To mark the end of the fourth week’s play of the seventh season of the Championship, The Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the week in four categories.
– Best goaltender of the week was Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow), who in three games recorded one shutout, a goals against average of 0.38 and a save percentage of 98.72;
– Best defenseman was Nikita Zaitsev (CSKA), with two points (1+1) from three outings and a +3;
– Best forward was Danis Zaripov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), with seven points (3+4) from three games;
– Best rookie was 20-year-old Traktor goaltender Vasily Demchenko, who played in two games and finished the week with one shutout, a GAA of 1.48 and a %Sv of 95.45.
