Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (women)
# Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (women)

Women's Hockey Team Torpedo (Russian: Женская Хоккейная Команда Торпедо, romanized: Zhenskaya Khokkeynaya Komanda Torpedo) are a professional ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). The abbreviated form of the team name is ZhHK Torpedo (ЖХК Торпедо) or WHT Torpedo and they are alternatively known as Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Торпедо Нижний Новгород). They play in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia at the Culture and Entertainment Complex Nagorny (KRK Nagorny).

The team was established on 14 July 2022, when the team rights of SKIF Nizhny Novgorod were transferred to Hockey Club Torpedo. HC Torpedo also operates Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL and Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL.

## History

Following the 2021–22 ZhHL season, SKIF Nizhny Novgorod made the decision to leave the ZhHL in favor of handing over the team, including all obligations to the players and league, to HC Torpedo. Hockey Club SKIF retained all results from previous seasons, including twelve championship victories and four European Women's Champions Cup medals.

## Season-by-season results

This list includes all seasons completed by Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.

| Season | League | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Post season results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | League | Finish | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer | Post season results |
| 2022–23 | ZhHL | 4th | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 84 | 58 | 59 | L. Falyakhova 46 (20+26) | Lost semifinal, 1–2 (Agidel Ufa) |

## Team

### 2022–23 roster

    As of 9 June 2023

Italicized year indicates player was acquired by HC SKIF and has continued with the team following its transition to HC Torpedo. The last player acquired by HC SKIF was Angelina Lylova in April 2022.

| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 91 | Yekaterina Ananyina | D | L | 32 | 2019 | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| 11 | Yevgenia Balobanova | F | L | 17 | 2022 | Izhevsk, Udmurtia |
| 13 | Kristina Bannikova | F | L | 18 | 2022 | Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 26 | Varvara Boriskova | F | L | 21 | 2022 | Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast |
| 14 | Darya Dutseva | F | R | 16 | 2022 | Lukoyanov, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 79 | Landysh Falyakhova (A) | F | L | 24 | 2014 | Dva Polya Artash, Tatarstan |
| 2 | Angelina Goncharenko (C) | D | L | 29 | 2019 | Moscow |
| 53 | Yelena Khodova | G | L | 16 | 2023 | Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 5 | Tatyana Korablina | F | R | 21 | 2020 | Lukoyanov, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 43 | Yekaterina Likhachyova | F | L | 24 | 2014 | Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov Oblast |
| 68 | Alyona Loginova | F | F | 20 | 2021 | Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 96 | Angelina Lylova | F | L | 17 | 2022 | Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 92 | Yelena Malinovskaya (A) | F | L | 31 | 2020 | Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast |
| 8 | Anastasia Melyokhina | F | L | 15 | 2022 | Megion, Khantia-Mansia |
| 30 | Valeria Merkusheva | G | L | 23 | 2020 | Moscow |
| 17 | Anastasia Mikhailova | D | L | 23 | 2022 | Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| 25 | Olga Prokopenko | F | L | 19 | 2020 | Staritsa, Tver Oblast |
| 55 | Alyona Shmykova | D | L | 21 | 2017 | Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 27 | Alina Smurova | D | L | 18 | 2020 | Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 22 | Alyona Starovoitova | F | L | 23 | 2020 | Korolyov, Moscow Oblast |
| 1 | Valeria Tarakanova | G | L | 25 | 2014 | Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 93 | Darya Telnova | F | L | 16 | 2022 | Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 75 | Oksana Tyshchenko | D | R | 18 | 2022 | Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |

Coaching staff and team personnel

* Head coach: Igor Averkin
* Associate coach: Oleg Namestnikov
* Assistant coach: Anton Kolesnikov
* Goaltending coach: Mikhail Vorobyov
* Conditioning coach: Alexei Urazov
* Team doctor: Alexei Lazarev
* Masseur: Denis Denisov

Front office

* General director of HC Tornado: Alexander Kharlamov
* Executive director: Alexandra Strogonov
* General manager: Maxim Gafurov
* Sports director: Yevgeni Bobariko
* Manager of hockey administration: Andrei Golyshev
* Press attaché: Nikolai Panchenko
