Biryusa Krasnoyarsk () are a Russian

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team in the

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(ZhHL). They play in

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

, the capital of

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, at the Platinum Arena Krasnoyarsk and use Fakel Ice Palace as a secondary arena. The team was founded in 1987 as Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk and was called Lokomotiv-Energiya Krasnoyarsk during 2008 to 2012. Since 2012, Biryusa have been a part of the Hockey Club Sokol, which also operates

Sokol Krasnoyarsk Sokol Krasnoyarsk is an ice hockey team in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. They play in the Supreme Hockey League, VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was founded in 1977. In 2012, Sokol signed Krasnoyarsk native NHL star Alexander Semin f ...

of the

Supreme Hockey League The Supreme Hockey League (SHL) (russian: Высшая хоккейная лига (ВХЛ), links=no, ''Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)''), also known as the Major Hockey League or Higher Hockey League (HHL), is a professional ice hockey league i ...

(VHL) and the Krasnoyarskie Rysi of the

Supreme Hockey League Championship The Supreme Hockey League Championship (VHL-B) (russian: Первенство Высшей хоккейной лиги (ВХЛ-П), ''Pervenstvo Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga'') is an ice hockey league in Russia. It stands at the third-tier of the Ru ...

(VHL-B).

History

Lokomotiv

In 1987, the Lokomotiv women's team was established as a

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team. The founders of the team were the Krasnoyarsk Railway Administration and the Road Territorial Organization of the Trade Union of the Krasnoyarsk Railway (DORPROFSOZh; ). Valery Pozdnyakov became the head coach of the team. Beginning in 1987, the team participated in the Bandy Championship of the

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(USSR), the

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(CIS), and Russia. In 1991, they were silver medalists of the USSR Championship and in 1992 they won the USSR Champion title. Lokomotiv's players were consistently selected to the national bandy team of the Soviet Union and, following the

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, the national bandy team of Russia. In 1994, the

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(IOC) selected to include women's ice hockey in the Winter Olympic program beginning at the

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. The team was reoriented towards ice hockey at the initiative of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, and were a founding team of the Russian Women’s Hockey League in 1995.

Lokomotiv-Energiya

In 2008, after being accepted into its ranks as an affiliate club of HC Energiya in

Neryungri Neryungri ( rus, Нерюнгри, p=ˈnʲerʲʊnɡrʲɪ; evn, Ньируунгра; sah, Нүөрүҥгүрү, ''Nüörünggürü'', ) is the second largest town in the Sakha Republic, Russia and the administrative center of Neryungrinsky Distr ...

, the name of the club changed to Lokomotiv-Energiya. During the 2010–11 season, due to the emergency renovation of the Sokol Ice Palace, the team had to hold their home games and training sessions at the Fakel Sports Complex, which is located from Krasnoyarsk in the village of

Podgorny Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny, ''Mykola Viktorovych Pidhornyy'' rus, Никола́й Ви́кторович Подго́рный, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ pɐdˈgornɨj, links=yes ( – 12 January 1983) was a Soviet statesman who ...

. On 1 June 2011, Lokomotiv-Energiya joined the Sokol hockey club organization. In March 2012, the team relocated to the new Pervomaisky Ice Arena in the Leninsky district of Krasnoyarsk.

Biryusa

In August 2012, after the contracts with

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and HC Energiya Neryungri expired, it was decided to rename the team. After a survey of fans and the team administration, the women's team of Krasnoyarsk was renamed "Biryusa," after the river

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. At the end of 2012 the team returned to the rebuilt Sokol Ice Palace for training and home games. In the 2015–16 season, Biryusa was a founding team of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL), joining

SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HC SKIF Nizhny Novgorod () are a Russian ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). They play in Nizhny Novgorod at the CEC Nagorny, which is also home to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL. SKIF have won the Russian Championship in ...

as the only teams to have participated in the inaugural season of both the Russian Women’s Hockey League and the ZhHL.

