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On the 12th game week of the regular championship of the Continental hockey League was injured Pavel Datsyuk, fans chose the participants of the Match of stars at SKA debuted 17-year-old goalkeeper, and the Finns, the Swedes and the Czechs called 28 players in League teams
Event of the week: Walnut go to the all-star game
Ended in a vote of fans, who have identified the goalkeeper, the defender and attacker in each of the four teams for the all-star game, which will be held on January 19 in Moscow in the format of mini-tournament between divisions in the KHL.
The highest number of votes was received by the goalkeeper «Salavat Yulaev» Juha Metsola (3425) and Minsk «Dynamo» Jonas Enroth (3056) and striker Minsk Vyacheslav Walnuts (2992), which holds in the KHL’s first season. He played only eight matches and scored no points. Gretzky is on the ice under 99-m number — as the best scorer in NHL history Wayne Gretzky.
«Vyacheslav Gretzky was born in the same area of Belarus, where lived the grandfather of Wayne Gretzky» — read Twitter account, which also contained a call to vote for the Walnut part in the all-star game.
Full list of players selected by the fans, looks like this:
Other participants in the match will choose the journalists and sports Department of the KHL. Four players are the best players of the Challenge Cup — the all-star game Youth hockey League.
Hero of the week: Eddie Pasquale
Last week «Barys» has spent two difficult away match with «Metalurg» and «Motorist», and also played at home with Dynamo Minsk. And in all matches won (twice in overtime) and missed one washer. The goal of the team defended the canadian Eddie Pasquale, who was named the League’s best goalkeeper of the week. In an average match, he reflected 96,67% from the field and missed a 0.97 goals.
Transfers of the week: the goalkeepers
Main goalkeeper of «AK Bars» in the championship season-2017/18 Emil Garipov in the current season has not played a single game and went to the termination of the contract. Last weekend, the 28-year-old goalkeeper has signed a contract with Avangard, where it will compete with the goalkeeper of the national team of Russia Igor Bobkova.
The other winner of the Cup of Gagarin in structure «AK Bars», which won the trophy in 2009 and 2010, goaltender Stanislav Galimov was put on the draft failures «metallurg». He moved to the «Tractor», the pupil of which is. Chelyabinsk club in turn sent to the list bounce of the goalkeeper Vasily Demchenko.
Injury of the week: Pavel Datsyuk
Forward «Motorist» Pavel Datsyuk earned the damage in the home game with «torpedo» (3:4) after being hit by a puck in an unprotected place. Head coach Andrey Martemyanov said that he will be back soon. While 41-year-old centre-forward is not out on the ice in two games. And just will not play in two upcoming, so go with the «Motorist» at checkout.
Datsyuk, one of the main stars of the KHL, for medical reasons also missed nine games in the championship. In 18 games of the season on account of his two goals and six assists.
Win of the week: win «Sochi» of «AK Bars»
Before the home match with «Sochi» the leader of the championship «AK bars» had a streak of seven consecutive victories and, seemingly, was not supposed to face any problems in the match with the team who came to Kazan after three failures in a row. But in the end, the most effective attack, the only one who scored more than 100 goals, failed to score even once.
The goalkeeper «Sochi» Dmitri Shikin has reflected 31 throw. He held a second «dry» match in the season. Its field partners have been able to organize against «AK Bars» one goal.
Debut of the week: Jaroslav Askarov
SKA in the current championship involved have five goalkeepers. In the home match with «Sochi» in the gates of Petrograd came the debutant and 17-year-old Yaroslav Askarov. He has reflected 23 throws from 25, and SKA won 4:2.
Only one goalkeeper debuted in the NHL at a younger age — the current hockey player of CSKA, and then metallurg Novokuznetsk Ilya Sorokin, who took to the ice at the age of 17 years and 156 days. Askarov during a meeting with Sochi was older than eight days.
The head coach of SKA Alexey Kudashov said that Askarov has played reliably, and his colleague from «Sochi» Alexander Andrievsky said that his team has allowed the debutant to quietly enter the game.
Figure of the week: 28
As many players will begin training in Finland, Sweden and the Czech Republic to the second stage of the Eurotour — the Cup «the First channel» which will be held from 12 to 15 December in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.
The Finns called to the national team goalie Juho Olkinuora («Admiral»), the Villa defender Pokku («vanguard»), forwards Miro Aaltonen («knight»), Veli-Matti Savinainen and Henry Ikonen (both from Jokerit).
The Swedes invited a team of goalkeepers Lars Johansson (CSKA) and Adam Redeborn («AK bars»), defenders of the Class of Delbeke (CSKA), Michael Vikstrand («AK bars»), Simon Bertilsson (Sochi), Victor Leva («Jokerit»), forwards Andre Petersson (Dynamo Moscow), Markus Jung («Admiral»), Dennis Rasmussen («metallurg»), Malta Stromwall («Sochi») and Magnus Paajarvi («locomotive»).
Composed of Czechs preparing for the «First channel Cup» will begin goalkeepers Marek Langhamer («Amour) and Shimon Gruber («Kunlun»), defenders Jakub Arts («knight»), Andrew Smart («Kunlun»), ondřej Vitasek («Cupid»), Jiri Cleaver (CSKA), Dmitry Yashkin («Dynamo»), Andrey Nestrasil («metallurg»), Hynek Illuminated, Tomas Illuminated (both «Cupid»), Lukas Sedlak, Tomas Boom (both — Traktor).
Goals of the week: the double in 40 years
Dynamo forward Maxim Afinogenov strikes against opponents not very often. Before game with «the Locomotive» on account of a 40-year veteran had two goals, but in the meeting with the citizens he scored the same as in all previous matches of the season, but Dinamo won 4:1. A few days Afinogenov scored again on departure «AK Bars». However, this time Muscovites were defeated 2:5.