List of members of the IIHF Hall of Fame
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In 1997 the International Ice Hockey Federation
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...

 (IIHF) established the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in Zürich, Switzerland
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

. The IIHF Hall of Fame is intended to honor individuals who have made valuable contributions both internationally and in their home countries. The first class, which was composed of 30 individuals, was introduced during the 1997 World Championships
1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
- Group 2 :- Second Round 1-6 Place :Teams that had played each other in the first round carried those results forward. First and second place played off for gold, third and fourth for bronze.- Consolation Round 7-12 Place :...

 in Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

. Members are inducted into the Hall under three separate categories: Player, Referee, and Builder
Builder (hockey)
A builder, in ice hockey, is a person who works to "manage" or build the game. It does not include forwards, defencemen nor goaltenders. The Hockey Hall of Fame has a section specifically for builders.- Hockey Hall of Fame Builders :...

 (an individual that "manages" or grows the game). The IIHF and the Hockey Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...

 in Toronto, Canada
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, agreed on a long term contract whereby the Hockey Hall of Fame became the permanent residence for the IIHF Hall of Fame. On 29 June 1998, the Hockey Hall of Fame opened its newly revamped Exhibition Center containing an international area known as the World of Hockey Zone, which houses the exhibits for the IIHF Hall of Fame.

With the induction of the 2010 class officially set for 21 May 2010 in Cologne, Germany
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

, as part of the World Championship
2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition...

, there will be 172 members representing 22 countries. The 2010 class is composed of five new additions: Artūrs Irbe
Arturs Irbe
Artūrs Irbe is a former Soviet and Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender. He has played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets. He served as the goaltending coach for the Washington Capitals...

, Dieter Hegen
Dieter Hegen
Dieter Hegen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Ice Hockey Bundesliga and its replacement the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:...

, Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov born June 1, 1960) is a former Soviet hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line...

 and Riikka Nieminen-Välilä
Riikka Nieminen
Riikka Nieminen-Välilä is a retired Finnish female ice hockey player. She played on the Finnish women's national team most notably appearing at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Olympics winning a bronze medal during the 1998 games...

 in the player category and Rickard Fagerlund in the builder category.

Members

Name Country Category Year elected
Quido Adamec  Czech Republic Referee 2005
Bunny Ahearne  United Kingdom Builder 1997
Veniamin Alexandrov
Veniamin Alexandrov
Veniamin Veniaminovich Alexandrov was a Soviet professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963.-External links:*...

 Russia Player 2007
Ernest Aljančič sr.  Slovenia Player 2002
Helmuts Balderis
Helmuts Balderis
Helmuts Balderis-Sildedzis is a retired Latvian ice hockey player. He played right wing.-Playing career:...

 Latvia Player 1998
Rudi Ball
Rudi Ball
Rudi Victor Ball was a champion ice hockey player.Ball was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Johannesburg, South Africa....

 Germany Player 2004
Father David Bauer  Canada Builder 1997
Sven Bergkvist  Sweden Player 1999
Art Berglund
Art Berglund
Art Berglund was an American ice hockey coach and executive. He won the Lester Patrick Trophy in 1992, and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2008...

 United States Builder 2008
Curt Berglund  Sweden Builder 2003
Lars Björn
Lars Björn
Lars Gunnar Raldo "Lasse" Björn is a retired ice hockey defenceman who played 217 games for the national team Tre Kronor. He won nine Swedish ice hockey championships with Djurgårdens IF between 1950 and 1963, making him the only player ever to have won that many championships...

 Sweden Player 1998
Vsevolod Bobrov
Vsevolod Bobrov
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov was a Soviet athlete, who excelled in both football , bandy, and ice hockey. He is considered one of the best Russians ever in all of those sports.- Biography :...

 Russia Player 1997
Roger Bourbonnais
Roger Bourbonnais
Roger Bourbonnais is a retired ice hockey player.A native of Riviere Qui Barre, started his hockey career with the Oil Kings in 1960 and played with them through 1963...

 Canada Player 1999
Vladimír Bouzek
Vladimír Bouzek
Vladimír Bouzek was a ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2007.-External links:*...

 Czech Republic Player 2007
Philippe Bozon
Philippe Bozon
Philippe Bozon is a former professional ice hockey player who played for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League between 1992 and 1994. He is the first of only three French-trained players to appear in the NHL, the other two being Cristobal Huet and Stéphane Da Costa...

 Early Modern France Player 2008
Vlastimil Bubník
Vlastimil Bubník
Vlastimil Bubník was a Czech ice hockey player and footballer.Bubník played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for HC Brno and Královo Pole. He also won a bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics...

 Czech Republic Player 1997
Herb Brooks
Herb Brooks
Herbert Paul Brooks, Jr. was an American ice hockey player and coach. He notably coached the United States' men's hockey team to a 4-3 upset of the heavily favored Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York on February 22, 1980...

 United States Builder 1999
Walter Brown
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was the original owner of the Boston Celtics as well as an important figure in the development of ice hockey in the United States.-Life:...

 United States Builder 1997
Ludek Bukac  Czech Republic Builder 2007
Mike Buckna
Mike Buckna
Mike Matthew Buckna was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player and coach of Slovak origin. Between stints as a player with the Trail Smoke Eaters, he was instrumental in developing hockey in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1930's and 40's...

 Canada Builder 2004
Walter Bush Jr
Walter Bush
Walter L. Bush, Jr. is an American ice hockey administrator.In 1955, he helped start the Central Hockey League, which turned into one of the few successful minor professional hockey leagues of that era...

 United States Builder 2009
Enrico Calcaterra  Italy Builder 1999
Ferdinand Cattini
Ferdinand Cattini
Ferdinand Cattini is a retired ice hockey player. He participated at the 1948 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.-External links:*...

 Switzerland Player 1998
Hans Cattini
Hans Cattini
Hans Cattini is a retired ice hockey player. He participated at the 1948 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998....

 Switzerland Player 1998
Josef Černý
Josef Cerný
Josef Černý is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a three medals at four Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2007.-External links:*...

 Czech Republic Player 2007
Arkady Chernyshev
Arkady Chernyshev
Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev was a Soviet ice hockey and soccer player, who played in the Soviet Hockey League, also a coach for «Dynamo» Moscow club and a distinguished coach for Soviet Union national ice hockey team....

 Russia Builder 1999
Bill Christian
Bill Christian
William David Christian is a retired ice hockey player. He led the United States to a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984 and the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998. His son, Dave Christian, was a...

 United States Player 1998
Bill Cleary  United States Player 1997
Gerry Cosby
Gerry Cosby
Gerry Cosby was an ice hockey player. As goaltender for the Massachusetts Rangers, the American team that won the 1933 World Ice Hockey Championships, his outstanding performance helped lead the United States to their first, and only, gold medal at the World Ice Hockey Championships.In...

 United States Player 1997
Jim Craig  United States Player 1999
Mike Curran
Mike Curran
Michael Vincent Curran is a retired ice hockey goaltender. He led the United States to a surprising silver medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics after representing the USA at the 1969,1970 and 1971 Ice Hockey World Championship...

 United States Player 1999
Ove Dahlberg  Sweden Referee 2004
Vitaly Davydov
Vitaly Davydov
Vitaly Semenovich Davydov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was born in Moscow, and played his entire club career for HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963.-External links:...

 Russia Player 2004
Igor Dimitriev  Russia Builder 2007
Hans Dobida  Austria Builder 2007
Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...

 Czech Republic Player 1997
Vladimír Dzurilla
Vladimír Dzurilla
Vladimír Dzurilla was a Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper playing for Czechoslovakia....

