The Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL; Russian: Женская хоккейная лига, romanized: Zhenskaya khokkeynaya liga, lit. 'Women's Hockey League'), officially called the Women's Hockey League (WHL),[1][2][3][4] is a professional ice hockey league in Eurasia, currently comprising nine teams: eight from Russia and one from China.[5] The league is also known as the PariMatch Women's Hockey League for sponsorship reasons.[6]
Zhenskaya Hockey League Женская хоккейная лига
Current season, competition or edition: 2022–23 ZhHL season
The league was founded via a joint partnership of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (FHR) on 19 June 2015. It replaced the Russian Women's Hockey League (RWHL), which had been founded in 1995 and was operated by the FHR alone.
The creation of the Zhenskaya Hockey League was announced on 12 September 2014 at a meeting of Alexander Medvedev, president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (FHR), and Vladislav Tretiak, president of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The parties expressed their readiness to jointly establish the ZhHL and to achieve the dream of taking women's hockey in Russia to a new level of development. However, the FHR established the Zhenskaya Hockey League independently. There was a meeting with representatives of different Russian women's hockey teams on 2 July 2014. On the same day, the Honored Master of Sports, Alexei Yashin, was elected as president of the league while Yevgeny Chizhmin was appointed as the league's executive director.[citation needed]
However, the process of creating the league stalled because of a disagreement of the KHL with the fact that the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia established the league without reaching an agreement with the KHL, and on 22 December 2014, Alexei Yashin said in an interview with Championat.com: "While all this is a little suspended, what will happen next is hard for me to say. The management has made such a decision about changes in the KHL, which is what it is. I have a very good relationship with Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev. I think he did a lot for our hockey. I have not talked with Dmitry Chernyshenko yet. As for the women's league, when we talked, there was a certain situation that the KHL, FHR and Ruslan Gutnov would participate in the creation and development of this project. Now, while this process has slowed down, it's difficult for me to talk about terms."[citation needed]
The KHL, with the FHR, returned to the subject of the ZhHL in 2015. On 23 April 2015, the FHR Executive Committee voted to transfer the rights to host the women's ice hockey Russian Championship to the KHL. On 19 June 2015, the KHL established the Zhenskaya Hockey League, holding a presentation of a new league in the Ministry of Sport of Russia. On 8 September 2015, after the first matches of the championship of the ZhHL, the Board of Directors of the KHL approved the Rules of the League Championship.[citation needed]
Prior to the 2016–17 season, an eighth team, Dinamo Kursk, was supposed to added to compete in the league. However, on 5 September 2016, despite the league taking all possible measures to ensure they would take part, Dinamo Kursk ultimately withdrew from the competition due to unresolved organizational and logistical issues.[7] On 25 July 2019, the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays announced it was joining the ZhHL for the 2019–20 season.[8]
^Kaplan, Emily (29 January 2020). "What the NHL can learn from the KHL's support of women's hockey". ESPN. Retrieved 25 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"ЖХЛ – Women's Hockey League (@whl_ru)". Twitter. Retrieved 25 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Potts, Andy (9 September 2021). "All around the world – the WHL makes an international impact". KHL. Retrieved 25 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Women's Hockey League details". Eurohockey.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Seren Rosso, Alessandro (8 July 2014). "Russia to Launch New Women's Hockey League". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^"Parimatch стал титульным партнёром чемпионата ЖХЛ". Zhenskaya Hockey League (in Russian). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Курское "Динамо" не примет участие в чемпионате ЖХЛ". Zhenskaya Hockey League (in Russian). KHL. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^Jay, Michelle (25 July 2019). "KRS Vanke Rays officially joining the Russian Women's Hockey League". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
