Polina Evgenyevna Luchnikova (russian: Полина Евгеньевна Лучникова, translit=Polina Yevgen'yevna Luchnikova; born 30 January 2002) is a Russian ice hockey

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and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with Agidel Ufa. Luchnikova represented the

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(ROC) in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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in Beijing.

Playing career

Luchnikova made her ZhHL debut with

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in the 2017–18 season. After her rookie season concluded, she signed with Agidel Ufa for the 2018–19 season and has since remained with the club. She won the Russian Championship with Agidel Ufa in 2019 and

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International play

Luchnikova competed as a member of the Russian national under-18 team at the

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. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 tournament, where she led the Russian team in assists, with 6 assists in six games, and was the team’s second leading scorer, trailing point leader Kristi Shashkina by just one point. The 2022 Winter Olympics were her first major tournament with the senior national team. She played in five games and earned an assist on the second goal (scored by

Fanuza Kadirova Fanuza Fahimovna Kadirova (russian: Фануза Фахимовна Кадирова; born 6 April 1998) is a Russian ice hockey player and member of the Russian national team, currently playing with Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg of the Zhensk ...

) in a 4–2 loss for the ROC in the quarterfinal match against .

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