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
2024[8] Anatolii Brezvin   Ukraine

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.
  8. ^ "Почесний президент Федерації хокею України Анатолій Брезвін удостоєний нагороди IIHF Почесний президент Федерації хокею України Анатолій Брезвін удостоєний нагороди IIHF" (in Ukrainian). Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukrinform. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.