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Urbas named MVP

Urbas named MVP

Award winners, All-Star Team named

Published 29.04.2016 22:01 GMT+2 | Author Martin Merk
Urbas named MVP
Slovenian captain Jan Urbas was named Most Valuable Player of the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A. Photo: Miroslaw Ring
Slovenian captain Jan Urbas was honoured as Most Valuable Player of the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A.

After winning gold and earning promotion, Urbas accepted the award as MVP of the tournament. He won the vote by the accredited media in Katowice and was named to the All-Star Team.

Urbas and Ken Ograjensek were leading the Slovenian offence with six points (2+4) each.

The tournament directorate consisting of representatives from the participating teams, the IIHF and the organizer selected Austria’s Benjamin Starkbaum as Best Goaltender of the event, Italy’s Thomas Larkin as Best Defenceman and Patryk Wronka of host Poland won the Best Forward award.

Individual Awards (selected by the tournament directorate)
Best Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum, Austria
Best Defenceman: Thomas Larkin, Italy
Best Forward: Patryk Wronka, Poland

All-Star Team (selected by the media)
GK: Gasper Kroselj, Slovenia
DE: Sabahudin Kovacevic, Slovenia
DE: Pawel Dronia, Poland
FW: Michael Swift, Korea
FW: Jan Urbas, Slovenia
FW: Patryk Wronka, Poland

Most Valuable Player (selected by the media)
Jan Urbas, Slovenia

 

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