 Slovakia Player 1998
Rudolf Eklow  Sweden Builder 1999
Carl Erhardt
Carl Erhardt
Carl Alfred Erhardt was an English ice hockey player who captained the British national team to numerous international championships in the 1930s, including Olympic gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.- Early years :Unlike most British hockey players of the era, Erhardt did...

 United Kingdom Player 1998
Rickard Fagerlund  Sweden Builder 2010
Vyacheslav Fetisov  Russia Player 2005
Anatoli Firsov
Anatoli Firsov
Anatoli Vasilievich Firsov was a Russian ice hockey left wing and center, who competed internationally for the USSR. In the IIHF World Championships, he won the scoring title four times and was named the best forward three times...

 Russia Player 1998
Josef Golonka  Slovakia Player 1998
Cammi Granato
Cammi Granato
Catherine Michelle "Cammi" Granato is a retired American female ice hockey player and one of the first women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2010....

 United States Player 2008
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed "The Great One", he is generally regarded as the best player in the history of the National Hockey League , and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters,...

 Canada Player 2000
Arne Grunander  Sweden Builder 1997
Henryk Gruth
Henryk Gruth
Henryk Jerzy Gruth is a former professional defenceman.One of the best Polish players, Gruth played for GKS Katowice and GKS Tychy in Poland...

 Poland Player 2006
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. Gustafsson is a former head coach of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, a post he held from February 2005 to May 2010. During his American career he was often called Bengt Gustafsson or Gus.Gustafsson spent nine seasons in the...

 Sweden Player 2003
Karel Gut
Karel Gut
Karel Gut is a ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a three bronze medals on the World Championships. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.-External links:*...

 Czech Republic Player 1998
Geraldine Heaney
Geraldine Heaney
Geraldine Heaney is an Irish-Canadian ice hockey head coach and retired defenceman. She is head coach for the University of Waterloo women's hockey team...

 Canada Player 2008
Anders Hedberg
Anders Hedberg
Anders Hedberg is a retired former professional ice hockey player who was one of the first European-born players to make an impact in North America...

 Sweden Player 1997
Dieter Hegen
Dieter Hegen
Dieter Hegen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Ice Hockey Bundesliga and its replacement the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:...

 Germany Player 2010
Heinz Henschel  Germany Builder 2003
William Hewitt  Canada Builder 1998
Rudi Hiti
Rudi Hiti
Rudi Hiti is a retired Slovenian ice hockey player and coach. In Slovenia he played for HK Kranjska Gora, HK Acroni Jesenice and HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, winning yugoslav league four times. Later he played in Italy, winning Italian league three times with HC Bolzano, where his #13 jersey was retired...

 Slovenia Player 2009
Ivan Hlinka
Ivan Hlinka
Ivan Hlinka was a Czech professional ice hockey player and coach. He was one of the most important figures in Czech ice hockey.-Playing career:...

 Czech Republic Player 2002
Jiří Holeček
Jirí Holecek
Jiří Holeček is a retired ice hockey goaltender who played in the Czechoslovak Elite League from 1964 to 1979, and on the Czechoslovak national team for many years....

 Czech Republic Player 1998
Jiří Holík
Jirí Holík
Jiří Holík is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for Dukla Jihlava...

 Czech Republic Player 1999
Derek Holmes  Canada Builder 1999
Leif Holmqvist
Leif Holmqvist
Leif Erik "Honken" Holmqvist is a retired Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is one of only three players to win the Golden Puck award twice, which he did while playing for AIK....

 Sweden Player 1999
Ladislav Horsky  Slovakia Builder 2004
Fran Huck
Fran Huck
Anthony Francis Huck is a retired ice hockey player. While Fran Huck played professionally in both the NHL and WHA his greatest contributions may have been representing Canada with the National Team program during years before NHL professionals were allowed to compete internationally...

 Canada Player 1999
Jørgen Hviid  Denmark Builder 2005
Artūrs Irbe
Arturs Irbe
Artūrs Irbe is a former Soviet and Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender. He has played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets. He served as the goaltending coach for the Washington Capitals...