^"«Бирюса» переезжает на «Платинум-Арену»". KHL (in Russian). 4 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^""Белые Медведицы" и "Ледяные Крылья" стали участниками ЖХЛ". Zhenskaya Hockey League (in Russian). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Состав участников чемпионата ЖХЛ 2022/2023. В сезоне сыграют девять клубов". KHL (in Russian). 18 August 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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The Zhenskaya Hockey League ZhHL Russian Zhenskaya hokkejnaya liga romanized Zhenskaya khokkeynaya liga lit Women s Hockey League officially called the Women s Hockey League WHL 1 2 3 4 is a professional ice hockey league in Eurasia currently comprising nine teams eight from Russia and one from China 5 The league is also known as the PariMatch Women s Hockey League for sponsorship reasons 6 Zhenskaya Hockey LeagueZhenskaya hokkejnaya ligaCurrent season competition or edition 2022 23 ZhHL seasonFormerlyRussian Women s Hockey League 1995 2015SportIce hockeyFounded19 June 2015 2015 06 19 FounderKontinental Hockey League Ice Hockey Federation of RussiaDirectorAlexei MorozovMottoKrasivaya Liga The Beautiful League No of teams9CountriesRussia 8 teams China 1 team Most recentchampion s KRS Shenzhen 2021 22 Most titlesAgidel Ufa 3 titles Domestic cup s Dmitry Solunsky CupOfficial websitewhl wbr khl wbr ruThe league was founded via a joint partnership of the Kontinental Hockey League KHL and the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia FHR on 19 June 2015 It replaced the Russian Women s Hockey League RWHL which had been founded in 1995 and was operated by the FHR alone Contents 1 History 2 Teams 2 1 2022 23 season 3 Russian Champions 3 1 Russian Champions by season 3 2 All time Russian Championship titles 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe creation of the Zhenskaya Hockey League was announced on 12 September 2014 at a meeting of Alexander Medvedev president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia FHR and Vladislav Tretiak president of the Kontinental Hockey League KHL The parties expressed their readiness to jointly establish the ZhHL and to achieve the dream of taking women s hockey in Russia to a new level of development However the FHR established the Zhenskaya Hockey League independently There was a meeting with representatives of different Russian women s hockey teams on 2 July 2014 On the same day the Honored Master of Sports Alexei Yashin was elected as president of the league while Yevgeny Chizhmin was appointed as the league s executive director citation needed However the process of creating the league stalled because of a disagreement of the KHL with the fact that the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia established the league without reaching an agreement with the KHL and on 22 December 2014 Alexei Yashin said in an interview with Championat com While all this is a little suspended what will happen next is hard for me to say The management has made such a decision about changes in the KHL which is what it is I have a very good relationship with Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev I think he did a lot for our hockey I have not talked with Dmitry Chernyshenko yet As for the women s league when we talked there was a certain situation that the KHL FHR and Ruslan Gutnov would participate in the creation and development of this project Now while this process has slowed down it s difficult for me to talk about terms citation needed The KHL with the FHR returned to the subject of the ZhHL in 2015 On 23 April 2015 the FHR Executive Committee voted to transfer the rights to host the women s ice hockey Russian Championship to the KHL On 19 June 2015 the KHL established the Zhenskaya Hockey League holding a presentation of a new league in the Ministry of Sport of Russia On 8 September 2015 after the first matches of the championship of the ZhHL the Board of Directors of the KHL approved the Rules of the League Championship citation needed Prior to the 2016 17 season an eighth team Dinamo Kursk was supposed to added to compete in the league However on 5 September 2016 despite the league taking all possible measures to ensure they would take part Dinamo Kursk ultimately withdrew from the competition due to unresolved organizational and logistical issues 7 On 25 July 2019 the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays announced it was joining the ZhHL for the 2019 20 season 8 Teams Edit2022 23 season Edit Team name Location Home venue Head coach CaptainAgidel Ufa Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev Valeri Davletshin Maria PechnikovaBelye Medveditsy Chelyabinsk Yunost Sport Palace Igor Znarok Yekaterina LebedevaBiryusa Krasnoyarsk Platinum Arena ru 9 Alexander VedernikovDinamo Neva Saint Petersburg Jubilee Sports Complex ru Alexander ZybinKRS Shenzhen Shenzhen Dayun Arena Scott Spencer Baiwei Yu Mytishchi Mytishchi Arena MSMO 7 62 Voskresensk Podmoskovie Ice Palace Alexander SyrtsovSKSO Yekaterinburg Ice Arena A Kozitsyna Sergei ChistyakovTornado Dmitrov Dmitrov Sports Complex ru Alexei ChistyakovTorpedo Nizhny Novgorod KRK Nagorny Igor Averkin Temporary relocation since 2021 22 seasonSource 10 11 Russian Champions Edit1996 Luzhniki Moscow HC SKIF 1997 CSK VVS Moscow HC SKIF 1998 CSK VVS Moscow HC SKIF 1999 Viking Moscow HC SKIF 2000 Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg 2001 SKIF Moscow HC SKIF 2002 SKIF Moscow HC SKIF 2003 SKIF Moscow