Alexei Cherepanov Award

The Alexei Cherepanov Award is given out annually to the top rookie in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).^[1] It is named after Alexei Cherepanov who died on 13 October 2008 after collapsing during the third period of a KHL game, in the league's inaugural season. The award is determined by a vote among all KHL head coaches.^[1]

KHL Rookie of the Year Award

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	Annually to the top rookie in the Kontinental Hockey League
History
First award	2009
Most recent	Ivan Demidov

Winners

Positions key

C	Centre
LW	Left wing
RW	Right wing
D	Defence
G	Goaltender

  Player is still active in the KHL

Alexei Cherepanov Award winners

Season	Winner	Team	Position	Age[a]	Ref
2008–09	Ilya Proskuryakov	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	G	22	[2]
2009–10	Anatoli Nikontsev	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	RW	19	[3]
2010–11	Pavel Zdunov	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	LW	19
2011–12	Dmitri Lugin	Amur Khabarovsk	RW	22	[4]
2012–13	Valeri Nichushkin	Amur Khabarovsk	RW	18	[5]
2013–14	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	G	19	[6]
2014–15	Maxim Mamin	HC CSKA Moscow	LW	20	[7]
2015–16	Artyom Alyayev	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	D	21
2016–17	Vladimir Tkachev	Admiral Vladivostok	LW	21
2017–18	Vitali Kravtsov	Traktor Chelyabinsk	RW	18	[8]
2018–19	Ilya Konovalov	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	G	20	[9]
2019–20	Artyom Galimov	Ak Bars Kazan	C	20	[10]
2020–21	Yegor Chinakhov	Avangard Omsk	RW	20	[11]
2021–22	Arseni Gritsyuk	Avangard Omsk	LW	21	[12]
2022–23	Nikita Grebenkin	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	LW	20	[13]
2023–24	Ilya Nabokov	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	G	20	[14]
2024–25	Ivan Demidov	SKA Saint Petersburg	RW	19	[15]

1. Player's age at the time of award win

Source:^[16]