Andrei Kostitsyn is Belarus's hockey player of the year

Monteal and Belarus forward Andrei Kostitsyn has been named Belarus's best ice hockey player of 2008, according to the traditional Pressball newspaper's poll.
He received 524 points, while Colorado and Belarus defender Ruslan Salei was the second with 219 points. Montreal and Belarus forward Sergei Kostitsyn is the third with 202 points.