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 IIHF.Gabriola Sounder News The award is presented during the annual IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Recipients List of recipients of the Paul Loicq Award:
YearRecipientNationContributions1998Wolf-Dieter Montag GermanyIIHF chief medical officer and International Olympic Committee medical advisor who oversaw doping in sport testing and advocated for athlete safety1999Roman Neumayer GermanyGerman Ice Hockey Federation sport director from 1970 to 1986, and IIHF technical director from 1986 to 1996, who developed the IIHF Hall of Fame; 2000Vsevolod Kukushkin RussiaRussian journalist and translator who traveled with the Soviet Union national ice hockey team reporting on international ice hockey, and IIHF Hall of Fame committee member; 2001Isao Kataoka JapanJapan Ice Hockey Federation executive director and vice-president, who grew ice hockey in Japan and organized hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics2002Pat Marsh Great BritainBritish Ice Hockey Association secretary from 1972 to 1987, and secretary to IIHF president Bunny Ahearne, who worked more than 20 years in the IIHF offices2003; George NagobadsUS men's national team physician at five Winter Olympics, and chief medical officer for USA Hockey from 1984 to 1992, who served on the IIHF medical committee for 20 years, working to eliminate doping in sport2004Aggie Kukulowicz CanadaRussian-language interpreter for the Canada men's national team at the 1972 Summit Series and 1974 Summit Series, who was later an interpreter for the IIHF at the Ice Hockey World Championships, the Canada Cup, and the Super Series from 1975 to 19932005 Rita Hrbacek AustriaForty years of organizing international ice hockey as secretary, then secretary general of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association, and as an IIHF secretary2006Bo Tovland SwedenGeneral manager of the Sweden men's national team at seven Ice Hockey World Championships, three Winter Olympics and three Canada Cup tournaments, who was Swedish Ice Hockey Association vice-chairman and sat on several IIHF committees2007Bob Nadin CanadaSupervisor of on-ice officials at the Winter Olympic Games from 1976 to 2012, responsible for training and evaluating officials, and writing, updating, and interpreting international ice hockey rules.2008Juraj Okoličány SlovakiaSupervisor of on-ice officials and a video goal judge during ten Ice Hockey World Championships, the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics, and 45 other IIHF competitions2009Harald Griebel GermanySports marketing businessman promoting the Ice Hockey World Championships and qualifying tournaments for ice hockey at the Olympic Games2010Lou Vairo United StatesAmateur Hockey Association of the United States coaching director, USA Hockey director, and IIHF coaching committee member, who coached national men's teams for the United States, Netherlands, and Italy2011Yuri Korolev RussiaIce Hockey Federation of Russia vice-president and IIHF coaching committee chairman, who led research for the Soviet Union national team that won seventeen Ice Hockey World Championships and seven Olympic gold medals2012Kent Angus CanadaNike, Inc. representative and supplier of IIHF team hockey jerseys for 49 Ice Hockey World Championships, four Winter Olympics, and more than 75,000 hockey jerseys.2013Gord Miller CanadaPlay-by-play sportscaster for the IIHF World Junior Championship, Ice Hockey World Championships, and IIHF Women's World Championship2014Mark Aubry CanadaChief medical officer of the IIHF and Hockey Canada, and International Olympic Committee medical commission member, who advocates for concussion and safety awareness2015 LuxembourgLuxembourg Ice Hockey Federation secretary and IIHF council member who managed the Luxembourg men's national team and oversaw the 2010 Winter Olympics Women's ice hockey tournament and 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship2016Nikolai Ozerov RussiaLeading Soviet Union sports commentator from the 1950s to 1980s, who covered ice hockey at eight Olympics and thirty Ice Hockey World Championships2017Patrick Francheterre FranceFrench Ice Hockey Federation director, France men's national team general manager, and IIHF council member2018Kirovs Lipmans LatviaLatvian Ice Hockey Federation president, Latvian Olympic Committee executive member, and IIHF committee member, who increased ice hockey rinks in Latvia and saw the Latvia men's national team qualify for the top tier of the World Championships2019Jim Johannson United StatesUSA Hockey executive and general manager of the US men's national team, who grew hockey in the United States and saw its national teams won a 64 medals in IIHF competitions2020/2022Zoltán Kovács HungaryHungarian Ice Hockey Federation general secretary and vice-president, who oversaw growth of hockey in the country and the Hungary men's national junior team earn promotion to Division I of the IIHF World U20 Championship2023Kimmo Leinonen FinlandIIHF director of public relations and marketing from 1995 to 2007, who was general secretary of the 2012 and 2013 Ice Hockey World Championships co-hosted in Finland and Sweden, and helped establish the IIHF Hall of Fame2024Anatolii Brezvin UkraineIce Hockey Federation of Ukraine president, who oversaw establishment of a national youth hockey championship, and created a Ukrainian women's championship, entered the Ukraine women's national team into the World Women's Championship, and oversaw hosting 17 IIHF events in Ukraine2025Jon Haukeland NorwayInaugural Norwegian Ice Hockey Association sport director and later its general secretary, central to establishment of player development programs and increasing participation and ice rinks in the country, and coordinated the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge2026Pat Cortina CanadaCoached men's national teams for Italy and Germany, the Hungary men's and women's national team, coached in multiple European professional leagues
See also Torriani Award
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