 Latvia Player 2010
Gustav Jaenecke
Gustav Jaenecke
Gustav "Justav" Jaenecke was a German ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics, in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics, and tennis player who played in five International Lawn Tennis Challenge ties for Germany.He was born in Berlin, German Empire and died in...

 Germany Player 1998
Angela James
Angela James
Angela James is a Canadian former ice hockey forward, who played in the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League , and represented Team Canada internationally...

 Canada Player 2008
Tore Johannessen  Norway Builder 1999
Mark Johnson  United States Player 1999
Marshall Johnston
Marshall Johnston
Lawrence "Marshall" Johnston is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota North Stars and California Golden Seals...

 Canada Player 1998
Tomas Jonsson
Tomas Jonsson
Tomas Jonsson, is a former ice hockey player from Sweden. He is the current head coach of EfB Ishockey in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen and assistant coach for the Danish national ice hockey team...

 Sweden Player 2000
Gordon Juckes
Gordon Juckes
Gordon Juckes was a minor league hockey player and long-time hockey executive. He was a guiding force between the development of high-level youth hockey and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979.Today, each year the Gordon Juckes Award is given by Hockey Canada to a person who has made...

 Canada Builder 1997
Timo Jutila
Timo Jutila
Timo Juhani Jutila is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman.Jutila was drafted by Buffalo Sabres in 1982 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...

 Finland Player 2003
Yuri Karandin  Russia Referee 2004
Alexei Kasatonov
Alexei Kasatonov
Alexei Viktorovich Kasatonov is a retired ice hockey defenceman, a long-time member of the Soviet Union national team.On the international stage, Kasatonov won two golds and one silver in the Olympics, and five golds in the World Championships...

 Russia Player 2009
Tsutomu Kawabuchi  Japan Builder 2004
Matti Keinonen
Matti Keinonen
Matti Keinonen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Lukko, RU-38 Pori, HJK Helsinki, Jokerit, and TPS Turku. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987.-External links:*...

 Finland Player 2002
Valeri Kharlamov  Russia Player 1998
Anatoli Khorozov  Ukraine Builder 2006
Udo Kiessling
Udo Kiessling
Udo Kiessling is a retired ice hockey player. He competed at all Winter Olympics from 1976 to 1992, thus becoming the first ice hockey player to compete at five Olympics. He also played one game for the Minnesota North Stars. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of...

 Germany Player 2000
Dave King
Dave King (ice hockey)
W. David King is a Canadian hockey coach who has been head coach in the National Hockey League, the Russian Super League, the Winter Olympics, and the IIHF world junior championships. He was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan....

 Canada Builder 2001
Jakob Kölliker
Jakob Kölliker
Jakob "Köbi" Kölliker is a retired Swiss ice hockey player. He participated at two Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2007....

 Switzerland Player 2007
Josef Kompalla
Josef Kompalla
Josef Jupp Kompalla is a retired German ice hockey referee.He is best known for his officiating of the 1972 Summit Series between the Soviet Union and Canada. His officiating partner during this series was Franz Baader. He also officiated in several IIHF World Championships and Canada Cup...

 Germany Referee 2003
Viktor Konovalenko
Viktor Konovalenko
Viktor Sergeevich Konovalenko was an ice hockey goaltender in the Soviet Union. He played for the Torpedo Gorky team from 1956 to 1972....

 Russia Player 2007
Vladimir Kostka  Czech Republic Builder 1997
Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov born June 1, 1960) is a former Soviet hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line...

 Russia Player 2010
Erich Kühnhackl
Erich Kühnhackl
Erich Kühnhackl is a retired German ice hockey player born and raised in Czechoslovakia...

 Germany Player 1997
Jari Kurri
Jari Kurri
Jari Pekka Kurri is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey right winger and a five-time Stanley Cup champion. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001. He is currently the general manager of Team Finland....

