Black and white photo of Paul Loicq in a white shirt
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.

Award recipients

List of recipients of the Paul Loicq Award:

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

See also

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]

References

  1. ^ "The inductee class of 2009". Zurich: International Ice Hockey Federation.
  2. ^ Gabriola Sounder News Archived 13 September 2012 at archive.today
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "IIHF Hall of Fame". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (6 February 2019). "Hall of Fame Class of 2019 named". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  5. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (4 February 2020). "Legends join IIHF Hall of Fame". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  6. ^ Potts, Andy (29 May 2022). "Hall of Fame celebrates new recruits". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  7. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (9 December 2022). "IIHF honours international mix for Hall of Fame '23". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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