2021–22 ZhHL season

The 2021–22 ZhHL season is the seventh season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) since the league was established in 2015. It is the 27th season in which the women's ice hockey Russian Championship was contested. SKIF Nizhny Novgorod were the regular season champions after leading the league standings from November onwards.
== Teams ==
Team 	Location 	Home venue 	Head coach	Captain
Agidel 	Ufa 	Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev 	 	
Belye Medveditsy	Chelyabinsk 	Yunost Sport Palace 	 	
Biryusa 	Krasnoyarsk 	Platinum Arena Krasnoyarsk 	 	
Dinamo-Neva 	Saint Petersburg	Sports Palace "SPBGBU CFMC and VO" 	 	
Ice Wings† 	Yaroslavl 	GUOR Ice Hockey Arena 	 	
KRS Vanke Rays 	Shenzhen 	Shenzhen Dayun Arena 	 	
KRS Vanke Rays 	Mytishchi* 	Mytishchi Arena* 	 	
MSMO 7.62 	Voskresensk 	Podmoskovie Ice Palace 	 	
SKIF 	Nizhny Novgorod 	Nagorny 	 	
SKSO 	Yekaterinburg 	Kurganovo Sports Complex/KRK Uralets	 	
Tornado 	Dmitrov 	Sports Complex Dmitrov 	 	
*Temporary relocation for 2021–22 season; 
†Team folded after 19 games played
== Standings ==
The regular season began on 22 September 2021 and concluded on 30 March 2022, with the eight most successful teams securing playoff berths. 
== Player statistics ==
=== Scoring leaders ===
The following skaters lead the league in points at the conclusion of games played on 30 March 2022.
 	Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	+/−	
1 	 	Tornado 	F	34	31	52	83	26 	16
2 	 	Tornado 	F	34	14	42	56	26 	20
3 	 	Biryusa 	F	32	31	21	52	25 	16
4 	 	Agidel 	F	32	25	26	51	41 	18
5 	 	SKIF 	F	36	14	35	49	41 	14
6 	 	SKIF 	D	36	10	36	46	40 	16
7 	 	Tornado 	D	34	15	29	44	15 	38
8 	 	SKIF 	F	36	23	20	43	33 	28
9 	 	Dinamo-Neva	F	34	22	21	43	20 	35
10	 	Agidel 	F	23	14	29	43	38 	41
The following players were the top goal scorers of teams not represented in the top ten of the league, listed with their overall league rank:
* 29. Alexandra Nesterova (F), MSMO 7.62: 34 GP, 14 G, 11 A, 25 Pts, −10, 28 PIM
* #. Anna Timofeyeva (F), SKSO: 34 GP, 18 G, 5 A, 23 Pts, −21, 4 PIM
* #. Kassy Betinol (F), KRS Vanke Rays: 22 GP, 10 G, 11 A, 21 Pts, +17, 14 PIM
* #. Tatyana Shatalova (F), Belye Medveditsy: 19 GP, 7 G, 7 A, 14 Pts, −4, 12 PIM
* #. Mariya Lobur (F), Ice Wings: 18 GP, 4 G, 7 A, 11 Pts, –42, 14 PIM
=== Top goaltenders ===
The following goaltenders lead the league in save percentage at the conclusion of games played on 30 March 2022, while playing a minimum of 840 minutes.
 	Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	 	SKIF 	16	946:00 	14	1 	4	.954	1.14
2 	 	Agidel 	21	1088:16	16	3 	8	.943	1.27
3 	 	SKIF 	19	1056:43	14	4 	6	.935	1.53
4 	 	Biryusa 	27	1619:16	10	12	1	.924	2.30
5 	 	Dinamo-Neva 	29	1621:01	16	11	3	.924	2.15
6 	 	Agidel 	17	1020:56	9 	5 	2	.920	2.12
7 	 	Belye Medveditsy	28	1713:32	5 	24	1	.909	4.03
8 	 	MSMO 7.62 	33	1778:16	9 	20	2	.907	3.21
9 	 	Tornado 	32	1996:44	20	11	1	.901	2.61
10	 	SKSO 	18	898:54 	4 	10	0	.877	4.07
== Playoffs ==
The 2022 ZhHL playoffs began on 6 April.
 	Quarterfinal	Quarterfinal 	Quarterfinal	 	 	  	  	  	 	 	 	  	 
 	1 	SKIF 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	8 	Belye Medveditsy	0 	 	 	Semifinal	Semifinal 	Semifinal	 	 	 	 	
 	  	  	  	 	 	1 	SKIF 	2 	 	 	 	 	
 	Quarterfinal	Quarterfinal 	Quarterfinal	 	 	6 	Dinamo-Neva 	0 	 	 	 	 	
 	4 	Biryusa 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5 	Tornado 	2 	 	 	  	  	  	 	 	Finals	Finals 	Finals
 	  	  	  	 	 	  	  	  	 	 	S1 	SKIF 	0
 	Quarterfinal	Quarterfinal 	Quarterfinal	 	 	  	  	  	 	 	S2 	KRS Vanke Rays	2
 	2 	KRS Vanke Rays 	2 	 	 	  	  	  	 	 	 	 	
 	7 	MSMO 7.62 	0 	 	 	Semifinal	Semifinal 	Semifinal	 	 	 	  	 
 	  	  	  	 	 	2 	KRS Vanke Rays	2 	 	 	 	  	 
 	Quarterfinal	Quarterfinal 	Quarterfinal	 	 	5 	Tornado 	1 	 	 	 	  	 
 	3 	Agidel 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6 	Dinamo-Neva 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Quarterfinals ===
All game times in Moscow Time (UTC+03:00)
(1) SKIF vs. (8) Belye Medveditsy
 