 Finland Player 2000
Viktor Kuzkin  Russia Player 2005
Jacques Lacarrière
Jacques Lacarrière (ice hockey)
Jacques Lacarrière was a French ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Winter Olympics.In 1928 he participated with the French team in the Olympic tournament....

 Early Modern France Player 1998
Igor Larionov
Igor Larionov
Igor Nikolayevich Larionov is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player, known as The Professor. Along with Viacheslav Fetisov, he was instrumental in breaking the barrier that stopped Soviet players from joining the National Hockey League . He primarily played the centre position, and is...

 Russia Player 2008
Bob LeBel  Canada Builder 1997
Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux, OC, CQ is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is acknowledged to be one of the best players of all time. He played 17 seasons as a forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984 and 2006...

 Canada Player 2008
Harry Lindblad  Finland Builder 1999
Vic Lindquist  Canada Player 1997
Paul Loicq
Paul Loicq
Paul Loicq was an ice hockey player, referee, and administrator.He was born in Brussels.Loicq is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in the "Builder" category in 1961. Born in Brussels, Belgium, he studied law and served with the Belgian armed forces in World War I...

 Belgium Builder 1997
Konstantin Loktev
Konstantin Loktev
Konstantin Borisovich Loktev was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964. He was born and died in Moscow.-External links:* * * * *...

 Russia Player 2007
Håkan Loob
Håkan Loob
Per Håkan Loob is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently the president of hockey operations of Färjestads BK in the Swedish Elitserien, for whom he played much of his playing career....

 Sweden Player 1998
Cesar Luthi  Switzerland Builder 1998
Oldřich Machač
Oldrich Machác
Oldřich Machač was an ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won three medals in three Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1999....

 Czech Republic Player 1999
Barry MacKenzie
Barry MacKenzie
John Barry MacKenzie is a retired ice hockey player. He represented Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics, winning one bronze medal. He would also play professionally in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota North Stars. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of...

 Canada Player 1999
Louis Magnus
Louis Magnus
Louis Magnus was an ice skater. He competed as a figure skater representing France. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation .He moved to France in 1889....

 Early Modern France Builder 1997
Sergei Makarov
Sergei Makarov
Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov is a Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist, regarded as one of the greatest players to play the sport...

 Russia Player 2001
Josef Maleček
Josef Malecek
Josef "Pepa, Pepi, Joe" Maleček was a very successful Czechoslovak ice hockey player during the period between World Wars....

 Czech Republic Player 2003
Pekka Marjamäki
Pekka Marjamäki
Pekka Tapani Marjamäki is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990.-External links:*...

 Finland Player 1998
Seth Martin
Seth Martin
Seth Martin is a retired ice hockey player. He played professionally for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1997....

 Canada Player 1997
Vladimír Martinec
Vladimir Martinec
Vladimir Martinec was a Czech ice hockey right wing in the 1970s. He won the Golden Hockey Stick award as top player in Czechoslovakia four times, in 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1979....

 Czech Republic Player 2001
Alexander Maltsev  Russia Player 1999
John Mayasich
John Mayasich
John Edward Mayasich is a former American ice hockey player. He was a member of the U.S. ice hockey team that won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics....

 United States Player 1997
Boris Mayorov
Boris Mayorov
Boris Aleksandrovich Mayorov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963....

 Russia Player 1999
Jack McCartan
Jack McCartan
John William "Jack" McCartan was a goaltender for the gold-medal-winning 1960 United States hockey team. He is also a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame...

 United States Player 1998
Jackie McLeod  Canada Player 1999
Boris Mikhailov
Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey)
Boris Petrovich Mikhailov is a former Soviet ice hockey player. He played for Kristall Saratov from 1962–65, Lokomotiv Moscow from 1965–67, and CSKA Moscow from 1967-1981...

