Best Players of the 2022-2023 sixth week
The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the Regular Season’s sixth week in four categories.
Last week, the League’s teams played 33 games, with 530 players (38 goalies, 182 defensemen, and 310 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.24 goals per game.
- Best goalie for the fourth time in his career was Emil Garipov (Neftekhimik), who won three games of three with his team last week (including one SO victory). Garipov faced 109 shots, or 36.3 per night, posting a saves percentage of 94.5% and a goals-against average of 1.95. Garipov was awarded best goalie honors twice with Ak Bars, and once with Avangard.
- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Daniil Pylenkov (SKA), who posted 3 (1+2) points in last week’s three games. Pylenkov posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-4 differential. The SKA blueliner also had eight shots on goal and recorded three hits.
- Best forward for the first time in his career was Brandon Yip (Kunlun Red Star), who scored 4 (4+0) points in four games last week. Yip scored in all of last week’s games, including two game-winners. The forward posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-3 rating. He also recorded three hits and blocked one shot. Yip was the first Kunlun Red Star’s player to be awarded as the best forward of the week.
- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Stanislav Yarovoi (Vityaz), who scored 2 (1+1) points in three games last week. The forward had four shots on goal, and blocked two shots from the opposition. The latest Vityaz rookie to be awarded as the best in the week was Daniil Pylenkov in 2019-2020 13th week.
