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Canucks Draft Pick Jonathan Lekkerimaki of Sweden Named MVP Of 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship

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By Andrew Podnieks| IIHF

January 5, 2024

Jonathan Lekkerimaki

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

Scouting Report: Jiří Kulich

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Independent scouting for NHL, QMJHL, OHL, WHL, USHL and NCAA teams

Photo Credit: Aleš Bedlík

Scouting Report written by Josh Tessler

Jiří Kulich is a 2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect, who hails from Kadan, Czechia. He played youth hockey for the local club in Kadan, SK Kadan. Kadan is located right near the Germany border and the nearest major German town is Chemnitz, which is about an hour drive from Kadan. Kadan is located in the Chomutov District. After playing for SK Kadan, Kulich ended up moving over to the capital of the district, Chomutov and played for U16, U17 and U20 hockey for Pirati Chomutov. 

Last season, he was loaned out to his current club, HC Energie Karlovy Vary and suited up in eight games for them. It was his first stint in the Czechia Extraliga. This season, he is back with Karlovy Vary, but he is playing full-time in the Extraliga. 

On the international stage, he has suited up for Czechia at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup and is on the Czechia team at the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton, Alberta and Red Deer, Alberta. 

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