 Russia Player 2000
Lou Nanne
Lou Nanne
Louis Vincent Nanne is a retired ice hockey defenceman and general manager who has made significant contributions to hockey in the United States.- Early life :...

 United States Player 2004
Mats Näslund
Mats Näslund
Mats Näslund , nicknamed "Le Petit Viking", is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He played as a left wing.-NHL career:...

 Sweden Player 2005
Václav Nedomanský
Vaclav Nedomansky
Václav Nedomanský Václav Nedomanský Václav Nedomanský (born March 14, 1944 in Hodonín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), is a former hockey forward. He is best known as the first hockey player to defect to North America to play.-Playing in Czechoslovakia:...

 Czech Republic Player 1997
Riikka Nieminen-Välilä
Riikka Nieminen
Riikka Nieminen-Välilä is a retired Finnish female ice hockey player. She played on the Finnish women's national team most notably appearing at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Olympics winning a bronze medal during the 1998 games...

 Finland Player 2010
Kent Nilsson
Kent Nilsson
Kent Åke "Kenta" Nilsson is a retired professional ice hockey centre.During his NHL career he was called "Mr. Magic" and "The Magic Man"...

 Sweden Player 2006
Nisse Nilsson
Nisse Nilsson
Nils "Nisse" Nilsson is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He participated at the 1964 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2002.-External links:...

 Sweden Player 2002
Lasse Oksanen
Lasse Oksanen
Lasse Kalevi Oksanen is a retired professional ice hockey player who mostly played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves...

 Finland Player 1999
Terry O'Malley
Terry O'Malley
Terrence M. O'Malley is a retired ice hockey player. He represented Canada at three Winter Olympics, winning one bronze medal. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998....

 Canada Player 1998
Eduard Pană
Eduard Pana
Eduard Pană is a retired Romanian ice hockey player.For some years, he was the Secretary-General of the Romanian Ice Hockey Federation....

 Kingdom of Romania Player 1998
Győrgy Pasztor  Hungary Builder 2001
Peter Patton
Peter Patton
Major Bethune Minet "Peter" Patton was an ice hockey player and administrator. He is credited with bringing ice hockey to Britain and helping to spread the sport to Europe. He was a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1908 and was the inaugural president of the British...

 United Kingdom Builder 2002
Esa Peltonen
Esa Peltonen
Esa Olavi Peltonen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga for Kärpät, Upon Pallo, HJK, HIFK and Kiekkoreipas. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990....

 Finland Player 2007
Vladimir Petrov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov is a Soviet ice hockey player, two times Olympic Champion , who is currently retired....

 Russia Player 2006
Ronald Pettersson
Ronald Pettersson
Erik Ronald "Sura-Pelle" Pettersson was a Swedish ice hockey player. He played 252 international games for Sweden between 1955 and 1967, including thirteen World Championships and three Olympic Games. Between 1951 and 1967 Pettersson played for Surahammars IF, Södertälje SK and Västra Frölunda IF...

 Sweden Player 2004
František Pospíšil
Frantisek Pospisil
František Pospíšil was a Czech ice hockey defenceman and coach.He played in the Czechoslovak Elite League for Poldi Kladno from 1961-1978, then in Germany for EV Landshut in 1978-79. He won the Golden Hockey Stick as the top player in Czechoslovakia in 1971 and 1972...

 Czech Republic Player 1999
Josef Puschnig
Sepp Puschnig
Josef "Sepp" Puschnig is a retired ice hockey player. He participated at three Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1999.-External links:*...

 Austria Player 1999
Alexander Ragulin
Alexander Ragulin
Alexander Pavlovich "Rags" Ragulin was a defenseman for the Red Army ice hockey team, CSKA Moscow , a 10 time World Champion, and a 3-time Olympic champion ....

 Russia Player 1997
Hans Rampf
Hans Rampf
Johannes Rampf was a German ice hockey player. He participated at the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2001.-Biography:Rampf was born in Bad Tölz, Upper Bavaria...

