# 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

The following 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) |
| 2023–24 | ZhHL | 2nd | 42 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 164 | 74 | 97 | L. Falyakhova 74 (33+41) | Lost semifinal, 1–3 (Biryusa) |

## Team
### 2024–25 roster

    As of 22 November 2024
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 | 33 | 2019 | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| 97 | Yevgenia Balobanova | F | L | 19 | 2022 | Izhevsk, Udmurtia |
| 89 | Varvara Boriskova | F | L | 22 | 2022 | Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast |
| 26 | Yekaterina Chegosheva | F | L | 25 | 2024 | Pereyaslavka, Khabarovsk Krai |
| 11 | Darya Dutseva | F | R | 17 | 2022 | Lukoyanov, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 2 | Angelina Goncharenko (C) | D | L | 30 | 2019 | Moscow |
| 26 | Alyona Grachyova | D | L | 22 | 2017 | Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod |
| 30 | Yeva Gubareva | G | L | 22 | 2024 | Samara, Samara Oblast |
| 9 | Anastasiya Gustomesova | D | L | 16 | 2024 | Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| 55 | Milana Kochemayeva | F | L | 15 | 2023 | Volzhsk, Mari El |
| 5 | Tatyana Korablina | F | R | 22 | 2020 | Lukoyanov, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 7 | Yulia Kucherenko | F | L | 16 | 2023 | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| 18 | Irina Kulagina | D | L | 24 | 2023 | Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast |
| 43 | Yekaterina Likhachyova | F | L | 26 | 2014 | Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov Oblast |
| 71 | Alina Malinovskaya | D | L | 20 | 2020 | Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 92 | Nadezhda Morazova | G | L | 28 | 2024 | Moscow |
| 10 | Alexandra Nesterova | F | L | 19 | 2024 | Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast |
| 13 | Nina Pirogova | D | L | 25 | 2023 | Stupino, Moscow Oblast |
| 53 | Alexandra Polonnik | G | L | 17 | 2023 | Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast |
| 25 | Olga Prokopenko | F | L | 21 | 2020 | Staritsa, Tver Oblast |
| 22 | Alyona Starovoitova | F | L | 25 | 2020 | Korolyov, Moscow Oblast |
| 17 | Anna Tishkova | F | L | 15 | 2024 | Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 75 | Oksana Tyshchenko | D | R | 19 | 2022 | Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| 59 | Yelena Zaripova | F | L | 29 | 2023 | Moscow |
| 86 | Darya Zubok | D | L | 25 | 2024 | Megion, Khanty-Mansia |
Coaching staff and team personnel
* Head coach: Oleg Namestnikov [ru]
* Associate coach: Alexei Kokurin
* Goaltending coach: Mikhail Vorobyov
* Conditioning coach: Alexei Urazov
* Medic: Nikita Ganyushkin
* Masseur: Dmitry Goryachkin
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Management
* General director of HC Tornado: Alexander Kharlamov
* Executive director: Alexandra Strogonova
* Sports director: Yulia Serova
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### Head coaches

* Igor Averkin, 2022–23
* Oleg Namestnikov, 2023–