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.Gabriola Sounder News The award is presented during the annual IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
==Award recipients==
List of recipients of the Paul Loicq Award:
*Source, 1997 to 2018 recipients:
*Source, 2019 recipient:
*Source, announced 2020 recipient:
Year	Winner 	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	Zoltán Kovács 	Hungary
==See also==
* Torriani Award
==References==
Category:Ice hockey trophies and awards
Category:International Ice Hockey Federation