 Germany Player 2001
Gordon Renwick  Canada Builder 2002
Bob Ridder  United States Builder 1998
Jack Riley
John P. Riley, Jr.
John P. Riley is an American former ice hockey player and coach. The hockey coach at West Point for more than 35 years, Riley coached the United States to the gold medal at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics. He played for the U.S. Olympic team at the 1948 St...

 United States Builder 1998
Thomas Rundqvist
Thomas Rundqvist
Thomas Per Rundqvist is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and now sporting director of Färjestads BK.Rundqvist started his senior ice hockey career in 1978 with the Swedish club Färjestads BK...

 Sweden Player 2007
Dr. Günther Sabetzki
Gunther Sabetzki
Günther Sabetzki was an executive for several ice hockey leagues and organizations....

 Germany Builder 1997
Börje Salming
Börje Salming
Anders Börje Salming , nicknamed "The King", is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for Kiruna AIF, Brynäs IF, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Detroit Red Wings, and AIK. Salming was one of the first European players to make an impact in the National Hockey League , paving...

 Sweden Player 1998
Laszlo Schell  Hungary Referee 2009
Alois Schloder
Alois Schloder
Alois Schloder is a retired ice hockey player. He participated at the 1976 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2005....

 Germany Player 2005
Harry Sinden
Harry Sinden
Harry James Sinden was the long-time general manager, coach, and president for the Boston Bruins NHL hockey team, and was the coach of Team Canada during the 1972 Summit Series...

 Canada Player 1997
Nikolai Sologubov
Nikolai Sologubov
Nikolai Mikhailovich Sologubov was an ice hockey defenceman in the Soviet Union.-German-Soviet War:Sologubov took part in the German-Soviet War. Serving in the naval infantry he was wounded to leg in a battle near Shlisselburg in 1943. After a month and a half rehabilitation at a hospital he...

 Russia Player 2004
Andrei Starovoitov  Russia Builder 1997
Vyacheslav Starshinov
Vyacheslav Starshinov
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starshinov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow, scoring 405 goals in 540 league games. He led the league in goals in 1966-67 and 1967–68, and in points in 1967-68...

 Russia Player 2007
Jan Starsi  Slovakia Builder 1999
Peter Šťastný
Peter Stastny
Peter Šťastný , also known colloquially as "Peter the Great" and "Stosh", is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1995. During his time with the Quebec Nordiques, Stastny became a Canadian citizen. Since 2004, he has also served as a...

 Slovakia Player 2000
Ulf Sterner
Ulf Sterner
Ulf Ivar Erik "Uffe" Sterner is a Swedish retired ice hockey forward. He played in nine IIHF World Championships for Sweden, where the team won seven medals: one gold, five silver, and one bronze. He was also a member of the silver medal team at the 1964 Winter Olympics...

 Sweden Player 2001
Roland Stoltz
Roland Stoltz (ice hockey b. 1931)
Frank Roland "Rolle" Stoltz was a Swedish ice hockey defenceman who appeared in the Swedish national team 218 times.Stoltz should not be confused with the younger Swedish ice hockey player by the same name....

 Sweden Player 1999
Göran Stubb  Finland Builder 2000
Arne Strömberg
Arne Strömberg
Arne Strömberg was a Swedish ice hockey coach. He coached the Sweden national men's ice hockey team and several Swedish hockey clubs during his career....

 Sweden Builder 1998
Miroslav Subrt  Czech Republic Builder 2004
Jan Suchý
Jan Suchy
Jan Suchý was an ice hockey player from Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia. He was sometimes referred to as the "European Bobby Orr."...

 Czech Republic Player 2009
Anatoli Tarasov
Anatoli Tarasov
Anatoli Vladimirovitch Tarasov was an ice hockey coach, styled by Encyclopædia Britannica "the father of Russian hockey", who established the Soviet Union as "the dominant force in international competition"...

