In the NHL, players who are voted Player-of-the-Game by their teammates receive everything from special hats to capes to fur coats. For the players of one Russian team, it's an AK-47.
Goaltender Saveli Kononov was recently voted the game's MVP by his teammates after a game in Russia's VHL (AKA: The Supreme Hockey League or Major Hockey League, a tier below the KHL). As a gift, he was awarded with an AK-47, as you can see in the video below.
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This was Kononov's first game of the season for Izhstal Izhevsk. No word on whether this will be a new team tradition.
