Players of the Week 11: Karlsson, Arzamastsev, Shipachyov and Shulenin
To mark the end of the eleventh week’s play of the ninth season of the Championship, the Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the week in four categories.
– Best goaltender was Henrik Karlsson (Barys), with three wins (including two shutouts) in three appearances. Karlsson only allowed a solitary goal in the past seven days, posting a save percentage of 98.86 and a goals against average of 0.33;
– Best defenseman, for the second successive week, was Zakhar Arzamastsev (Salavat Yulaev), who celebrated victory in all three of his matches. As with last week, Arzamastsev ended the week with 3 points (2+1) and a +5, without a single negative rating. but contributed 13 shots at goal (against 9 for the previous week) and 4 blocks;
– Best forward was Vadim Shipachyov (SKA), with a haul of 8 points (2+6) from three victorious matches and a +5 for the week. Shipachyov took points from all three games for the Petersburg men and scored a double against Lokomotiv;
– Best rookie was 20-year-old Torpedo defenseman, Dmitry Shulenin, who enjoyed 3 outings and helped his team win two of them. Shulenin’s personal figures included 2 points (0+2), 4 blocks, 4 hits, an average of 17 minutes 22 seconds on the ice, and he avoided a negative rating in all three games, earning a +4 for the week.
