List of IIHF World Under 20 Championship Directorate award winners

The International Ice Hockey Federation World Under 20 Championship (also known as the World Junior Hockey Championship, WJHC) 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 Goalie, 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 Goalie		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	Alexander 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

Footnotes[]

↑ Podnieks, p. 20.
↑ Podnieks, p. 35.
↑ Podnieks, p. 51.
↑ Podnieks, p. 63.
↑ Podnieks, p. 76.
↑ Podnieks, p. 90.
↑ Podnieks, p. 106.
↑ Podnieks, p. 121.
↑ Podnieks, p. 135.
↑ Podnieks, p. 150.
↑ Podnieks, p. 165.
↑ Podnieks, p. 180.
↑ Podnieks, p. 194.
↑ Podnieks, p. 207.
↑ Podnieks, p. 222.
↑ Podnieks, p. 238.
↑ Podnieks, p. 253.
↑ Podnieks, p. 269.
↑ Podnieks, p. 282.
↑ Podnieks, p. 297.
↑ Podnieks, p. 312.
↑ Podnieks, p. 328.
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 ^23.3 ^23.4 ^23.5 ^23.6 ^23.7 ^23.8 IIHF Directorate Awards. Hockey Canada (2008). Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
↑ Canada's Mason sweeps awards. International Ice Hockey Federation (2008-01-05). Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
↑ Tavares named MVP. International Ice Hockey Federation (2009-01-06). Retrieved on 2009-01-06.
↑ Brayden Schenn sweeps honours. International Ice Hockey Federation (2011-01-05). Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved on 2011-01-05.
↑ "Kuznetsov named U20 MVP", International Ice Hockey Federation, 2012-01-05. Retrieved on 2012-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
↑ "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 on 2016-01-05.

References[]

Podnieks, Andrew (1998), Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974-1999, ECW Press, ISBN 1-55022-382-8

[1] Podnieks, p. 20.

[2] Podnieks, p. 35.

[3] Podnieks, p. 51.

[4] Podnieks, p. 63.

[5] Podnieks, p. 76.

[6] Podnieks, p. 90.

[7] Podnieks, p. 106.

[8] Podnieks, p. 121.

[9] Podnieks, p. 135.

[10] Podnieks, p. 150.

[11] Podnieks, p. 165.

[12] Podnieks, p. 180.

[13] Podnieks, p. 194.

[14] Podnieks, p. 207.

[15] Podnieks, p. 222.

[16] Podnieks, p. 238.

[17] Podnieks, p. 253.

[18] Podnieks, p. 269.

[19] Podnieks, p. 282.

[20] Podnieks, p. 297.

[21] Podnieks, p. 312.

[22] Podnieks, p. 328.

[HCAN-23] 23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 ^23.3 ^23.4 ^23.5 ^23.6 ^23.7 ^23.8 IIHF Directorate Awards. Hockey Canada (2008). Retrieved on 2008-07-04.

[IIHF-24] Canada's Mason sweeps awards. International Ice Hockey Federation (2008-01-05). Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.

[IIHF2-25] Tavares named MVP. International Ice Hockey Federation (2009-01-06). Retrieved on 2009-01-06.

[IIHF3-26] Brayden Schenn sweeps honours. International Ice Hockey Federation (2011-01-05). Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved on 2011-01-05.

[27] "Kuznetsov named U20 MVP", International Ice Hockey Federation, 2012-01-05. Retrieved on 2012-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.

[28] "Forsberg named MVP", International Ice Hockey Federation, 2014-01-05.

[29] "World juniors 2015 live: Canada wins gold at world juniors after beating Russia", National Post, 2015-01-05.

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