Golden Helmet Award

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Golden Helmet Award
Sport Ice hockey
Awarded for Kontinental Hockey League's best six players by positions.
History
First award 1996–97 Russian Superleague season
Most recent Ilya Nabokov
Robin Press
Alexander Nikishin
Nikita Gusev
Nikolai Goldobin
Vladimir Tkachyov

The Golden Helmet Award is awarded annually to best six players of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL): 1 goaltender, 2 defenders and 3 forwards. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "The League's Finest". Kontinental Hockey League. May 23, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Cervenka receives Golden Helmet award". Calgary Flames. May 24, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2014.