Paul Loicq Award

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Paul Loicq

The Paul Loicq Award is presented annually by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to honour a person who has made "outstanding contributions to the IIHF and international ice hockey". [1] Named after Paul Loicq, who was president of the IIHF from 1922 until 1947, it is the highest personal recognition given by the world governing body of ice hockey. [2] The award is presented during the annual IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

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Award recipients

List of recipients of the Paul Loicq Award:

YearRecipientNationality
1998 [3] Wolf-Dieter Montag Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1999 [3] Roman Neumayer Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2000 [3] Vsevolod Kukushkin Flag of Russia.svg Russia
2001 [3] Isao Kataoka Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2002 [3] Pat Marsh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
2003 [3] George Nagobads Flag of the United States.svg United States
2004 [3] Aggie Kukulowicz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2005 [3] Rita Hrbacek Flag of Austria.svg Austria
2006 [3] Bo Tovland Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
2007 [3] Bob Nadin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2008 [3] Juraj Okoličány Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
2009 [3] Harald Griebel Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2010 [3] Lou Vairo Flag of the United States.svg United States
2011 [3] Yuri Korolev Flag of Russia.svg Russia
2012 [3] Kent Angus Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2013 [3] Gord Miller Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2014 [3] Mark Aubry Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2015 [3] Monique Scheier-Schneider Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
2016 [3] Nikolai Ozerov Flag of Russia.svg Russia
2017 [3] Patrick Francheterre Flag of France.svg France
2018 [3] Kirovs Lipmans Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
2019 [4] Jim Johannson Flag of the United States.svg United States
2020/2022 [5] [a] Zoltán Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
2023 [7] Kimmo Leinonen Flag of Finland.svg Finland
2024 [8] Anatolii Brezvin Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
2025 [9] [10] Jon Haukeland Flag of Norway.svg Norway

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Notes

  1. The presentation of the award during the 2020 IIHF World Championship, was delayed until the 2022 IIHF World Championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kovács received the award during the class of 2020/2022 IIHF Hall of Fame induction. [6]

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