Season-by-season results

This list includes all Zhenskaya Hockey League seasons completed by Biryusa since the league was established in 2015.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP =

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, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF =

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, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (

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+ Assists)

Players and personnel

2021–22 roster

Coaching staff and team personnel * Head coach: Alexander Vedernikov * Assistant coach: Valery Tripuzov * Goaltending coach: Ilya Protsenko * Team manager: Nikolai Matsuev * Team doctor: Liliya Sergeyeva

Team captaincy history

* Oksana Tretyakova, –2017 * Valeria Pavlova, 2017–present

Head coaches

* Valery Pozdnyakov, 1987– * Alexander Lubyagin, –2004 * Alexander Vedernikov, 2015–present

Awards and honours

Russian Ice Hockey Championship

* Third Place ''(10)'': 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20

Other

* International Ice Hockey Tournament at Cergy-Pontoise ''(1)'': 1998 * USSR Bandy Championship Runner-up ''(1)'': 1990–91 * USSR Bandy Cup Champion ''(1)'': 1990–91

Player awards

* ZhHL Forward of the Year (Top goal scorer) ** 2019–20: Valeria Pavlova

ZhHL All-Stars

*2018 Astana: Yekaterina Dobrodeyeva (F), Yekaterina Lobova (D), Lydia Malyavko (F), Nadezhda Morozova (G) * 2019 Nizhnekamsk: Pavlína Horálková (D), Nadezhda Morozova (G), Anna Timofeyeva (F), Valeria Pavlova (F) * 2020 Moscow: Yekaterina Dobrodeyeva (F), Pavlína Horálková (D), Valeria Pavlova (F) ZhHL Player of the Month * Forward of the Month ** September 2021: Valeria Pavlova

Franchise records

''Note: In order to present accurate statistics, only records from the Zhenskaya Hockey League are included for single-season and career records., from the inaugural ZhHL season in 2015–16 through the 2020–21 ZhHL season,''

Single-season records

Regular season * Most

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in a season: Valeria Pavlova, 33 goals (35 games; 2018–19) * Most assists in a season: Valeria Pavlova, 23 assists (27 games; 2019–20) * Most points in a season: Valeria Pavlova, 50 points (35 games; 2018–19) * Most points in a season,

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: Yekaterina Lobova, 21 goals (games; 2016–17) * Most

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in a season: Tatyana Shatalova, 47 PIM (23 games; 2017–18) * Best

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in a season, over ten games played: Darya Gredzen, .922 SVS% (21 games; 2020–21) * Best

goals against average Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...

in a season, over ten games played: Nadezhda Morozova, 2.26 GAA (35 games; 2018–19) Source: Elite Prospects

Career records

Regular season *Most career goals: Valeria Pavlova, 121 goals (138 games; 2015–2021) *Most career assists: Valeria Pavlova, 83 assists (138 games; 2015–2021) *Most career points: Valeria Pavlova, 00 points (138 games; 2015–2021) *Best career points per game, over 30 games played: Valeria Pavlova, 1.478 points per game (138 games; 2015–2021) *Most career points, defenceman: Pavlína Horálková, 65 points (165 games; 2015–2021) *Most career penalty minutes: Tatyana Shatalova, 105 PIM (109 games; 2015–2019) *Most career games played, goaltender: Nadezhda Morozova, 135 games (2015–2020) Source: Elite Prospects

All-time scoring leaders

The top-ten point-scorers in franchise history, from the 1995–96 RWHL season through the 2020–21 ZhHL season. Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos =

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; GP =

; G =

; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G =

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; = 2021–22 Biryusa player; ''Italics'' indicate totals compiled from incomplete statistics

Notable alumni

Years active with Biryusa listed alongside player name. *

Tatiana Burina Tatiana Ivanovna Burina (russian: Татьяна Ивановна Бурина; born 20 March 1980) is a Russian retired ice hockey forward. In December 2017, she was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the ...

, 1996– * Yekaterina Lobova, 2015–2019 & 2020–21 * Tatyana Shatalova, 2015–2019 * Kristina Sherstyuk, –2015 * Anna Timofeyeva, 2018–2021 * Oksana Tretyakova, 1996– *

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(), 1996–

International players

* Lidiya Malyavko, 2015–2019 *

Lucie Manhartová Lucie Manhartová (born 14 May 1991) is a Czech ice hockey player and captain of HC Příbram in the Czech Women's Extraliga. She has previously played in the Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL) with HC Slavia Praha, the NCAA Division III with t ...

, 2014–15 * Klára Peslarová, 2014–15 * Mariya Skvortsova, 2003–04 * Natalya Stus, – * Natalya Trunova, 1996–97

References

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External links

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