To mark the end of the twelfth 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 Janis Kalnins (Dinamo Riga), who made two appearances and allowed just a solitary goal, ending the week with one shutout, a save percentage of 97.83 and a goals against average of 0.50;
– Best defenseman was Erik Gustafsson (Avangard), who celebrated three wins in three road matches. The Swede finished each game with a positive efficiency rating, earning a +5 for the week, fired 7 shots at the opposition goal and blocked 6 shots at his own.
– Best forward was Gilbert Brule (Neftekhimik), with a haul of 6 points (4+2) from two victorious matches. The Canadian received a positive rating in both games on his way to recording a +4, and his figures for the week include 9 shots, 5 hits, and – last but not least - a hat-trick at Lada which included the game-winner.
– Best rookie was 19-year-old Avtomobilist forward, Roman Ivashov, who enjoyed 3 outings on the road and helped his team win two of them. In the match at Severstal, Ivashov celebrated scoring his first ever KHL goal, and he was given an average 8 minutes 10 seconds of ice time.
All rights to materials posted on the website www.khl.ru (hereinafter referred to as the Website) and which are the objects of exclusive rights, including the registered trademarks and symbolics of the “КХЛ”/“KHL”, “МХЛ” / “JHL”, “ЖХЛ” / “WHL” (hereinafter referred to as the Trademarks), as well as on photo and video images, articles, etc., which are owned by CHL LLC, are protected in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. The placement and / or use of Trademarks and other intellectual property of CHL LLC without the direct consent of CHL LLC are considered and prosecuted as intellectual property rights violations of CHL LLC in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation. It is forbidden to automatically extract information from the Website by any services without the official permission of CHL LLC. Quoting from the Website and satellite projects of the official messages of the Kontinental Hockey League is allowed only with a direct link to the site www.khl.ru.
КХЛ 2008—2021
KHL 2008—2021
All rights to materials posted on the website www.khl.ru (hereinafter referred to as the Website) and which are the objects of exclusive rights, including the registered trademarks and symbolics of the “КХЛ”/“KHL”, “МХЛ” / “JHL”, “ЖХЛ” / “WHL” (hereinafter referred to as the Trademarks), as well as on photo and video images, articles, etc., which are owned by CHL LLC, are protected in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. The placement and / or use of Trademarks and other intellectual property of CHL LLC without the direct consent of CHL LLC are considered and prosecuted as intellectual property rights violations of CHL LLC in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation. It is forbidden to automatically extract information from the Website by any services without the official permission of CHL LLC. Quoting from the Website and satellite projects of the official messages of the Kontinental Hockey League is allowed only with a direct link to the site www.khl.ru.