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IIHF Directorate Awards & Most Valuable Player

Year Goaltender Defence Forward Most Valuable Player
2023 Noah Erliden (SWE) Axel Sandin Pellikka (SWE) Will Smith (USA) Will Smith (USA)
2022 Hugo Havelid (SWE) Lane Hutson (USA) Jiri Kulich (CZE) Jiri Kulich (CZE)
2021 Benjamin Gaudreau (CAN) Aleksi Heimosalmi (FIN) Matvei Michkov (RUS) Matvei Michkov (RUS)
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Yaroslav Askarov (RUS) Philip Broberg (SWE) Cole Caufield (USA) Cole Caufield (USA)
2018 Olof Lindbom (SWE) Adam Boqvist (SWE) Jack Hughes (USA) Jack Hughes (USA)
2017 Maxim Zhukov (RUS) Miro Heiskanen (FIN) Kristian Vesalainen (FIN) Kristian Vesalainen (FIN)
2016 Filip Gustavsson (SWE) Adam Fox (USA) Tyson Jost (CAN) Clayton Keller (USA)
2015 Ilya Samsonov (RUS) Vili Saarijarvi (FIN) Auston Matthews (USA) Auston Matthews (USA)
2014 Mason McDonald (CAN) Haydn Fleury (CAN) William Nylander (SWE) --
2013 Juuse Saros (FIN) Steven Santini (USA) Connor McDavid (CAN) --
2012 Colin Olsen (USA) Matt Dumba (CAN) Filip Forsberg (SWE) --
2011 John Gibson (USA) Ryan Murphy (CAN) Nikita Kucherov (RUS) --
2010 Jack Campbell (USA) Adam Larsson (SWE) Teemu Pulkkinen (FIN) --
2009 Igor Bobkov (BLR) Cam Fowler (USA) Toni Rajala (FIN) --
2008 Jake Allen (CAN) Erik Karlsson (SWE) Kirill Petrov (RUS) Jake Allen (CAN)
2007 Josh Unice (USA) Kevin Shattenkirk (USA) James van Riemsdyk (USA) --
2006 Not awarded
2005 Not awarded
2004 Not awarded
2003 Jaroslav Halak (SVK) Brent Seabrook (CAN) Alexander Ovechkin (RUS) --
2002 Lukas Mensator (CZE) Ryan Suter (USA) Nikolai Zherdev (RUS) --
2001 Not awarded
2000 Not awarded
1999 Not awarded
Photos
Videos
2025 U18WWC: CAN 17 – JPN 0 (Quarterfinal)
Zablocki and Cimoroni had 3G 2A each to help Canada into the semis.
2025 U18WWC: CAN 5 – CZE 0 (Preliminary)
Grenier made 20 saves to backstop Canada to a perfect prelims.
2025 U18WWC: CAN 5 – SUI 1 (Preliminary)
Copetti scored twice to help Canada to a victory over the Swiss.
2025 U18WWC: CAN 6 – SVK 2 (Preliminary)
Canada pulled away in the third period to earn an opening-game win.
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