One of the main heroes of Friday in the KHL was CSKA goalkeeper Dmitry Gamzin. The 20-year-old military goalkeeper repelled all 36 Dynamo Minsk shots and allowed his team to claim a clear victory in the Belarusian capital, recording the first shutout of Kakhael’s career.
The young goalkeeper of the reigning Gagarin Cup champion remains undefeated in the main team’s matches. Last season, Gamzin appeared on the ice twice and stopped 60 of 63 shots, securing victories for CSKA in matches against Kunlun and Severstal. In this regular season, Dmitry has already played five games, in each of which he achieved positive results. “Sochi”, twice “Amur”, “Siberia”, again “Severstal” and now “Dynamo” Minsk have learned for themselves how good the promising goalkeeper of the army team is.
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Gamzin’s statistics are impressive: this season he stopped 147 of 154 shots, that is, 95.5%, and his reliability coefficient is 1.38, surprising indicators for such a young goalkeeper. However, Dmitry is not the only young Russian goalkeeper who is shining in the current championship: in the three months of the regular season, many talented Russian goalkeepers managed to become known, which became one of the main pleasant reasons for the season in the KHL.
Andrey Mishurov (Avangard, 22 years old) – 19 matches, 91.1% OB, 2.75 KN
In his debut season in the league, the Hawks goalkeeper may not have the most attractive statistics. But at the same time, the process of his formation turns out to be very interesting: during the regular season, Andrei managed to leave the lineup for a while due to unconvincing play, only to return triumphantly: Mishurov defended Avangard’s goal in every match during the streak of 10 consecutive victories.
Of course, this did not come from a good life, but the 22-year-old goalkeeper was able to help the team in a difficult moment for him, when the Omsk team was completely disappointed by the failed Vasily Demchenko, and also lost the unexpectedly brilliant veteran. Ilya Proskuryakov due to injury. The grateful home crowd could not help but appreciate the success of his student: during the match against Admiral, the stands of the Omsk stadium chanted Mishurov’s name. Now Andrei will have to win the competition against Pavel Khomchenko, who left the “sailors” camp; If he improves the stability of it, he will have every chance to do it successfully.
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Ilya Nabokov (Metallurg, 20 years old) – 19 games, 92.2% OB, 2.21 KN, 2 shutouts
Before the start of the season, the problem of goalkeepers in Magnitogorsk was very serious: the steelworkers entered the regular season with a pair of goalkeepers Zagidulin – Sudnitsin, which, to put it mildly, raised doubts. As a result, the 36-year-old veteran played only two matches, and the right to compete for the title of number one was awarded to 20-year-old Ilya Nabokov, who confidently took advantage of the opportunity and secured his place. among the leaders of the East.
Ilya Nabokov
Photo: Victoria Trufanova, foto.khl.ru
The young goaltender spent less playing time on the ice than the 28-year-old Zagidulin, but at the same time he stopped more shots, demonstrating better performance. Like many his age, Ilya does not always have enough stability, but at the same time he is already capable of delivering excellent segments. With the confidence of the coach, with whom Nabokov has no problems in Magnitogorsk, he should become even more confident, and then Magnitogorsk may not have to worry about the last milestone for some time.
Artemy Pleshkov (SKA, 21 years old) – 9 games, 92.6% OB, 1.97 KN, 3 shutouts
Before the start of this season, Pleshkov managed to play 15 games in the KHL with Sochi, from where he received an invitation to the northern capital. It is far from a fact that he would have had a chance to appear in the starting eleven of the army team if it were not for the goalkeepers’ leap, which was incredible even by the standards of the St. Petersburg club. However, he still had that opportunity and he took advantage of it quite well.
Pleshkov had his moment of glory during the SKA’s trip to the Far East and Siberia; Later, the young goalkeeper had two clean sheets and only missed one goal, thanks to which he was recognized by the KHL as the best goalkeeper of the week. In mid-October, Artemy recorded a third shutout, “drying out” the Admiral, but overnight he lost his place in the lineup, having played two not very convincing matches with “Kunlun” and “Ak Bars”.
For some time, Pleshkov was replaced in the SKA by an even younger Belarusian:
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The return of Johan Matsson at this point closed the window for Pleshkov to play in the KHL, although there is a feeling that in a team with a lower status, the 21-year-old goalkeeper could definitely count on good playing minutes and even the status number one.
Vladimir Galkin (“Avtomobilist”, 23 years old) – 15 games, 93.5% OB, 1.84 KN, 2 shutouts
Among all the goalkeepers on this list, Vladimir is the most experienced. Before the start of the season he played 53 games in the KHL regular season, but it was in this championship that he achieved a kind of breakthrough. Galkin is not Avtomobilist’s number one and plays fewer games than Evgeniy Alikin, but he copes well with the substitute role. Among goalkeepers who have played more than 10 games in a season, Vladimir ranks third in terms of percentage of saved shots and fourth in terms of reliability coefficient.
In 15 games, Galkin has already scored two goals, the same number as in all previous seasons in the KHL. At the same time, we should expect more progress from him: it seems that the competition with Alikin benefits both goalkeepers in the Yekaterinburg tandem.
Sergei Ivanov (SKA/Admiral, 19 years old) – 17 games, 94.1% OB, 2.02 KN, 2 shutouts
The young goalkeeper began the season as Johan Matsson’s understudy at SKA and managed to keep a clean sheet in his first appearance of the season, stopping 30 shots in Tolyatti. Sergei also played the next two matches at a good level, but then lost his place in the lineup to Artemy Pleshkov, and was soon loaned to Vladivostok instead of Nikita Serebryakov, who had moved to St. Petersburg.
Sergei Ivanov
Photo: Dmitry Kulinich, photo.khl.ru
This transition only benefited Ivanov: the talented goaltender began to receive regular playing time and quickly established himself in the Mariners’ core, appearing on the ice in each of the Far Eastern team’s last 10 games. Last week was Sergei’s best moment: he stopped 123 shots in three games and was recognized not only as the best rookie, but also as the best goaltender in the KHL after seven days.
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