SKIF Nizhny Novgorod

HC SKIF Nizhny Novgorod (ХК СКИФ Нижний Новгород) are a Russian ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). They play in Nizhny Novgorod at the CEC Nagorny, which is also home to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL. SKIF have won the Russian Championship in women's ice hockey twelve times, three more wins than any other team, and won the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup in 2009 and 2015.

The team was founded in Moscow in 1995 as Luzhniki Moscow. They were subsequently known as CSK VVS Moscow (1996–1998), Viking Moscow (1998–2000), and SKIF Moscow (2000–2006). In 2006 the team moved from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod and were renamed SKIF Nizhny Novgorod.

Russian Championship

 * 🥇 Russian Champion (12): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014
 * 🥈 Runners-up (6): 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2022

IIHF European Women Champions Cup

 * European Champion (2): 2009, 2015
 * Runners-up (1): 2004
 * Third Place (1): 2005

2021–22 roster
Coaching staff and team personnel
 * Head coach: Igor Averkin
 * Assistant coach: Oleg Namestnikov
 * Goaltending coach: Mikhail Vorobyov
 * Conditioning coach: Alexei Urazov
 * Team manager: Dmitri Beschastnov
 * Team doctor: Leonid Pavlovich
 * Masseur: Ksenia Baybakova

Front office
 * General manager: Vladimir Golubovich
 * Sports director: Yelena Guslistaya
 * Manager of Hockey Operations: Anton Kolesnikov
 * President: Sergei Kolotnev

Team captaincy history

 * Alyona Khomich, 2009–2011
 * Alexandra Kapustina, 2011–2015
 * Maria Pechnikova, 2015–2017
 * Anastasia Smirnova, 2017–18
 * Alexandra Kapustina, 2018–19
 * Anna Shchukina, 2019–20
 * Angelina Goncharenko, 2020–present

Head coaches

 * Georgi Yevtyukhin, 2008–09 (replaced mid-season)
 * Yevgeni Bobariko, 2008–09 (promoted mid-season from assistant coach)
 * Oleg Namestnikov, 2014 (promoted mid-season from assistant coach)–2016
 * Vladimir Golubovich, 2017–2019
 * Sergei Filin, 2019–20
 * Vladimir Golubovich, 2020–21
 * Igor Averkin, 2021–

Notable alumni
Years active with SKIF listed alongside player name.
 * Yelena Byalkovskaya, 1996–2004
 * Maria Belova, 2010–2020
 * Alexandra Kapustina, 2008–2015
 * Lidiya Malyavko, 2019–2021
 * Larisa Mishina, 1995–2004
 * Olga Semenets, 2008–2019
 * Yelena Silina, 2003–2020
 * Violetta Simanova, 1995–2004
 * Anastasia Smirnova, 2007–2020
 * Olga Sosina, 2008–2015
 * Larisa Teplygina, 1996–2015
 * Svetlana Trefilova, 1995–2000
 * Oxana Tretyakova, 2003–2012
 * Tatyana Tsaryova, 1995–2000
 * Viktoria Volobuyeva, 1996–2005
 * Lyudmila Yurlova, 1995–2008

International players

 * 🇺🇦 Tatyana Chizhova, 2016–2020
 * 🇫🇮 Jenni Hiirikoski, 2008–09 & 2011–12
 * 🇭🇺 Alexandra Huszák, 2015–16
 * 🇫🇮 Mira Jalosuo, 2013–2015
 * 🇭🇺 Franciska Kiss-Simon, 2015–2018
 * 🇫🇮 Kati Kovalainen, 2007–2009
 * 🇫🇮 Karoliina Rantamäki, 2007–2019
 * 🇫🇮 Meeri Räisänen, 2014–15
 * 🇫🇮 Noora Räty, 2013–14
 * 🇫🇮 Nora Tallus, 2007–08
 * 🇫🇮 Emma Terho, 2007–08
 * 🇫🇮 Anna Vanhatalo, 2010–11
 * 🇫🇮 Marjo Voutilainen, 2008–09

2009 European Women's Champions
The SKIF Nizhny Novgorod roster that won the 2009 European Women's Champions Cup.


 * Goaltenders: Nadezhda Alexandrova, Alyona Kropachyova
 * Defencemen: Jenni Hiirikoski, Alexandra Kapustina, Alyona Khomich, Kati Kovalainen, Viktoria Samarina, Anna Shchukina, Larisa Teplygina
 * Forwards: Yulia Deulina, Yelena Guslistaya, Karoliina Rantamäki, Olga Semenets, Yelena Silina, Olga Sosina, Tatiana Sotnikova, Svetlana Terentieva, Svetlana Tkacheva, Oksana Vitalyevna Tretyakova, Marjo Voutilainen
 * Head coach: Yevgeni Bobariko
 * Assistant coach: Georgy Evtyukhin

2015 European Women's Champions
The SKIF Nizhny Novgorod roster that won the 2015 European Women's Champions Cup.


 * Goaltenders: Irina Gashennikova, Meeri Räisänen
 * Defencemen: Maria Bodrikova, Mira Jalosuo, Alexandra Kapustina (C), Maria Pechnikova, Anastasia Smirnova, Larisa Teplygina
 * Forwards: Maria Belova, Landysh Falyakhova, Yekaterina Likhachyova, Maria Nadezhdina, Alsu Rakhimova, Karoliina Rantamäki, Olga Semenets (A), Nadezhda Shiryayeva, Yelena Silina (A), Olga Sosina, Anna Timofeyeva
 * Head coach: Oleg Namestnikov
 * Assistant coach: Alexei Kurilov