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,[lower-roman 1] is a women's ice hockey club in the Women's Hockey League (ZhHL). The team is based in Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia, and they play at the ice rink of the Sportkompleks Dmitrov (Russian: Спортивный комплекс Дмитров, romanized: Sportivnyy kompleks Dmitrov). Tornado has claimed the Russian Championship title nine times and won the European Women's Champions Cup four times.

This article is about the Russian professional women's ice hockey team. For the smartphone model, see HTC Tornado.
Hockey Club Tornado
Хоккейный Клуб «Торнадо»
CityDmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
LeagueWomen's Hockey League
FoundedSeptember 18, 2003 (2003-09-18)
Home arenaSportkompleks Dmitrov
ColoursYellow, black
         
General manager Sergei Konovalov
Head coach Alexei Chistyakov
Captain Anna Shokhina
Championships2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
Websitetornadoclub.ru

History

HC Tornado has been a top competitor in the women's ice hockey Russian Championship since the club’s inagural season in 2003–04. During its first through fifteenth season, Tornado was the dominant force in the Russian Women's Hockey League, winning seven Russian Championship titles in and never finishing below second place. They medaled at five IIHF European Women's Champions Cup tournaments, winning the cup in 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014, and claiming silver in 2006. During the period, Tornado also won three Challenge Cups and four Czech Women's Cups.

In the 2018–19 regular season Tornado ranked fifth, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in team history.[5] The poor performance was attributed to the absence of several key players, Lyudmila Belyakova and Angelina Goncharenko 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.[6] 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 semi-finals, where they were swept by the eventual champions.[7]

National team participation

The club‘s 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 IOC. The ZhHL did not sanction any of the eight players involved and their totals from the 2013–14 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.

Foreign players

The number of expatriates who have played with HC Tornado is fairly small compared to its Russian alumni. However, most of the team’s foreign player have been members of their countries’ national teams, including players from the top-tier Canadian, Slovak, Swedish, and United States' national teams.

Players and personnel

2019–20 roster

Updated 12 August 2020

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
98 Sanur Abdullayeva G L 22 2019 Tver, Tver Oblast
69 Anna Alpatova G L 18 2017 Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast
20 Yelizaveta Kondakova G L 23 2015 Moscow, Moscow Oblast
21 Anastasia Golovkina D L 19 2018
18 Irina Kulagina D L 20 2017 Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast
90 Ksenia Lebedeva D R 17 2018
14 Mariya Lobur D L 19 2015 Moscow, Moscow Oblast
24 Anastasia Petina D L 18 2019 Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai
13 Nina Pirogova (A) D L 21 2013 Stupino, Moscow Oblast
72 Anna Savonina D L 18 2018 Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast
99 Darya Zubok D L 20 2015 Megion, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
15 Maria Alexandrova F L 19 2016
9 Lyudmila Belyakova F L 26 2019 Moscow, Moscow Oblast
47 Yekaterina Davletshina F R 16 2019 Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast
10 Valeria Dryndina F R 18 2019 Yegoryevsk, Moscow Oblast
79 Anna Lopukhova F L 18 2018
8 Maria Pushkar F L 19 2018 Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan
77 Olga Shirokova F L 20 2019 Dedovsk, Moscow Oblast
25 Yelizaveta Shkalyova F L 17 2017 Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Oblast
97 Anna Shokhina (C) F L 23 2012 Novosinkovo, Moscow Oblast
68 Alevtina Shtaryova F L 23 2013 Moscow, Moscow Oblast
71 Oxana Shupenko F L 21 2018
55 Galina Skiba (A) F L 36 2009 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
22 Alonya Starovoitova F L 20 2016 Korolyov, Moscow Oblast
23 Polina Tarasova F L 17 2019 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast

2019–20 coaching and support staff
  • Head Coach: Alexei Vladimirovich Chistyakov
  • Assistant Coach: Alexei Ivanovich Zherebtsov
  • Goaltending Coach: Sergei Borisovich Kostyukhin
  • Team Manager: Pavel Vyacheslavovich Pevchev
  • Doctor: Yuri Alekseevich Smirnov
  • Masseur: Vera Nikolaevna Andreeva

Team captains

Team honors

Women's Hockey League
  • Russian Champion (9): 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Runners-up (6): 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018
  • Third Place (1): 2020

IIHF European Women's Champions Cup

Other
  • Challenge Cup (3): 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Czech Women's Cup (4): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

    Sources: [8][9]

    Season-by-season results

    This is a partial list of the last five 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 Top scorer (regular season)
    Finish GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
    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 Lost final, 0–3 (Agidel Ufa) A. Shokhina, 58 (22+36)
    2018–19 ZhHL 5th 36 15 5 1 15 146 99 56 Did not qualify A. Shokhina, 76 (36+40)
    2019–20 ZhHL 3rd 28 14 1 5 8 63 63 49 Lost semifinal, 0–2 (KRS Vanke Rays) A. Shokhina, 38 (17+21)

    Source: [10]

    Franchise records and leaders

    Single-season records

    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.

    1. Save percentage statistic not recorded by league prior to the 2015–16 season

    Career records
    • Most career goals: Anna Shokhina, 242 goals (262 games; 2012–present)
    • Most career assists: Anna Shokhina, 274 assists (262 games; 2012–present)
    • Most career points: Anna Shokhina, 516 points (262 games; 2012–present)
    • Most career points, defenceman: Inna Dyubanok, 192 (108 games; 2009–2013)
    • 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, 262 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;      = current HC Tornado player; Bold indicates team record

    Points
    NatPlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
    Anna ShokhinaRW2622422745161.969
    Tatyana BurinaF2171492483971.829
    Alevtina ShtaryovaLW2051531262791.361
    Jana KapustováLW1281151542692.102
    Yelena DergachyovaC145891692581.779
    Yekaterina SmolentsevaC801331232563.200
    Galina SkibaRW2161251162411.116
    Inna DyubanokD108581341921.778
    Nina PirogovaD187511231740.930
    Lyudmila BelyakovaF9079481271.411

    Sources: [9][11]

    Notable alumni

    Flag indicates nation of primary IIHF eligibility. Season(s) active with HC Tornado listed alongside player name.

    Sources: [11][12]

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    References

    This article includes content from the existing Russian Wikipedia article at :ru:Торнадо (хоккейный клуб); see its history for attribution.

    Notes:

    1. 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]
    1. Crouse, Karen; Roth, Andrew (4 February 2014). "Warming to Women on the Ice". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
    2. Conway, Patrick (3 October 2019). "Tornado Moscow Oblast Look for Redemption in 2019-20". Conway’s Russian Hockey. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
    3. "HK Tornado Dmitrov". sofascore.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
    4. "ЖХК «Торнадо»". vk.com/whctornado. VKontakte. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
    5. 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.
    6. Murphy, Mike (15 November 2019). "ZhHL: Lyudmila Belyakova returns from maternity leave". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    7. Whelan, Kirsten (2 March 2020). "In Russia's Women's Hockey League, KRS Remains a Standard-Bearer". The Victory Press. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    8. "Клуб". tornadoclub.ru (in Russian). HC Tornado. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    9. "HC Tornado details". eurohockey.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
    10. "Team Information and Facts: Tornado Dmitrov". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
    11. "All Time Overall Player Stats Totals for Tornado Dmitrov". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
    12. "Игроки команды". tornadoclub.ru (in Russian). HC Tornado. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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