HC SKIF 2004 SKIF Moscow HC SKIF 2005 SKIF Moscow HC SKIF 2006 HC Tornado 2007 HC Tornado 2008 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HC SKIF 2009 HC Tornado 2010 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HC SKIF 2011 HC Tornado 2012 HC Tornado 2013 HC Tornado 2014 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HC SKIF 2015 HC Tornado 2016 HC Tornado 2017 HC Tornado 2018 Agidel Ufa 2019 Agidel Ufa 2020 KRS Vanke Rays 2021 Agidel Ufa 2022 KRS Vanke Rays Russian Champions by season Edit Year Champion Runners up Third PlaceRussian Women s Hockey League1995 96 Luzhniki Moscow Uralochka Auto Yekaterinburg Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk1996 97 CSK VVS Moscow Spartak Yekaterinburg Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk1997 98 CSK VVS Moscow Spartak Yekaterinburg Spartak Moscow1998 99 Viking Moscow Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk1999 2000 Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg Viking Moscow Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk2000 01 SKIF Moscow Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk2001 02 SKIF Moscow Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk2002 03 SKIF Moscow Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk2003 04 SKIF Moscow HC Tornado Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg2004 05 SKIF Moscow HC Tornado Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg2005 06 HC Tornado SKIF Moscow Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg2006 07 HC Tornado SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg2007 08 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HC Tornado Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg2008 09 HC Tornado SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Lokomotiv Energia Krasnoyarsk2009 10 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HC Tornado Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg2010 11 HC Tornado SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Fakel Chelyabinsk2011 12 HC Tornado SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Agidel Ufa2012 13 HC Tornado SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Agidel Ufa2013 14 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HC Tornado Agidel Ufa2014 15 HC Tornado SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Agidel UfaZhenskaya Hockey League2015 16 HC Tornado Agidel Ufa Biryusa Krasnoyarsk2016 17 HC Tornado Agidel Ufa Dinamo Saint Petersburg2017 18 Agidel Ufa HC Tornado SKIF Nizhny Novgorod2018 19 Agidel Ufa Dinamo Saint Petersburg SKIF Nizhny Novgorod2019 20 KRS Vanke Rays Agidel Ufa HC Tornado Biryusa Krasnoyarsk2020 21 Agidel Ufa KRS Vanke Rays SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Biryusa Krasnoyarsk2021 22 KRS Vanke Rays SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HC Tornado Dinamo Neva St PetersburgAll time Russian Championship titles Edit Team Titles Years WonHC SKIF 12 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2008 2010 2014HC Tornado 9 2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017Agidel Ufa 3 2018 2019 2021KRS Shenzhen 2 2020 2022Spartak Mercury Yekaterinburg 1 2000References Edit Kaplan Emily 29 January 2020 What the NHL can learn from the KHL s support of women s hockey ESPN Retrieved 25 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link ZhHL Women s Hockey League whl ru Twitter Retrieved 25 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Potts Andy 9 September 2021 All around the world the WHL makes an international impact KHL Retrieved 25 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Women s Hockey League details Eurohockey com Retrieved 25 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Seren Rosso Alessandro 8 July 2014 Russia to Launch New Women s Hockey League The Hockey Writers Retrieved 24 May 2017 Parimatch stal titulnym partnyorom chempionata ZhHL Zhenskaya Hockey League in Russian 22 September 2021 Retrieved 25 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Kurskoe Dinamo ne primet uchastie v chempionate ZhHL Zhenskaya Hockey League in Russian KHL 5 September 2016 Retrieved 31 October 2017 Jay Michelle 25 July 2019 KRS Vanke Rays officially joining the Russian Women s Hockey League The Ice Garden Retrieved 10 November 2020 Biryusa pereezzhaet na Platinum Arenu KHL in Russian 4 October 2022 Retrieved 30 October 2022 Belye Medvedicy i Ledyanye Krylya stali uchastnikami ZhHL Zhenskaya Hockey League in Russian 27 July 2021 Retrieved 14 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Sostav uchastnikov chempionata ZhHL 2022 2023 V sezone sygrayut devyat klubov KHL in Russian 18 August 2022 Retrieved 30 October 2022 External links EditOfficial website in Russian Women s Hockey League on Facebook in Russian Women s Hockey League on Twitter in Russian Zhenskaya Hockey League at EliteProspects com Women s Hockey League at Eurohockey com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zhenskaya Hockey League amp oldid 1125581842, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
