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.

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

Award recipients edit

List of recipients of the Paul Loicq Award:

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

See also edit

Notes edit

  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 edit

  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.