MOSCOW, May 2. The Continental Hockey League (KHL) announced on the official website the best players in the final series of the Gagarin Cup between Metallurg Magnitogorsk and CSKA Moscow. On Saturday in Magnitogorsk, CSKA defeated Metallurg in the seventh match of the KHL playoff final series with a score of 4:1 and won the Gagarin Cup for the second time in its history .The best goalkeeper was the goalkeeper of «Metallurg» Vasily Koshechkin, who scored three victories in seven matches, playing in two of them «to zero». He saved 93.4% of shots. The goalkeeper's dry streak lasted 156 minutes 34 seconds and became a record for the Gagarin Cup finals. Nikita Nesterov from the army team became the best defender, who scored 4 points in seven matches of the series (1 goal and 3 assists). The player's average usefulness was «+4». Metallurg's Philippe Maillet became the best forward with 6 points (2+4) in seven games. CSKA forward Takhir Mingachev was named the best newcomer in the final. He played in six matches. The Russian spent an average of 6 minutes 54 seconds on the ice.
