HK Pantera Minsk was a women's

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club from

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. Founded in 2010, it was the first professional women's ice hockey team in the country. HK Pantera Minsk played in the international

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, which it won in the 2012–13 season with

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as team captain. The team also competed in the

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, and won the Latvia Open Championship twice. The club was meant to form the basis for a Belarus national team, but it folded in 2013 due to a lack of funding.

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{{reflist European Women's Hockey League teams Defunct ice hockey teams in Europe 2013 disestablishments in Belarus 2010 establishments