The Paul Loicq Award is presented annually by the

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(IIHF) to honour a person who has made "outstanding contributions to the IIHF and international

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". Named after

Paul Loicq Paul Loicq (11 August 1888 – 26 March 1953) was a Belgian lawyer, businessman and ice hockey player, coach, referee and administrator. He played ice hockey for Belgium men's national ice hockey team and won four bronze medals from in 1910 to 1 ...

, 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

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induction ceremony.

Award recipients

List of recipients of the Paul Loicq Award:

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References

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Award recipients

See also

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