SKIF Nizhny Novgorod

HK SKIF Nizhny Novgorod were a Russian professional ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League 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 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 in 2009 and 2015.
The team was founded in Moscow in 1995 as Luzhniki Moscow. They were subsequently known as CSK VVS Moscow, Viking Moscow, and SKIF Moscow. In 2006 the team moved from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod and were renamed SKIF Nizhny Novgorod.

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History

Following the 2021–22 ZhHL season, 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 medals.

Team honors

Russian Championship

Russian Champion ': 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014Runners-up ': 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2022

European Women Champions Cup

The European Women's Champions Cup was an annual international tournament for ice hockey club teams, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 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 : 2009, 2015Runners-up : 2004, 2011Third Place : 2005

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
Yevgeni Bobariko, 2008–09
Oleg Namestnikov, 2014 –2016
Vladimir Golubovich, 2017–2019
Sergei Filin, 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, 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, 2008–09 & 2011–12
Alexandra Huszák, 2015–16
Mira Jalosuo, 2013–2015
Franciska Kiss-Simon, 2015–2018
Kati Kovalainen, 2007–2009
Karoliina Rantamäki, 2007–2019
Meeri Räisänen, 2014–15
Noora Räty, 2013–14
Nora Tallus, 2007–08
Emma Terho, 2007–08
Anna Vanhatalo, 2010–11
Marjo Voutilainen, 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.