Players of the week

To mark the end of the fourth week’s play of the championship, The Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the week in four categories.

– Best goaltender of the week was Rastislav Stana (CSKA), who kept the Army Men’s goal intact in both his games last week;

– Best defenseman was Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars), who in two games took 3 points (1+2), earned an efficiency rating of +5, and averaged 25 minutes and 50 seconds on the ice;

– Best attacker was Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk). His haul for the week was three goals and five assists from three outings;

– Best rookie was forward Viktor Antipin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk). Viktor appeared in three games, scored two goals and finished the week with a +1.