SKIF Nizhny Novgorod

SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
СКИФ Нижний Новгород
CityNizhny Novgorod, Russia
LeagueZhenskaya Hockey League
Founded1995 (1995)
Operated1995–2022
Home arenaKRK Nagorny
ColoursBlue, orange
   
Head coachIgor Averkin (2021–22)
CaptainAngelina Goncharenko (2021–22)
Websitehcskif.ru
Franchise history
HK SKIF
1995–1996Luzhniki Moscow
1996–1998CSK VVS Moscow
1998–2000Viking Moscow
2000–2006SKIF Moscow
2006–2022SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
ZhHK Torpedo
2022–Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Championships
Russian Championships12 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014)
EWCC2 (2009, 2015)

HK SKIF Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ХК СКИФ Нижний Новгород) were a Russian professional ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) until 2022, at which time their league rights were transferred to Hockey Club Torpedo and the team became ZhHK Torpedo. HC SKIF played in Nizhny Novgorod at the KRK Nagorny.[1] SKIF 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.[2]

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.

  1. ^ "СКИФ Нижегородская - История команды" [SKIF Nizhny Novgorod - Team History] (in Russian). SKIF Sports Club. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ "SKIF Nizhny Novgorod victorious". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2019.