Best Players of the 2023-2024 tenth week

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

The League’s teams played 35 games last week, with 570 players (39 goalies, 192 defensemen, and 339 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.57 goals per game. 

- Best goalie for the third time in his career was Ilya Konovalov (Dynamo Moscow), who won two games from two last week. The Blue-and-Whites’ goalie faced 58 shots, or 29 per night, posting a saves percentage of 95.55% and a goals-against average of 1.00. Earlier, he was honored the Best goalie twice while representing Lokomotiv. 

- Best defenseman for the fourth time in his career was Damir Sharipzyanov (Avangard), who scored 4 (1+3) points in three games. Sharipzyanov posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-4 differential. The Hawks’ d-man logged an average of 28 minutes and 38 seconds, and blocked 10 shots. 

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Reid Boucher (Avangard), who scored 10 (7+3) points in three games. The American forward posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-8 differential. In these three games, Boucher posted two doubles and a hat trick. 

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Daniil But (Lokomotiv), who scored 5 (2+3) points in four games last week. But posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-3 differential. The Lokomotiv forward potted a double in Loko’s 3:1 win over Salavat Yulaev on Sunday.