List of IIHF World Junior Championship Directorate award winners information
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.
Year
Best Goaltender
Best Defenceman
Best Forward
Note
1977
Jan Hrabák
Czechoslovakia
Viacheslav Fetisov
Soviet Union
Dale McCourt
Canada
[1]
1978
Alexander Tyznych
Soviet Union
Viacheslav Fetisov
Soviet Union
Wayne Gretzky
Canada
[2]
1979
Pelle Lindbergh
Sweden
Alexei Kasatonov
Soviet Union
Vladimir Krutov
Soviet Union
[3]
1980
Jari Paavola
Finland
Reijo Ruotsalainen
Finland
Vladimir Krutov
Soviet Union
[4]
1981
Lars Eriksson
Sweden
Miloslav Horava
Czechoslovakia
Patrik Sundström
Sweden
[5]
1982
Mike Moffat
Canada
Gord Kluzak
Canada
Petri Skriko
Finland
[6]
1983
Dominik Hašek
Czechoslovakia
Ilya Byakin
Soviet Union
Tomas Sandström
Sweden
[7]
1984
Alan Perry
United States
Alexei Gusarov
Soviet Union
Raimo Helminen
Finland
[8]
1985
Craig Billington
Canada
Vesa Salo
Finland
Michal Pivonka
Czechoslovakia
[9]
1986
Evgeny Belosheikin
Soviet Union
Mikhail Tatarinov
Soviet Union
Jim Sandlak
Canada
[10]
1987
Markus Ketterer
Finland
Calle Johansson
Sweden
Robert Kron
Czechoslovakia
[11]
1988
Jimmy Waite
Canada
Teppo Numminen
Finland
Alexander Mogilny
Soviet Union
[12]
1989
Alexei Ivashkin
Soviet Union
Ricard Persson
Sweden
Pavel Bure
Soviet Union
[13]
1990
Stéphane Fiset
Canada
Alexander Godynyuk
Soviet Union
Robert Reichel
Czechoslovakia
[14]
1991
Pauli Jaks
Switzerland
Jiří Šlégr
Czechoslovakia
Eric Lindros
Canada
[15]
1992
Mike Dunham
United States
Darius Kasparaitis
CIS
Michael Nylander
Sweden
[16]
1993
Manny Legacé
Canada
Janne Grönvall
Finland
Peter Forsberg
Sweden
[17]
1994
Jamie Storr
Canada
Kenny Jönsson
Sweden
Niklas Sundström
Sweden
[18]
1995
Yevgeni Tarasov
Russia
Bryan McCabe
Canada
Marty Murray
Canada
[19]
1996
José Théodore
Canada
Mattias Öhlund
Sweden
Jarome Iginla
Canada
[20]
1997
Marc Denis
Canada
Joe Corvo
United States
Alexei Morozov
Russia
[21]
1998
David Aebischer
Switzerland
Pavel Skrbek
Czech Republic
Olli Jokinen
Finland
[22]
1999
Roberto Luongo
Canada
Vitali Vishnevsky
Russia
Maxim Afinogenov
Russia
[23]
2000
Rick DiPietro
United States
Alex Riazantsev
Russia
Milan Kraft
Czech Republic
[23]
2001
Tomáš Duba
Czech Republic
Rostislav Klesla
Czech Republic
Pavel Brendl
Czech Republic
[23]
2002
Kari Lehtonen
Finland
Igor Knyazev
Russia
Mike Cammalleri
Canada
[23]
2003
Marc-André Fleury
Canada
Joni Pitkänen
Finland
Igor Grigorenko
Russia
[23]
2004
Al Montoya
United States
Sami Lepistö
Finland
Zach Parise
United States
[23]
2005
Marek Schwarz
Czech Republic
Dion Phaneuf
Canada
Alexander Ovechkin
Russia
[23]
2006
Tuukka Rask
Finland
Marc Staal
Canada
Evgeni Malkin
Russia
[23]
2007
Carey Price
Canada
Erik Johnson
United States
Alexei Cherepanov
Russia
[23]
2008
Steve Mason
Canada
Drew Doughty
Canada
Viktor Tikhonov
Russia
[24]
2009
Jacob Markström
Sweden
Erik Karlsson
Sweden
John Tavares
Canada
[25]
2010
Benjamin Conz
Switzerland
Alex Pietrangelo
Canada
Jordan Eberle
Canada
2011
Jack Campbell
United States
Ryan Ellis
Canada
Brayden Schenn
Canada
[26]
2012
Petr Mrázek
Czech Republic
Brandon Gormley
Canada
Yevgeni Kuznetsov
Russia
[27]
2013
John Gibson
United States
Jacob Trouba
United States
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Canada
2014
Oscar Dansk
Sweden
Rasmus Ristolainen
Finland
Filip Forsberg
Sweden
[28]
2015
Denis Godla
Slovakia
Vladislav Gavrikov
Russia
Max Domi
Canada
[29]
2016
Linus Söderström
Sweden
Zach Werenski
United States
Jesse Puljujärvi
Finland
[30]
2017
Felix Sandström
Sweden
Thomas Chabot
Canada
Kirill Kaprizov
Russia
2018
Filip Gustavsson
Sweden
Rasmus Dahlin
Sweden
Casey Mittelstadt
United States
2019
Pyotr Kochetkov
Russia
Alexander Romanov
Russia
Ryan Poehling
United States
2020
Joel Hofer
Canada
Rasmus Sandin
Sweden
Alexis Lafrenière
Canada
2021
Devon Levi
Canada
Topi Niemelä
Finland
Tim Stützle
Germany
2022
Jesper Wallstedt
Sweden
Kasper Puutio
Finland
Mason McTavish
Canada
IIHF
2023
Adam Gajan
Slovakia
David Jiříček
Czech Republic
Connor Bedard
Canada
[31]
2024
Hugo Hävelid
Sweden
Axel Sandin Pellikka
Sweden
Cutter Gauthier
United States
[32]
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^"Tavares named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
^"Brayden Schenn sweeps honours". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2011-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
^"Kuznetsov named U20 MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
^"Forsberg named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-01-05.
^"World juniors 2015 live: Canada wins gold at world juniors after beating Russia". National Post. 2015-01-05.
^"Puljujarvi MVP, Best Forward". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
^"Best Players Selected by the Directorate". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
^"Lekkerimaki named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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