Ilya Sorokin was named the KHL Goaltender of the Month of January as announced by the league on Monday morning. Sorokin was 6-1-1 through the month of January with a .941 save percentage, a 1.37 goals against average and two shutouts. Sorokin's shutouts came in consecutive games, and lasted a total of 174:47, the longest of any goalie in January.
The Isles' 2014 third-rounder (78th overall) has a total record of 23-8-3, a 1.51 GAA and a .935 SV%. Sorokin and CSKA Moscow are ranked first overall in the KHL with a record of 40-11-4.
Sorokin represented CSKA at the KHL All-Star Game on Jan. 23 and sported special pads that were decorated by children at a pediatric institute to raise money for Vilen Prokofyev, a young Kazakh goaltender who was battling Ewing's Sarcoma. Unfortunately, Prokofyev passed away on Monday at the age of 18.