IIHF Female Player of the Year

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IIHF Female Player of the Year
Sport Ice hockey
Awarded forAnnually to the player who "best exemplifies exceptional skill, determination, team success, and sporting character on and off the ice during the preceding season."
History
First award2023
Most recent Hilary Knight (2023)

The IIHF Female Player of the Year award is given out annually by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), in recognition of the ice hockey player who "best exemplifies exceptional skill, determination, team success, and sporting character on and off the ice during the preceding season." [1] It is selected by a panel of media and IIHF representatives drawn from among the member states of the International Ice Hockey Federation. [2]

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In order to be eligible, a player must have competed in at least one of three IIHF tournaments (the Winter Olympics, IIHF World Women's Championship, or IIHF World Women's U18 Championship) as well as in a national domestic league "of the highest caliber for that country," with "the combined performances of which were deemed superior to all other players." [1]

It was first awarded in 2023, along with its counterpart, the IIHF Male Player of the Year. [3] Hilary Knight, of the United States national team and the PWHPA's Team Sonnet, was the inaugural recipient. [4]

Winners

YearWinnerNational TeamClubRef
2023 Hilary Knight Flag of the United States.svg United States Team Sonnet (PWHPA) [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Podnieks, Andrew (1 June 2023). "Hilary Knight wins the inaugural IIHF Female Player of the Year Award". International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. "Canada's Connor Bedard honored as IIHF's first male player of the year". Sportsnet . 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  3. Podnieks, Andrew (19 June 2023). "Bedard named IIHF Male Player of the Year". International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  4. Wyshynski, Greg (1 June 2023). "USA's Hilary Knight is 1st IIHF Female Player of the Year". ESPN . Retrieved 19 June 2023.

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