Best Players of the 2025-2026 seventeenth week

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the 2025-2026 Regular Season’s seventeenth week in four categories.

The League’s teams played 28 games last week, with 510 players (40 goalies, 165 defensemen, and 305 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.07 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the second time in his career was Semyon Vyazovoi (Salavat Yulaev), who won three games from three last week. The Ufa goalie faced 68 shots, or 22.7 per game, posting a 95.59% saves percentage and a goals-against average of 1.01.

- Best defenseman for the fifth time in his career was Martin Gernat (Lokomotiv), who scored 5 (3+2) points in two games last week, with a plus-4 differential. The Yaroslavl defenseman also delivered five hits and blocked three shots.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Prokhor Poltapov (CSKA), who scored 5 (4+1) points in three games last week, with a plus-4 rating. The CSKA forward potted game-winning goals in games against the Shanghai Dragons (3:2) and Spartak (2:1). He also delivered two hits, blocked two shots, and made two pass interceptions.

- Best rookie for the second time in his career was 19-years-old defenseman Ivan Patrikhayev (CSKA), who scored 1 (0+1) point in three games last week, with a plus-2 differential. The CSKA defenseman also delivered one hit, blocked seven shots, and logged an average time on ice of 16 minutes and 27 seconds.