By Andrew Podnieks| IIHF

January 5, 2024

Jonathan Lekkerimaki 🇸🇪 has been named MVP of the 2024 World Junior Championship.

The IIHF has also announced its Directorate Award winners:

• Best Goalie—Hugo Havelid 🇸🇪 (SWE)
• Best Defender—Axel Sandin Pellikka 🇸🇪 (SWE)
• Best Forward—Cutter Gauthier 🇺🇸 (USA)

The All-Star Team has been selected by media as follows:

• Goal: Hugo Havelid 🇸🇪 (SWE)
• Defence: Lane Hutson 🇺🇸 (USA), Theo Lindstein 🇸🇪 (SWE) 
• Forward: Cutter Gauthier 🇺🇸 (USA), Jiri Kulich 🇨🇿 (CZE), Jonathan Lekkerimaki 🇸🇪 (SWE)

Leading scorers are:

• Goals–Jiri Kulich 🇨🇿 (CZE), Jonathan Lekkerimaki 🇸🇪 (SWE), Gavin Brindley 🇺🇸 (USA)–6
• Assists–Cutter Gauthier 🇺🇸 (USA), Matyas Melovsky 🇨🇿 (CZE)–10
• Points–Jiri Kulich 🇨🇿(CZE), Cutter Gauthier 🇺🇸 (USA)–12

The 2025 World Juniors will be played in Ottawa, Canada.

• Norway 🇳🇴 has been demoted from this year, and Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 has earned a promotion for 2025 and will be in the top division for the first time since 2020.

Source: iihf.com