Best Players of the 2024-2025 twenty-third week

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the 2024-2025 Regular Season’s twenty-third week in four categories.

The League’s teams played 28 games last week, with 525 players (36 goalies, 174 defensemen, and 315 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.61 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the second time in his career was Sergei Ivanov (HC Sochi), with two wins in two games last week. The Sochi goalie faced 62 shots, or 31 per game, with a save percentage of 96.77% and a goals-against average of 0.98. In Thursday’s HC Sochi win over CSKA (2:0), Ivanov posted his third shutout of the season.

- Best defenseman for the eighth time in his career was Damir Sharipzyanov (Avangard), who scored 4 (1+3) points in three games last week. The Hawks’ defenseman ended the week with a plus-5 rating. Sharipzyanov recorded four hits, blocked six shots, made two pass interceptions, and had two takeaways.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Konstantin Okulov (Avangard), who scored 7 (3+4) points in three games last week, with a plus-7 differential. The Hawks’ forward also made one hit, blocked one shot, made three pass interceptions, and had two takeaways.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Matvei Korotky (SKA), who scored 3 (2+1) points in two games last week, with a plus-4 rating. The St. Petersburg forward also made one hit, blocked one shot, and had one takeaway.