Alexandra Aleksandrovna "Sasha" Vafina (, also

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Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Vafina; born 28 July 1990) is a Russian

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and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the

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(ZhHL) with Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg.

International career

Vafina was selected for the Russia national women's ice hockey team in the

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. She played in all five games, scoring one goal and two points. Vafina has also represented Russia at ten

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s. Her first appearance came in

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. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the

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. At the

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in Granada, Spain, Vafina was part of Russia's gold medal winning team, handing Canada its first-ever loss in

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women's ice hockey. She also competed in one IIHF Women's U18 World Championship with the

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, the inaugural event in

Career statistics

International career

Awards and honors

*2015-16 U Sports First Team All-Canadian

References

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* * * * 1990 births Living people Ice hockey people from Almaty Russian women's ice hockey forwards Olympic ice hockey players for Russia Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players Calgary Dinos ice hockey players Russian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub