List of IIHF World Junior Championship Directorate award winners explained

The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. The 'Top Division' features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world. After each tournament, the Directorate of the IIHF selects the Best Goaltender, Best Defenceman, and Best Forward of the tournament. Winners of these awards, along with the countries they represent are shown below from the first official tournament (1977) until present.

YearBest GoaltenderBest DefencemanBest ForwardNote
1977Jan HrabákViacheslav FetisovDale McCourt[1]
1978Alexander TyznychViacheslav FetisovWayne Gretzky[2]
1979Pelle LindberghAlexei KasatonovVladimir Krutov[3]
1980Jari PaavolaReijo RuotsalainenVladimir Krutov[4]
1981Lars ErikssonMiloslav HoravaPatrik Sundström[5]
1982Mike MoffatGord KluzakPetri Skriko[6]
1983Dominik HašekIlya ByakinTomas Sandström[7]
1984Alan PerryAlexei GusarovRaimo Helminen[8]
1985Craig BillingtonVesa SaloMichal Pivonka[9]
1986Evgeny BelosheikinMikhail TatarinovJim Sandlak[10]
1987Markus KettererCalle JohanssonRobert Kron[11]
1988Jimmy WaiteTeppo NumminenAlexander Mogilny[12]
1989Alexei IvashkinRicard PerssonPavel Bure[13]
1990Stéphane FisetAlexander GodynyukRobert Reichel[14]
1991Pauli JaksJiří ŠlégrEric Lindros[15]
1992Mike DunhamDarius KasparaitisMichael Nylander[16]
1993Manny LegacéJanne GrönvallPeter Forsberg[17]
1994Jamie StorrKenny JönssonNiklas Sundström[18]
1995Yevgeni TarasovBryan McCabeMarty Murray[19]
1996José ThéodoreMattias ÖhlundJarome Iginla[20]
1997Marc DenisJoe CorvoAlexei Morozov[21]
1998David AebischerPavel SkrbekOlli Jokinen[22]
1999Roberto LuongoVitali VishnevskyMaxim Afinogenov[23]
2000Rick DiPietroAlex RiazantsevMilan Kraft
2001Tomáš DubaRostislav KleslaPavel Brendl
2002Kari LehtonenIgor KnyazevMike Cammalleri
2003Marc-André FleuryJoni PitkänenIgor Grigorenko
2004Al MontoyaSami LepistöZach Parise
2005Marek SchwarzDion PhaneufAlexander Ovechkin
2006Tuukka RaskMarc StaalEvgeni Malkin
2007Carey PriceErik JohnsonAlexei Cherepanov
2008Steve MasonDrew DoughtyViktor Tikhonov[24]
2009Jacob MarkströmErik KarlssonJohn Tavares[25]
2010Benjamin ConzAlex PietrangeloJordan Eberle
2011Jack CampbellRyan EllisBrayden Schenn[26]
2012[27]
2013
2014[28]
2015[29]
2016[30]
2017Felix SandströmThomas ChabotKirill Kaprizov
2018Filip GustavssonRasmus DahlinCasey Mittelstadt
2019Pyotr KochetkovAlexander RomanovRyan Poehling
2020Joel HoferRasmus SandinAlexis Lafrenière
2021Devon LeviTopi NiemeläTim Stützle
2022Jesper WallstedtKasper PuutioMason McTavishIIHF
2023Adam GajanDavid JiříčekConnor Bedard[31]
2024Hugo HävelidAxel Sandin PellikkaCutter Gauthier[32]

Notes and References

  1. Podnieks, p. 20.
  2. Podnieks, p. 35.
  3. Podnieks, p. 51.
  4. Podnieks, p. 63.
  5. Podnieks, p. 76.
  6. Podnieks, p. 90.
  7. Podnieks, p. 106.
  8. Podnieks, p. 121.
  9. Podnieks, p. 135.
  10. Podnieks, p. 150.
  11. Podnieks, p. 165.
  12. Podnieks, p. 180.
  13. Podnieks, p. 194.
  14. Podnieks, p. 207.
  15. Podnieks, p. 222.
  16. Podnieks, p. 238.
  17. Podnieks, p. 253.
  18. Podnieks, p. 269.
  19. Podnieks, p. 282.
  20. Podnieks, p. 297.
  21. Podnieks, p. 312.
  22. Podnieks, p. 328.
  23. Web site: IIHF Directorate Awards. Hockey Canada. 2008. 2008-07-04.
  24. Web site: Canada's Mason sweeps awards. International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-01-05. 2008-07-04. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110526142635/http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-u20-championship/news-singleview-world-u20-ia-channel/article/u20-awards-handed-out.html. 2011-05-26.
  25. Web site: Tavares named MVP. International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-01-06. 2009-01-06.
  26. Web site: Brayden Schenn sweeps honours. International Ice Hockey Federation. 2011-01-05. 2011-01-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018102721/http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm20/news/news-singleview-wm20/article/brayden-schenn-sweeps-honours.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4272&cHash=3019fcb172. 2012-10-18.
  27. News: Kuznetsov named U20 MVP. 2012-01-05. 2012-01-05. International Ice Hockey Federation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111100544/http://www.iihf.com/channels1112/wm20/news/news-singleview-wm20/recap/6345.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=5150&cHash=c908875403. 2012-01-11.
  28. News: Forsberg named MVP. 2014-01-05. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  29. News: World juniors 2015 live: Canada wins gold at world juniors after beating Russia. 2015-01-05. National Post.
  30. News: Puljujarvi MVP, Best Forward. 2016-01-05. 2016-01-05. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  31. Web site: Best Players Selected by the Directorate . January 5, 2023 . January 5, 2023 . International Ice Hockey Federation.
  32. Web site: Lekkerimaki named MVP . January 5, 2024 . January 5, 2024 . International Ice Hockey Federation.

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