliina Rantamäki Trophy.The team finishing the season in ninth place plays a promotion/relegation series (Finnish: karsintasarja, lit.In the event of a tie at the end of regulation time the winner is decided by a five-minute-length, three-skaters-per-side overtime period.[19] Players appearing in fewer than thirty regular season games during their Naisten Liiga career are not included.[20] Players appearing in ten or fewer Naisten Liiga playoff games during their career are not included.