Belarus hockey awards announced

14 Jun 2011 | Davide Tuniz

Champion Yunost Minsk dominated Belarus' award night

During the Belarus Hockey Federation annual general meeting winners of annual prizes were announced. Champion Yunost Minsk captures many awards after a very successful season where Minsk club won all competitions played: National Cup, Belarus Open League and Continental Cup.

The federation also announced the calendar of Belarus Cup, traditionally played in August; besides all clubs from Open League, except newcomer HK Lida, also Yunost Junior team, acting in Russian MHL, will take part in competition. Also the format the of next Belorussian Open League will be changed: the federation decided to create a final round involving the two best teams from the regular season and KHL Dinamo Minsk to crown Belarus champion and give a pass to next (if played) Champions' League. The runner-up will enter the Continental Cup.

Here are the season awards

	Name	Club
Best Goaltender	Sergei Shabanov	Neman Grodno
Best Defender	Aleksei Baranov	Yunost Minsk
Best Forward	Aleksandr Materukhin	Yunost Minsk
Best Forward Defensive	Aleksandr Kitarov	Yunost Minsk
Best Rookie	Mikhail Khoromando	Gomel
Best Coach	Mikhail Zakharov	Yunost Minsk
Best Arena	Bobruisk Arena	Shinnik Bobruisk

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