Voynov's 200 km and Gragnani's 88.6% in passing
KHL.ru unveils new records hit in the thirteenth week of the regular season according to the data gathered by microchips and smart pucks and sums up the results of the season to the second EHT pause.
Lajunen's power
Before the second EHT pause, the hardest shot was taken by Vityaz's defenseman Ville Lajunen, who rocked the puck 167.8 km/h (104.27 mph) Lajunen's blistering shot was good for the third result of the season after Traktor's Sergei Tereshchenko (168.9 km/h/104.97 mph) and Admiral's Stepan Zakharchuk (168.8 km/h/104.70 mph).
Voynov's 200 km
In the single-game longest distance category, Dinamo Minsk's Ryan Spooner topped Avtomobilist's Peter Holland by a mere nine meters, recording 6372 meters against Holland's 6363.
However, if taking into account the whole season, Voynov's is the first player to have run more than 200 km (124 mi) with a total of 202,337 meters. Follows his Avangard teammate Kirill Semyonov with 198,337 meters.
|
# |
Player |
Club |
Distance, m |
|
1 |
Vyacheslav Voynov |
Avangard |
202337 |
|
2 |
Kirill Semyonov |
Avangard |
198337 |
|
3 |
Charles Genoway |
Torpedo |
192786 |
|
4 |
Philip Larsen |
Salavat Yulaev |
183071 |
|
5 |
Linus Omark |
Salavat Yulaev |
182173 |
|
6 |
Jordan Schroeder |
Torpedo |
174974 |
|
7 |
Vadim Shipachyov |
Dynamo Msc |
174668 |
|
8 |
Mikko Lehtonen |
Jokerit |
174345 |
|
9 |
Morgan Ellis |
Sochi |
174185 |
|
10 |
Viktor Antipin |
Metallurg |
173958 |
In the distance with the puck category, Torpedo's blueliner Charles Genoway tops the League with more than 25 km out of his total 192 km. The best forward is Salavat Yulaev's Linus Omark, with more than 23 km.
|
# |
Player |
Club |
Distance with a puck, m |
|
1 |
Charles Genoway |
Torpedo |
25283 |
|
2 |
Linus Omark |
Salavat Yulaev |
23442 |
|
3 |
Mikko Lehtonen |
Jokerit |
22943 |
|
4 |
Vyacheslav Voynov |
Avangard |
20034 |
|
5 |
Vladimir Tkachyov |
SKA |
20007 |
|
6 |
Viktor Antipin |
Metallurg |
19005 |
|
7 |
Mikael Ruohomaa |
Sibir |
18427 |
|
8 |
Darren Dietz |
Barys |
18118 |
|
9 |
Philip Larsen |
Salavat Yulaev |
17977 |
|
10 |
Michal Jordan |
Amur |
17974 |
Mons and Grebenshchikov: the League's fastest players
Once again, Neftekhimik players top the rankings for the fastest players in the KHL. The fastest wolf this time was Marat Khairullin, who reached 39.3 km/h (24.42 mph). Salavat Yulaev players tried to keep his pace, but unsuccessfully. However, the record still belongs to Avtomobilist young forward Ilya Ovchinnikov with 40.1 km/h (24.92 mph).
However, the leaders in average speed are Vityaz's forwards Evgeny Mons and Svyatoslav Grebenshchikov. For the standings, only players with at least 40 km run in the season are counted.
|
# |
Player |
Club |
Avg speed, km/h |
|
1 |
Evgeny Mons |
Vityaz |
16,5 |
|
2 |
Svyatoslav Grebenshchikov |
Vityaz |
16,5 |
|
3 |
Sergei Goncharuk |
Torpedo |
16,4 |
|
4 |
Nikita Yazkov |
Amur |
16,3 |
|
5 |
Saku Maenalanen |
Jokerit |
16,3 |
|
6 |
Konstantin Okulov |
CSKA |
16,1 |
|
7 |
Cory Kane |
Kunlun Red Star |
16 |
|
8 |
Igor Makarov |
Avangard |
16 |
|
9 |
Emil Galimov |
Ak Bars |
16 |
|
10 |
Antti Pihlstrom |
Jokerit |
16 |
Gragnani leads the way in passing accuracy
The most accurate passes keep on being delivered by international defensemen Philip Larsen (Salavat Yulaev), David Rundblad (SKA), and Marc-Andre Gragnani (Dinamo Minsk). This time, the Canadian Bison took over the lead.
|
# |
Player |
Club |
Passes |
Passing accurasy, % |
|
1 |
Marc-Andre Gragnani |
Dinamo Minsk |
1044/1178 |
88,6 |
|
2 |
Philip Larsen |
Salavat Yulaev |
1225/1385 |
88,4 |
|
3 |
David Rundblad |
SKA |
857/973 |
88,1 |
|
4 |
Zakhar Arzamastsev |
Salavat Yulaev |
507/586 |
86,5 |
|
5 |
Jesse Virtanen |
Traktor |
1067/1243 |
85,8 |
|
6 |
Mikko Lehtonen |
Jokerit |
1072/1258 |
85,2 |
|
7 |
Vladislav Yeryomenko |
Dinamo Minsk |
643/756 |
85,1 |
|
8 |
Paul Szchechura |
Torpedo |
355/418 |
84,9 |
|
9 |
Mikael Wikstrand |
Ak Bars |
790/931 |
84,9 |
|
10 |
Alexei Vasilevsky |
Avtomobilist |
724/854 |
84,8 |
