HK SKIF Nizhny Novgorod () were a Russian professional

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team in the

Zhenskaya Hockey League The Zhenskaya Hockey League or ZhHL (), officially called the Women's Hockey League (WHL), is a professional ice hockey league in Russia, currently comprising eight teams. The league is also known as the PariMatch Women's Hockey League for sponso ...

(ZhHL) until 2022, at which time their league rights were transferred to Hockey Club Torpedo and the team became ZhHK Torpedo. HC SKIF played in

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

at the KRK Nagorny. SKIF won the Russian Championship in women's ice hockey twelve times, three more wins than any other team, and won the

IIHF European Women's Champions Cup The IIHF European Women's Champions Cup or EWCC was an annual women's ice hockey club tournament, contested by the national women's ice hockey champions from several European ice hockey playing nations. The event was established and organized ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

and

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

. The team was founded in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

in 1995 as Luzhniki Moscow. They were subsequently known as CSK VVS Moscow (1996–1998), Viking Moscow (1998–2000), and SKIF Moscow (2000–2006). In 2006 the team moved from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod and were renamed SKIF Nizhny Novgorod.

History

Following the

2021–22 ZhHL season The 2021–22 ZhHL season was the seventh season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) since the league was established in 2015. It was the 27th season in which the women's ice hockey Russian Championship was contested. SKIF Nizhny Novgorod were ...

, SKIF Nizhny Novgorod made the decision to leave the ZhHL in favor of handing over the team, including all obligations to the players and league, to HC Torpedo. HK SKIF retained all results from previous seasons, including twelve championship victories and four European Women's Champions Cup (EWCC) medals.

Team honors

Russian Championship

* Russian Champion ''(12)'': 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014 * Runners-up ''(6)'': 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011,

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

European Women Champions Cup

The European Women's Champions Cup (EWCC) was an annual international tournament for ice hockey club teams, organized by the

International Ice Hockey Federation The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries. The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey to ...

(IIHF). It was contested from 2004 until 2015 and featured the national champion in women's ice hockey from each of the participating nations. HK SKIF participated in five EWCC tournaments and medalled at each. They were two-time European Women's Champions Cup champions, two-time EWCC silver medalists, and one-time bronze medalists. * European Champion ''(2)'':

* Runners-up ''(2)'':

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

* Third Place ''(1)'':

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Players and personnel

2021–22 roster

Coaching staff and team personnel * Head coach: Igor Averkin * Assistant coach: Oleg Namestnikov * Goaltending coach: Mikhail Vorobyov * Conditioning coach: Alexei Urazov * Team manager: Dmitri Beschastnov * Team doctor: Leonid Pavlovich * Masseur: Ksenia Baybakova Front office * General manager: Vladimir Golubovich * Sports director: Yelena Guslistaya * Manager of Hockey Operations: Anton Kolesnikov * President: Sergei Kolotnev

Team captaincy history

* Alyona Khomich, 2009–2011 * Alexandra Kapustina, 2011–2015 * Maria Pechnikova, 2015–2017 * Anastasia Smirnova, 2017–18 * Alexandra Kapustina, 2018–19 * Anna Shchukina, 2019–20 * Angelina Goncharenko, 2020–2022

Head coaches

* Georgi Yevtyukhin, 2008–09 (replaced mid-season) * Yevgeni Bobariko, 2008–09 (promoted mid-season from assistant coach) * Oleg Namestnikov, 2014 (promoted mid-season from assistant coach)–2016 * Vladimir Golubovich, 2017–2019 *

Sergei Filin Sergei Yurevitch Filin (; born 27 October 1970) is a Russian ballet dancer and the former artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater from 2011 through 2016. He is currently the Director of the Young Artists Ballet Program at the Bolshoi Theatre. ...

, 2019–20 * Vladimir Golubovich, 2020–21 * Igor Averkin, 2021–22

Notable alumnae

* Yelena Byalkovskaya, 1996–2004 * Maria Belova, 2010–2020 * Alexandra Kapustina, 2008–2015 * Lidiya Malyavko, 2019–2021 * Larisa Mishina, 1995–2004 * Olga Semenets, 2008–2019 * Yelena Silina, 2003–2020 * Violetta Simanova, 1995–2004 * Anastasia Smirnova, 2007–2020 *

Olga Sosina Olga Petrovna Sosina (; born 27 July 1992) is a Russian ice hockey forward and captain of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently serving as alternate captain of Agidel Ufa in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). She won bronze medals a ...

, 2008–2015 * Larisa Teplygina, 1996–2015 * Svetlana Trefilova, 1995–2000 * Oxana Tretyakova, 2003–2012 * Tatyana Tsaryova, 1995–2000 * Viktoria Volobuyeva, 1996–2005 * Lyudmila Yurlova, 1995–2008

International players

* Tatyana Chizhova, 2016–2020 *

Jenni Hiirikoski Jenni Hiirikoski (born 30 March 1987) is a Finnish ice hockey player and captain of the Finnish national team and Luleå HF/MSSK in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She is widely considered one of the best active ice hockey defensem ...

, 2008–09 & 2011–12 *

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, 2015–16 *

Mira Jalosuo Mira Jalosuo (born 3 February 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey player and head coach for the St. Cloud State women's ice hockey team. She previously served as an assistant coach to the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL ...

, 2013–2015 * Franciska Kiss-Simon, 2015–2018 *

Kati Kovalainen Katariina Johanna "Kati" Kovalainen (born 24 January 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team. She represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympic ...

, 2007–2009 *

Karoliina Rantamäki Karoliina Stina Margaretha Rantamäki (born 23 February 1978) is a Finnish ice hockey forward. She plays in the Auroraliiga with Kiekko-Espoo. Rantamäki holds the all-time career record for games played with the Finnish women's national ice ...

, 2007–2019 *

Meeri Räisänen Meeri Räisänen (born 2 December 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and member of the Finnish national team, playing with Gladiators HT in the II-divisioona (2-div.), the fourth-tier men's national league in Finland. With the Finnish ...

, 2014–15 *

Noora Räty Noora Helena Räty (born 29 May 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and the goaltending coach of Shenzhen KRS in the Chinese Women's Ice Hockey League. She was a founding board member of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association ...

, 2013–14 * Nora Tallus, 2007–08 * Emma Terho, 2007–08 * Anna Vanhatalo, 2010–11 *

Marjo Voutilainen Marjo Hannele Voutilainen (born 22 March 1981) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and current head coach of Ilves Naiset in the Naisten Liiga (NSML). During her playing career, she competed internationally with the Finnish national team, w ...

, 2008–09

European Women's Cup Champion rosters

2009 EWCC champions

The SKIF Nizhny Novgorod team that won the 2009 European Women's Champions Cup with head coach Yevgeni Bobariko and assistant coach Georgy Yevtyukhin.

2015 EWCC champions

The SKIF Nizhny Novgorod team that won the 2015 European Women's Champions Cup with head coach Oleg Namestnikov and assistant coach Alexei Kurilov.

References

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at :de:SKIF Nischni Nowgorod; see its history for attribution.

External links

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