HC Tornado
Hockey Club Tornado Moscow Region (Russian: Хоккейный клуб «Торнадо» Московская область, romanized: Khokkeynyy klub "Tornado" Moskovskaya oblast'), often shortened to HC Tornado, Tornado Moscow Region or Tornado Dmitrov,[i] is a professional ice hockey club in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). The team is based in Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia, and they play at the ice palace of the Dmitrov Sport Complex (Russian: Спортивный комплекс Дмитров, romanized: Sportivnyy kompleks Dmitrov), abbreviated as SC Dmitrov (Russian: СК Дмитров).[5] Tornado is a nine-time Russian Champion and won the European Women's Champions Cup four times.
| Hockey Club Tornado Хоккейный Клуб «Торнадо» | |
|---|---|
| City | Dmitrov, Russia |
| League | Zhenskaya Hockey League |
| Founded | 18 September 2003 |
| Home arena | SC Dmitrov |
| Colours | Yellow, black |
| General manager | Sergei Konovalov |
| Head coach | Alexei Chistyakov |
| Captain | Anna Shokhina |
| Website | tornadoclub.ru |
| Championships | |
| Russian Championship | 9 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
| EWCC | 4 (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) |
History edit
HC Tornado has been a top competitor in the women's ice hockey Russian Championship since the club's inaugural season in 2003–04. During its first fifteen seasons, Tornado was the dominant force in the Russian Women's Hockey League, winning seven national titles and never finishing below second place. They medaled at five IIHF European Women's Champions Cup (EWCC) tournaments, winning the cup in 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014, and claiming silver in 2006; Tornado is tied with AIK Hockey Dam for most EWCC titles held by a single team. During the same period, Tornado also won three Challenge Cups and four Czech Women's Cups.
In the 2018–19 season Tornado ranked fifth in the regular season, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in team history.[6] The poor performance was attributed to the absence of several key players, such as Lyudmila Belyakova and Angelina Goncharenko, who were on maternity leave, and the departure of Maria Batalova to Agidel Ufa.[2]
The team returned to the top half of the ZhHL in the 2019–20 season, bolstered by the return of both Belyakova and Goncharenko.[7] Tornado finished the regular season as the second ranked Russian team but the newcomers to the league, China-based Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays, upset the ZhHL's traditional order, blazing to the top of the ranks and pushing each of the Russian teams down a peg. As a result, Tornado finished the regular season as the third-ranked team overall and faced the first-ranked Vanke Rays in the playoff semifinals, where they were swept by the eventual champions.[8]
Season-by-season results edit
This is a partial list of recent seasons completed by HC Tornado.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played; W = Wins (3 points); OTW = Overtime wins (2 points); OTL = Overtime losses (1 point); L = Losses (0 points); GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
| Season | League | Regular season | Post season results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer | |||
| 2015–16 | ZhHL | 24 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 108 | 51 | 56 | A. Shokhina, 51 (20+31) | – | |
| 2016–17 | ZhHL | 36 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 181 | 67 | 93 | A. Shokhina, 81 (39+42) | – | |
| 2017–18 | ZhHL | 2nd | 24 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 115 | 52 | 52 | A. Shokhina, 58 (22+36) | Lost final, 0–3 (Agidel Ufa) |
| 2018–19 | ZhHL | 5th | 36 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 146 | 99 | 56 | A. Shokhina, 76 (36+40) | Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 | ZhHL | 3rd | 28 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 63 | 49 | A. Shokhina, 38 (17+21) | Lost semifinal, 0–2 (KRS Vanke Rays) |
| 2020–21 | ZhHL | 6th | 28 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 90 | 88 | 31 | A. Shokhina, 53 (26+27) | Did not qualify |
Source: [9]
Players and personnel edit
2021–22 roster edit
Coaching staff and team personnel
- Head coach: Alexei Chistyakov
- Assistant coach: Alexei Zherebtsov
- Goaltending coach: Sergei Kostyukhin
- Team manager: Pavel Pevchev
- Doctor: Yuri Smirnov
- Masseur: Vera Andreeva
Team captains edit
- Yekaterina Smolentseva, 2009–10
- Olga Permyakova, 2011–2015
- Anna Shokhina, 2015–present
Head coaches edit
- Alexei Chistyakov, 2009–present
General managers edit
- Olga Votolovskaya, 2007–2014
- Mikhail Cherkovsky, 2017–18
- Sergei Konovalov, 2018–present
Team honors edit
Russian Championship edit
- Russian Champion (9):
- Russian Women's Hockey League: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
- Zhenskaya Hockey League: 2016, 2017
- Runners-up (6):
- Russian Women's Hockey League: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014
- Zhenskaya Hockey League: 2018
- Third Place (1):
- Zhenskaya Hockey League: 2020
IIHF European Women's Champions Cup edit
Other edit
- Challenge Cup (3): 2004, 2005, 2006
- Czech Women's Cup (4): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Franchise records and leaders edit
Records valid through the conclusion of the 2020–21 ZhHL season.
Single-season records edit
For statistics measured by percentage or average, skaters playing in less than 80% of games and goaltenders playing in fewer than 10 games in a season not included.
- Most goals in a season: Yekaterina Smolentseva, 102 goals (48 games; 2012–13)
- Most assists in a season: Yekaterina Smolentseva, 84 assists (48 games; 2012–13)
- Most points in a season: Yekaterina Smolentseva, 186 points (48 games; 2012–13)
- Most points in a season, defenceman: Inna Dyubanok, 100 points (48 games; 2012–13)
- Most points per game (P/G) in a season: Yekaterina Smolentseva, 3.88 P/G (48 games; 2012–13)
- Most penalty minutes (PIM) in a season: Tatiana Burina, 106 PIM (45 games; 2012–13)
- Best save percentage (SVS%) in a season:[a] Yelizaveta Kondakova, .928 SVS% (12 games; 2016–17)
- Best goals against average (GAA) in a season: Valentina Ostrovlyanchik, 1.25 GAA (24 games; 2014–15)
- ^ Save percentage statistic not recorded by the Russian Women's Hockey League, statistics available only for the Zhenskaya Hockey league, 2015–present.
Source: [15]
Career records edit
- Most career goals: Anna Shokhina, 273 goals (262 games; 2012–2021)
- Most career assists: Anna Shokhina, 304 assists (262 games; 2012–2021)
- Most career points: Anna Shokhina, 577 points (262 games; 2012–2021)
- Most career points, defenceman: Nina Pirogova, 210 (222 games; 2013–2021)
- Most career points per game (P/G): Yekaterina Smolentseva, 3.20 P/G (80 games; 2009–2014)
- Most career penalty minutes: Tatiana Burina, 302 PIM (2009–2017)
- Most games played, skater: Anna Shokhina, 297 games (2012–present)
- Most games played, goaltender: Anna Prugova, 116 games (2009–2015)
All-time scoring leaders
The top ten point-scorers of HC Tornado.
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = 2021–22 HC Tornado player; Bold indicates team record
| Nat | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Shokhina | RW | 290 | 268 | 301 | 569 | 1.962 | |
| Tatyana Burina | F | 217 | 149 | 248 | 397 | 1.829 | |
| Yekaterina Smolentseva | C | 88 | 153 | 136 | 289 | 3.284 | |
| Yelena Dergachyova | C | 168 | 95 | 190 | 285 | 1.696 | |
| Alevtina Shtaryova | LW | 205 | 153 | 126 | 279 | 1.361 | |
| Jana Kapustová | LW | 128 | 115 | 154 | 269 | 2.102 | |
| Galina Skiba | RW | 236 | 126 | 118 | 244 | 1.034 | |
| Nina Pirogova | D | 215 | 65 | 143 | 208 | 0.967 | |
| Inna Dyubanok | D | 108 | 58 | 134 | 192 | 1.778 | |
| Olga Permyakova | D | 88 | 49 | 87 | 136 | 1.545 |
Notable alumni edit
National team participation edit
Tornado players have historically represented a significant contingent of the Russian national ice hockey team rosters at the IIHF World Women's Championship and Winter Olympic Games.
The 21-woman roster selected to represent Russia in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics included nine HC Tornado players. In December 2017, eight Russian team players were disqualified from the tournament and banned for life from Olympic participation for doping violations. Four of the implicated players were with HC Tornado at the time of the games, forwards Ekaterina Smolentseva, Galina Skiba, and Tatiana Burina, and defenceman Anna Shukina. Sanctions were later annulled for Smolentseva, Burina, and Shukina. The disqualification of Skiba and two other Russian players was upheld, as was the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee (IIHF). The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia did not sanction any of the eight players involved and their totals from the 2013–14 RWHL season remain on record.
Russia was banned from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics by the IOC as part of the Oswald Commission rulings regarding state-sponsored doping. However, Russian athletes were permitted to compete under the designation Olympic Athletes from Russia. In practical terms, this was largely performative as the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) women's ice hockey team roster was nearly identical to the Russian national team roster that competed at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship. The team was coached by long-time HC Tornado head coach Alexei Vladimirovich Chistyakov and included ten Tornado players. Tornado players Maria Batalova and Yelena Dergachyova served as the team's two alternate captains and HC Tornado captain Anna Shokhina was the team's top scorer in the tournament. OAR lost the bronze medal game against Finland and finished in fourth place.
Russian alumni edit
Season(s) active with HC Tornado listed alongside player name.
- Nadezhda Alexandrova, 2015–2019
- Maria Batalova, 2014–2018
- Lyudmila Belyakova, 2014–15, 2016–2018 & 2019–20
- Tatiana Burina, 2009–2017
- Yelena Dergachyova, 2014–2019
- Yekaterina Dil, 2003–04
- Inna Dyubanok, 2009–2013
- Iya Gavrilova, 2013–14
- Angelina Goncharenko, 2014–2018
- Olga Permyakova, 2009–2015
- Kristina Petrovskaia, 2009–2013
- Alevtina Polunina (née Shtaryova), 2013–2020
- Zoya Polunina, 2009–2014
- Anna Prugova, 2009–2015
- Marina Sergina, 2009–2014
- Anna Shukina, 2011–2015
- Yekaterina Smolentseva, 2009–2014
- Yekaterina Smolina, 2009–2015
- Alyona Starovoitova, 2016–2020
- Svetlana Tkacheva, 2011–2015 & 2017–18
- Svetlana Trefilova, 2003–04
International players edit
The number of expatriates who have played with HC Tornado is fairly small compared to its Russian alumni. However, most of the team's international players have been members of their countries’ national teams, including players from the IIHF Top Division national teams of Canada, Slovakia, Sweden, and the United States.
Note: Flag indicates nation of primary IIHF eligibility.
- Correne Bredin, 2008–2010
- Cherie Hendrickson, 2013–14
- Elin Holmlöv, 2011–2013
- Melissa Jaques, 2011–12
- Jana Kapustová, 2008–2013
- Iveta Koka, 2009–10
- Kim Martin Hasson, 2011–12
- Petra Pravlíková, 2009–10
- Danijela Rundqvist, 2011–12
- Brittany Simpson, 2013–14
- Mariya Skvortsova, 2009–10
- Kelley Steadman, 2013–14
- Zuzana Tomčíková, 2012–2014
References edit
This article includes content translated from the existing Russian Wikipedia article at ru:Торнадо (хоккейный клуб); see its history for attribution.
Notes:
- ^ In English, the team is also referred to as "Moscow Region Tornado,"[1] "Tornado Moscow Oblast,"[2] or "HK Tornado" (transliteration of ХК «Торнадо»).[3] The name “Women's Hockey Club Tornado” or “WHC Tornado” (Russian: Женская хоккейная команда «Торнадо» (ЖХК «Торнадо»)) is often used by Russian-language sources, most notably by the club on its social media accounts, but is rarely encountered in other languages.[4]
- ^ Crouse, Karen; Roth, Andrew (4 February 2014). "Warming to Women on the Ice". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ a b Conway, Patrick (3 October 2019). "Tornado Moscow Oblast Look for Redemption in 2019-20". Conway’s Russian Hockey. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "HK Tornado Dmitrov". sofascore.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "ЖХК "Торнадо"". vk.com/whctornado. VKontakte. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Ледовый дворец в Дмитрове". МАУ СК ДМИТРОВ (in Russian). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Murphy, Mike (14 May 2019). "This year Tornado HK fell from ZhHL superpower to a team that missed the playoffs". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Murphy, Mike (15 November 2019). "ZhHL: Lyudmila Belyakova returns from maternity leave". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Whelan, Kirsten (2 March 2020). "In Russia's Women's Hockey League, KRS Remains a Standard-Bearer". The Victory Press. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Team Information and Facts: Tornado Dmitrov". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "ЖХЛ Клубы — Торнадо, состав 2021/2022" [ZhHL Clubs – Tornado, roster 2021/2022] (in Russian). KHL. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Tornado Dmitrov, Russia (W) – 2020-2021 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "ЖХЛ. Плей-офф. Игра № 12 – 15 апр. 2022: Торнадо-КРС Ванке Рэйз > Составы" (in Russian). KHL. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Клуб". HC Tornado (in Russian). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ a b "HC Tornado details". EuroHockey.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "All Time Regular Season Player Stats per Season for Tornado Dmitrov – Russia (W)". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ a b "All Time Regular Season Player Stats Totals - Tornado Dmitrov (Russia (W))". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Игроки команды". HC Tornado (in Russian). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
External links edit
- Team information and statistics from Elite Prospects and EuroHockey.com and HockeyArchives.info (in French)
- HC Tornado on Instagram