Best Players of the 2022-2023 seventh week

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

Last week, the League’s teams played 30 games, with 540 players (42 goalies, 180 defensemen, and 318 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 4.57 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the second time in his career was Igor Bobkov (Avtomobilist), who won two matches of two last week, including one SO win. Bobkov faced 67 shots, or 33.5 per night, posting a saves percentage of 97.01% and a goals-against average of 0.96. Bobkov was already awarded Best goalie honors in 2018-2019 first week.

- Best defenseman for the fourth time in his career was Igor Ozhiganov (SKA), who posted 3 (2+1) points in last week’s three games. Ozhiganov posted no negative ratings, ending the week with an even differential. The SKA blueliner also had nine shots on goal and blocked three shots from the opposition.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Pavel Varfolomeyev (Dinamo Minsk), who scored 5 (3+2) points in three games last week. Varfolomeyev had points in each game and is on a seven-game scoring streak. The Dinamo Minsk forward posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-1 differential. He also recorded four hits.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was defenseman Bogdan Konyushkov (Torpedo), who had one assist last week. He also blocked four shots, recorded one takeaway, and posted an average time on ice of 22 minutes and 28 seconds. He also tallied the winning shootout in the game against Salavat Yulaev.