Every year a personality of the ice hockey world joins the event as the “Guest of honor”
Guests of the TIPF
| Edition | Guest(s) |
| 1996 | Gaston Pelletier |
| 1997 | André Galley |
| 1998 | Dominique de Buman |
| 1999 | Christian Hofstetter |
| 2000 | Jean Lussier |
| 2001 | Denis Vipret et Jean Perron |
| 2002 | Philippe Ducarroz |
| 2003 | Alain Birbaum |
| 2004 | Evgeny Popichin |
| 2005 | Bob Hartley |
| 2006 | Philippe Bozon |
| 2007 | René Fasel et Reto Bertolotti |
| 2008 | Serge Pelletier |
| 2009 | Les Vielles Lames |
| 2010 | Julien Sprunger |
| 2011 | Cristobal Huet |
| 2012 | Slava & Andreï Bykov |
| 2013 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
| 2014 | N. Descloux, N. Gassmann, J. Dorthe |
| 2015 | Beni Plüss |
| 2016 | Killian Mottet |
| 2017 | David Aebischer |
| 2018 | Pavel Rosa |
| 2019 | --- |
| 2020 | --- |