 Russia Builder 1997
František Tikal
František Tikal
František Tikal was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a one medal over the span of two Olympic Games. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2004. He was born in Včelná, Czechoslovakia, and died in Prague in...

 Czech Republic Player 2004
Viktor Tikhonov
Viktor Tikhonov
Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov is a Russian former ice hockey player and coach. He was the coach of the Soviet team when it was the most dominant team in the world...

 Russia Builder 1998
Shoichi Tomita  Japan Builder 2006
Bibi Torriani
Bibi Torriani
Richard "Bibi" Torriani was a Swiss ice hockey player and luger who competed from the 1920s to the 1950s.-Hockey career:...

 Switzerland Player 1997
Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, MSM is a former goaltender for the Soviet Union's national ice hockey team. Considered to be one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of the sport, he was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's Centennial All-Star Team in a...

 Russia Player 1997
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi is a Japanese businessman. During the Japanese economic bubble in the late 1980s, Tsutsumi was the wealthiest person in the world for a brief period due to his extensive real estate investments through the Seibu Corporation, which he controlled...

 Japan Builder 1999
Sven "Tumba" Johansson  Sweden Player 1997
Hal Trumble  United States Builder 1999
Thayer Tutt
William Thayer Tutt
William Thayer Tutt was an executive for several ice hockey leagues and organizations. He is the son of Charles L. Tutt, and has two brothers, Charles L. Tutt and Russel Thayer Tutt, and one sister...

 United States Builder 2002
Xaver Unsinn  Germany Builder 1998
Jorma Valtonen
Jorma Valtonen
Pertti Leo Jorma Valtonen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.Valtonen, who was born in Turku, Finland, played for Jokerit, TPS, Rosenlewin Urheilijat -38 and Ässät. In Italy Valtonen played for Gardena ja HC Alleghe. In West Germany he played for EHC 70 München...

 Finland Player 1999
Valeri Vasiliev
Valeri Vasiliev
Valeri Ivanovich Vasiliev was a Russian ice hockey defenceman, who competed for the USSR. An eight-time Soviet all-star, Vasiliev was captain of the national team, for which he played 13 years. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.Vasiliev played on nine Soviet gold medal teams at the IIHF World...

 Russia Player 1998
Juhani Wahlsten
Juhani Wahlsten
Juhani "Juuso" Wahlsten is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for KalPa, Ilves, HJK, and TPS. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986....

 Finland Player 2006
Walter Wasservogel  Austria Builder 1997
Harry Watson  Canada Player 1998
Unto Wiitala
Unto Wiitala
Mauri Unto Wiitala is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tarmo. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985.-External links:*...

 Finland Referee 2003
Alexander Yakushev
Alexander Yakushev
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakushev was an ice hockey player for the Soviet Union.Born in Moscow, Soviet Union, Alexander Yakushev is best known to North American hockey fans as one of the stars for the Soviet team that played Team Canada in the famous 1972 Summit Series...

 Russia Player 2003
Urpo Ylönen
Urpo Ylönen
Urpo Yrjö Juhani Ylönen is a goaltending coach and a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for TuTo and TPS. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 and to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997...

 Finland Player 1997
Vladimir Yurzinov
Vladimir Yurzinov
Vladimir Yurzinov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963....

 Russia Builder 2002
Vladimír Zábrodský
Vladimír Zábrodský
Vladimír Zábrodský is a retired Czechoslovak ice hockey player, centerforward.He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and he is two time world champion . Member of the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997...

 Czech Republic Player 1997
Joachim Ziesche
Joachim Ziesche
Joachim Ziesche is a retired ice hockey player. He participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1999.-Early years:...

 Germany Player 1999

See also

  • Paul Loicq Award
    Paul Loicq Award
    The Paul Loicq Award is presented annually by the International Ice Hockey Federation 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...

    , presented by the IIHF to a person who has made "outstanding contributions to the IIHF and international ice hockey".
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