Best Players of the 2022-2023 third week

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the Regular Season’s third week in four categories.

Last week, the League’s teams played 32 games, with 547 players (37 goalies, 184 defensemen, and 326 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 4.44 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the first time in his career was Dmitry Nikolayev (SKA), who won four games of four last week, including one SO win. Nikolayev faced 104 shots, or 26.1 per night, posting a saves percentage of 94.23% and a goalie-against average of 1.47.

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Libor Sulak (Admiral), who scored 3 (2+1) points in two games. The Slovak d-man posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-1 differential. Sulak also had 13 shots on goal, recorded two hits, and blocked five shots. Sulak succeed Mikhail Grigoryev as the most recent Admiral blueliner awarded with Best defenseman honors (2016-2017 16^th week).

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Kirill Semyonov (Ak Bars), who scored 7 (3+4) points in four games last week. Semyonov posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-9 differential (best figure of the league). Semyonov also recorded four hits and had four steals.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Yaroslav Likhachyov (Amur), who scored 2 (1+1) points in three games last week. The forward logged an average time on ice of 15 minutes and 1 second. Likhachyov had 12 shots on goal and recorded two hits. The most recent Amur rookie to be awarded best-of-week honors was d-man Nikita Cherepanov, in 2015-2016 6^th week.