Paul Loicq Award
# Paul Loicq Award

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