Players of the Week 24

To mark the end of the twenty-fourth and final week’s play of the regular season, the Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the week in four categories. 

– Best goaltender, for the second time this season, was Anders Nilsson (Ak Bars), with three appearances, two victories, one shutout, a save percentage of 97.40 and a goals against average of 0.65; 

– Best defenseman, also for the second time this season, was Kirill Koltsov (Salavat Yulaev), with 3 points (1+2) from three games and a +4; 

– Best forward was Andrei Taratukhin (Atlant), with a haul of 4 points (4+0) and a +2 from three outings; 

– Best rookie was 21-year-old Medvescak forward Edwin Hedberg, with 3 points (1+2) from three games, a +1 for the week and an average ice time of 20 minutes 22 seconds.