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Macklin Celebrini was named the 2025-26 IIHF Male Player of the Year.
Per the IIHF , the award is given to a player who best exemplifies exceptional skill, determination, team success, and sporting character on and off the ice during the preceding season.
Also: Candidates must have competed in at least one IIHF tournament as well as in a domestic league of the highest calibre for that country, the combined performances of which are deemed superior to all other players.
Celebrini starred in the NHL, the Olympics, and World Championships this past season.
Celebrini was fourth in the Hart Trophy running and a Lester B.
Pearson Award finalist for the San Jose Sharks, and for Team Canada, an All-Star forward at the Olympics and IIHF Directorate Best Forward at the World Championships.
200 media and IIHF members voted: Celebrini won in a landslide with 40.8 percent of the vote.
Connor Hellebuyck followed at 20.4, Sebastian Aho at 14.3, and Connor McDavid 12.2.
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