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, team = Calgary , former_teams = , sex = f , ntl_team = RUS , career_start = 1998 , website = , medaltemplates = Iya Viktorovna Gavrilova (russian: Ия Викторовна Гаврилова; born 3 September 1987) is a Russian

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player, currently affiliated with the Calgary section of the

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(PWHPA). She was a member of the Russian national team during 2003 to 2016 and represented Russia at the

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, and

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, and at eleven

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, winning bronze medals at the tournaments in

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and

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At the

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, Spain, Gavrilova was part of Russia's gold medal-winning team, the first team to defeat Canada in

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women's ice hockey history.

Playing career

Gavrilova’s ice hockey career started in 1998, in the

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with Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk. She began playing with SKIF Moscow in 2002 and later played with

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during the 2006–07, 2008–09, and 2009–10 seasons. She joined the

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program during the 2007–08 season, tallying 19

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and 22 assists for 41

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in 26 games; she ranked second on the team for

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with an exceptional 1.58 in her

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campaign. With the Bulldogs, she played alongside stars of a number of national teams, including

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and Myriam Trépanier of ,

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and

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of the ,

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() and

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of , and

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and Kim Martin Hasson of , and Sarah Murray, the future head coach of the Korea women's unified ice hockey team. Gavrilova also played with the

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of the

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(WWHL) during the 2010–11 season.

Calgary Dinos

She enrolled at the University of Calgary, where she helped lead the

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team to a CIS championship in her first season. Gavrilova was the recipient of the 2015 Brodrick Trophy, awarded to the Most Outstanding Player in CIS women's ice hockey. During the 2014–15 season, Gavrilova led the CIS in goals scored and plus/minus rating.

CWHL

Gavrilova was selected in the third round of the

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by the Calgary Inferno. Making her debut with the Calgary Inferno on 29 October 2016, in a contest against the Boston Blades, Gavrilova would also achieve her first multi-point performance with the club in her debut. Starting with a second period assist on a goal by

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, she would score her first CWHL goal later in the period against Lauren Dahm. Gaining the assists on said goal were

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and Hayeligh Cudmore. In a two-game exhibition series against the Japan national women's ice hockey team, Gavrilova scored two goals in the second game, gaining Player of the Game honors.

Personal life

During her

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career, Gavrilova completed a

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in accounting while from the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) and a BA in economics from the University of Calgary (U of C). She works as an analyst at Crescent Point Energy in

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, Alberta.

Career statistics

NCAA

''Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; GW = Game winning goals; PPL = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals''

WWHL

Olympics

CIS

CWHL

Awards and honors

*2012 Canada West First Team All-Star *2015 Brodrick Trophy winner *2015 Canada West Conference Player of the Year *2014–15 CIS First Team All-Star

References

External links

* * 1987 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Calgary Inferno players Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Russian women's ice hockey forwards Olympic ice hockey players of Russia Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players Calgary Dinos ice hockey players Russian expatriate ice hockey people Russian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Universiade medalists in ice hockey Universiade gold medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players HC Tornado players {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub