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Belye Medveditsy
ZhHL ice hockey team in Chelyabinsk, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Belye Medveditsy Chelyabinsk (Russian: Бе́лые Медве́дицы Челябинск, lit. 'Polar Bears Chelyabinsk') are an ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). They play in Chelyabinsk, Russia at the Yunost Sport Palace. The team has previously been known as Metelitsa Chelyabinsk, Nika Chelyabinsk, Kazak-Uralsky Chelyabinsk, and Fakel Chelyabinsk.
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The team is a part of the Traktor Chelyabinsk hockey organization, which also operates Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Chelmet Chelyabinsk of the VHL, Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk of the MHL, and a number of youth and junior teams.
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History
Founded in Chelyabinsk in 1997 as Metelitsa (Russian: Метелица, lit. 'Blizzard'), the club made its debut in the second round of the 1997–98 Russian Women's Hockey League (RWHL) season. Yelena Tyushnyakova, an ice hockey defenceman better known as an Olympic speed skater, was the first captain of Metelitsa. The team struggled in their inaugural season, recording a -165 goal differential and finishing at the bottom of the league.
Prior to the 1998–99 season, the team was renamed as Nika (Russian: Ника). In 2000, the name was changed to Kazak-Uralsky (Russian: Казак-Уральский, lit. 'Cossack-Urals'). During 2002 to 2014, the team was called Fakel (Russian: Факел, lit. 'Torch').
On 5 March 2014, the team joined the HC Tractor organization and their name was changed to Belye Medveditsy.[1] On 8 March 2015, the team was dissolved for financial reasons.
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Season-by-season results
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Belye Medveditsy, known as Fakel Chelyabinsk during 2002 to 2014.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)
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Players and personnel
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2021–22 roster
Coaching staff and team personnel
- Head coach: Igor Znarok[4]
- Assistant coach: Pyotr Pankov
- Assistant coach: Pavel Shiryayev
- Conditioning coach: Yelena Tyushnyakova
Team captaincy history
- Yelena Tyushnyakova, 1997–98
- Viktoria Tavakova, 1998–2004
- Yekaterina Vainberger, 2004–05
- Alexandra Vafina, 2008–2011
- Anastasia Vedernikova, 2011–2013
- Alexandra Vafina, 2013–14
- Anastasia Vedernikova, 2014–15
Head coaches
- Alexander Degtyaryov, 1997–98
- Vladimir Borodulin, 1998–2005
- Arkadi Belousov, 2008–2015
- Igor Znarok, 2021–
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Team honours
Russian Championship
Third Place (1): 2010–11
All-time scoring leaders
The top-ten point-scorers in club history.
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = 2021–22 Belye Medveditsy player
Source(s): [5]
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Notable alumni
Years active with Belye Medveditsy listed alongside player name.[5]
- Yekaterina Lebedeva, 2010–2014
- Yekaterina Ananina, 2011–2014
- Yelena Tyushnyakova, 1997–98
- Alexandra Vafina, 2008–2011 & 2013–14
International players
Fanni Gasparics, 2013–2015- Alexandra Huszak, 2013–2015
- Franciska Kiss-Simon, 2013–2015
Varvara Piskunova, 2008–2014
O'Hara Shipe, 2012–13- Lyubov Vafina, 2008–2015
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