List of IIHF World Junior Championship media All-Star teams 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 media covering the tournament select a five-man All-Star Team consisting of three forwards, two defencemen and one goalie. Players named to the team, along with the countries they represent are shown below from the first official tournament (1977) until present.

Year	Goaltender	Defencemen		Forwards			Ref
1977	Alexander Tyzhnykh		Risto Siltanen			Bengt Gustafsson	^[1]
1978	Alexander Tyzhnykh		Risto Siltanen			Mats Näslund
1979	Pelle Lindbergh		Ivan Černý			Anatoli Tarasov
1980	Jari Paavola		Tomas Jonsson			Håkan Loob
1981	Lars Eriksson		Håkan Nordin			Ari Lähteenmäki
1982	Mike Moffat		Ilya Byakin			Mike Moller
1983	Matti Rautiainen		Simo Saarinen			Vladimír Růžička
1984	Evgeny Belosheikin		Frantisek Musil			Nikolai Borschevsky
1985	Timo Lehkonen		Mikhail Tatarinov			Mikko Makela
1986	Yevgeni Belosheikin		Sylvain Côté			Igor Vyazmikin
1987						Juraj Jurík
1988	Jimmy Waite		Greg Hawgood			Sergei Fedorov
1989	Alexei Ivashkin		Milan Tichý			Niklas Eriksson
1990	Stéphane Fiset		Alexander Godynyuk			Jaromir Jagr
1991	Pauli Jaks		Dmitri Yushkevich			Mike Craig
1992	Mike Dunham		Janne Gronvall			Michael Nylander
1993	Manny Legace		Brent Tully			Markus Näslund
1994	Evgeni Ryabchikov					Valeri Bure
1995			Anders Eriksson			Éric Dazé
1996	José Theodore		Nolan Baumgartner			Johan Davidsson
1997	Brian Boucher		Mark Streit
1998						Maxim Balmochnykh
1999	Roberto Luongo		Brian Campbell			Brian Gionta
2000	Rick DiPietro		Alexander Ryazantsev			Alexei Tereshchenko
2001	Ari Ahonen		Tuukka Mäntylä
2002			Igor Knyazev			Stanislav Chistov
2003			Joni Pitkänen			Scottie Upshall
2004	Al Montoya		Dion Phaneuf			Valtteri Filppula
2005	Marek Schwarz		Ryan Suter			Alexander Ovechkin
2006	Tuukka Rask		Jack Johnson			Lauri Tukonen
2007	Carey Price		Erik Johnson			Patrick Kane
2008	Steve Mason		Victor Hedman			James van Riemsdyk
2009	Jaroslav Janus		P. K. Subban			Nikita Filatov
2010	Benjamin Conz		John Carlson			Derek Stepan
2011	Jack Campbell		Dmitri Orlov			Evgeny Kuznetsov
2012	Petr Mrazek		Oscar Klefbom			Mikael Granlund
2013	John Gibson		Jake McCabe			Johnny Gaudreau	^[2]
2014	Juuse Saros		Nikita Zadorov			Teuvo Teräväinen	^[3]
2015	Denis Godla		Josh Morrissey			Max Domi	^[4]
2016	Linus Söderström		Zach Werenski			Auston Matthews	^[5]
2017	Ilya Samsonov		Charlie McAvoy			Clayton Keller	^[6]
2018	Filip Gustavsson		Cale Makar			Filip Zadina	^[7]
2019	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen		Erik Brännström			Ryan Poehling	^[8]
2020	Joel Hofer		Alexander Romanov			Alexis Lafrenière	^[9]
2021	Devon Levi		Ville Heinola			Tim Stützle	^[10]
2022	Jesper Wallstedt		Emil Andrae			Jan Myšák	^[11]
2023	Tomáš Suchánek		Ludvig Jansson			Connor Bedard	^[12]
2024	Hugo Hävelid		Theo Lindstein			Jonathan Lekkerimäki	^[13]

External links

• Web site: All-Star Team - IIHF World Junior Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20120721160106/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/3572/la_id/1.htm. July 21, 2012. Hockey Canada.

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Star Team - IIHF World Junior Championship (1977–2012). https://web.archive.org/web/20120721160106/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/3572/la_id/1.htm. July 21, 2012. Hockey Canada.
2. Web site: Media All Stars . January 5, 2013 . May 11, 2024 . February 19, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219184634/https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/306/IHM306000_98_2_0.pdf . . live .
3. Web site: Forsberg named MVP. Podnieks. Andrew. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2014. May 11, 2024.
4. Web site: Godly Godla. Merk. Martin. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2015. May 11, 2024.
5. Web site: Puljujarvi MVP, Best Forward. Pakarinen. Risto. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 6, 2016. May 11, 2024.
6. Web site: Chabot named MVP. Aykroyd. Lucas. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 6, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170106145136/http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/news/chabot-named-mvp/. January 6, 2017.
7. Web site: Mittelstadt named MVP. Aykroyd. Lucas. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 8, 2018. May 11, 2024.
8. Web site: Poehling MVP. Merk. Martin. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 6, 2019. May 11, 2024.
9. Web site: Lafreniere named MVP. Aykroyd. Lucas. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2020. May 11, 2024.
10. Web site: Zegras named MVP. Aykroyd. Lucas. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2021. May 11, 2024.
11. Web site: McTavish named MVP. Aykroyd. Lucas. International Ice Hockey Federation. August 21, 2022. May 11, 2024.
12. Web site: Media All Stars . January 5, 2023 . May 11, 2024 . January 6, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230106043515/https://www.iihf.com/pdf/751/ihm751000_98_1_0 . . live .
13. Web site: Lekkerimaki named MVP. Podnieks. Andrew. Andrew Podnieks. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2024. May 11, 2024.