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Darcia Leimgruber Darcia Leimgruber (born 19 May 1989) is a Swiss female ice hockey player. She is a member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She played in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She also played also for ZSC Lions Zurich in the Leistu ...

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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

External links

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