Russia women's national ice hockey team

Russia

Nickname(s)	Большая красная машина (The Big Red Machine)
Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Russia
General Manager	Alexei Yashin
Head coach	Mikhail Chekanov
Assistants	Yury Novikov
Captain	Yekaterina Smolentseva
IIHF code	RUS
IIHF ranking	4 2
Highest IIHF ranking	4 (2013)
Lowest IIHF ranking	6 (first in 2005)
Team colours
First international
Switzerland 2–1 Russia (Brampton, Canada; 1 April 1994)
Biggest win
Russia 15–0 France (Esbjerg, Denmark; 28 March 1995) Russia 16–1 Denmark (Lyss, Switzerland; 29 December 1997)
Biggest defeat
United States 15–0 Russia (Mississauga, Canada; 4 April 2000)
IIHF World Women's Championships
Appearances	12 (first in 1997)
Best result	(2001, 2013)
IIHF European Women Championships
Appearances	2 (first in 1995)
Best result	(1996)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
International record (W–L–T)
100–122–6

The Russian women's national ice hockey team represents Russia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Russia had 308 female players in 2011.

The Russian women warming up before the game against China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

History

On 1 April 1994, Russia played its first game in Brampton, Canada, lost by 1–2 to Switzerland. Russia is currently ranked 6th in the world in women's ice hockey. It has been very difficult for the Russians to move higher than this position, except for in the 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, where they surprised many by upsetting Finland in the bronze medal game 2–1.

European Championship record

IIHF European Women Championships

• 1989 to 1993 – Did not participate
• 1995 – Finished in 7th place (won Pool B)
• 1996 – Won silver medal

World Championship record

IIHF World Women's Championships

• 1990 to 1994 – Did not participate
• 1997 – Finished in 6th place
• 1999 – Finished in 6th place
• 2000 – Finished in 5th place
• 2001 – Won bronze medal
• 2004 – Finished in 5th place
• 2005 – Finished in 8th place
• 2007 – Finished in 7th place
• 2008 – Finished in 6th place
• 2009 – Finished in 5th place
• 2011 – Finished in 4th place
• 2012 – Finished in 6th place
• 2013 – Won bronze medal

Olympic record

Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

• 1998 – Did not participate
• 2002 – Finished in 5th place
• 2006 – Finished in 6th place
• 2010 – Finished in 6th place
• 2014 – Host nation

2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship

Goaltenders

Number	Player	Club
1	Anna Prugova	Tornado Moscow Region
20	Nadegda Aleksandrova	SKIF Nizhni Novgorod
97	Yulia Leskina	Spartak-Merkuri Yekaterinburg

Defensemen

Number	Player	Club
2	Angelina Goncharenko	Belye Medvedi Moscow
4	Pechnikova, Maria	SKIF Nizhni Novgorod
5	Petrovskaya, Kristina, A	Tornado Moscow Region
33	Shibanova, Anna	Agidel, Ufa
27	Inna Dyubanok	Tornado Moscow Region
34	Svetlana Tkachyova	Tornado Moscow Region
44	Alexandra Kapustina, A	SKIF Nizhni Novgorod
91	Ananina, Ekaterina	Fakel Chelyabinsk

Forwards

Number	Player	Club
7	Yekaterina Solovyova	Fakel Chelyabinsk
8	Iya Gavrilova	University of Calgary
9	Alexandra Vafina	University of Minnesota - Duluth
10	Lyudmila Belyakova	Severnaya Zvezda Moscow
17	Yekaterina Smolentseva, C	Tornado Moscow Region
18	Olga Sosina	SKIF Nizhni Novgorod
23	Tatyana Burina	Tornado Moscow Region
25	Yekaterina Lebedeva	Fakel Chelyabinsk
52	Valeriya Pavlova	Tumenskie Lisitsi
55	Galina Skiba	Tornado Moscow Region
88	Ekaterina Smolina	Tornado Moscow Region|-

Staff for 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship

• General Manager: Alexey Yashin
• Head Coach: Mikhail Chekanov
• Assistant Coach: Yury Novikov
• Team Leader: Nikolai Uryupin
• Equipment Manager: Sergei Pichuritsa
• Team Doctor: Dmitri Kondrashin
• Physiotherapist: Oleg Filippov
• Team Video Coach: Vasily Danilov
• Media officer: Yevgeni Belousov

Notable players

• Yekaterina Smolentseva
• Iya Gavrilova

External links

• (RU) Website
• Russia Women All time results