List of Directorate Award winners at Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Hayley Wickenheiser was named Best Striker twice and MVP once .

The IIHF - Women's Ice Hockey World Championship is held in non-Olympic years. The first women's world championship was held in 1990, from 1997 onwards it has been held annually (if there are no Olympic Winter Games). At the end of each tournament, individual player trophies (Directorate Awards) are awarded, with the best striker, defender, goalkeeper and the most valuable player being honored.

The IIHF directorate, which decides on the awarding of the trophies, consists of one member from each participating country. The awards will be given after the final game for the gold medal.

Source: Hockey Canada

year	Best goalkeeper		Best defender		Best striker		Most Valuable Player
1990	Kelly Dyer	United States	Dawn McGuire	Canada	Riikka Nieminen	Finland	Dawn McGuire	Canada
1992	Annica Åhlén	Sweden	Geraldine Heaney	Canada	Cammi Granato	United States	-
1994	Erin Whitten	United States	Geraldine Heaney	Canada	Riikka Nieminen	Finland	-
1997	no award of awards
1998	no event due to the Olympic Winter Games
1999	Sami Jo Small	Canada	Kirsi Hänninen	Finland	Jenny Schmidgall	United States	-
2000	Sami Jo Small	Canada	Angela Ruggiero	United States	Katja Riipi	Finland	-
2001	Kim St-Pierre	Canada	Karyn Bye	United States	Jennifer Botterill	Canada	Jennifer Botterill	Canada
2002	no event due to the Olympic Winter Games
2003	no World Cup due to the SARS epidemic
2004	Kim St-Pierre	Canada	Angela Ruggiero	United States	Jayna Hefford	Canada	Jennifer Botterill	Canada
2005	Chanda Gunn	United States	Angela Ruggiero	United States	Jayna Hefford	Canada	Krissy Wendell	United States
2006	no event due to the Olympic Winter Games
2007	Noora Räty	Finland	Molly Engstrom	United States	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada
2008	Noora Räty	Finland	Angela Ruggiero	United States	Natalie Darwitz	United States	Noora Räty	Finland
2009	Charline Labonté	Canada	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	Carla MacLeod	Canada
2010	no event due to the Olympic Winter Games
2011	Noora Räty	Finland	Meaghan Mikkelson	Canada	Monique Lamoureux-Kolls	United States	Zuzana Tomčíková	Slovakia
2012	Florence Schelling	Switzerland	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland	Kelli Stack	United States
2013	Nadezhda Alexandrowa	Russia	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland	Marie-Philip Poulin	Canada	Marie-Philip Poulin	Canada
2014	no hosting of the top division due to the Olympic Winter Games
2015	Nana Fujimoto	Japan	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland	Hilary Knight	United States	Hilary Knight	United States
2016	Emerance Maschmeyer	Canada	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland	Hilary Knight	United States	Hilary Knight	United States
2017	Noora Räty	Finland	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland	Brianna Decker	United States	Brianna Decker	United States
2018	no hosting of the top division due to the Olympic Winter Games
2019	Noora Räty	Finland	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland	Kendall Coyne Schofield	United States	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2007 IIHF Women's World Championship - Directorate Awards. Hockey Canada , archived from the original on June 10, 2012 ; Retrieved April 16, 2013 . 
2. ^ IIHF Directorate Awards and Most Valuable Player . Hockey Canada . Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Wayne Scanlan: Canada 5, United States 2 . Collections Canada. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 16, 2013. 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Tomcikova named MVP. In: iihf.com . April 25, 2011, accessed December 18, 2017 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Ouellette wins it in OT for Canada. In: iihf.com. April 14, 2012, accessed December 18, 2017 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Poulin named MVP -Four Canadians on all-star team. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 10, 2013, accessed April 16, 2013 . 
7. ↑ stats.iihf.com, Best Players selected by the Directorate
8. ↑ stats.iihf.com, Best Players selected by the Directorate , April 4, 2016
9. ^ IIHF - Hiirikoski named MVP. In: iihf.com. April 14, 2019, accessed April 15, 2019 .