(2) KRS Vanke Rays vs. (7) MSMO 7.62
 
(3) Agidel vs. (6) Dinamo-Neva
 
 
(4) Biryusa vs. (5) Tornado
 
 
=== Semifinals ===
All game times in Moscow Time (UTC+03:00)
(1) SKIF vs. (6) Dinamo-Neva
 
(2) KRS Vanke Rays vs. (5) Tornado
 
===Player statistics===
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in playoff point scoring at the conclusion of the semifinals on 19 April 2022.
 	Nat	Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	
1 	 	 	KRS Vanke Rays	5	4	9	13	6
2 	 	 	KRS Vanke Rays	5	5	6	11	4
3 	 	 	Tornado 	6	5	6	11	6
4 	 	 	KRS Vanke Rays	5	5	5	10	6
5 	 	 	SKIF 	4	5	4	9 	8
6 	 	 	KRS Vanke Rays	5	3	4	7 	2
6 	 	 	Dinamo-Neva 	5	3	4	7 	2
8 	 	 	Tornado 	6	3	4	7 	6
9 	 	 	Dinamo-Neva 	5	2	5	7 	4
10	 	 	SKIF 	4	0	7	7 	2
The following players were the top goal scorers of teams not represented in the top ten of the league, listed with their overall league rank (if available):
* 15. Olga Sosina (F), Agidel: 3 GP, 2 G, 2 A, 4 Pts, 0 PIM
* 17. Valeria Pavlova (F), Biryusa: 2 GP, 2 G, 1 A, 3 Pts, 0 PIM
* –. Yulia Nuyaksheva (F), MSMO 7.62: 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, 0 PIM / Mariya Shirshova (F), MSMO 7.62: 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, 2 PIM
Belye Medveditsy was shutout in both games played and, as such, none of their players scored a point in the playoffs.
Top goaltenders
The following goaltenders lead the league in playoff save percentage at the conclusion of the semifinals on 19 April 2022.
 	Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	SKIF 	2	119:39	2	0	1	.953	1.00
2	 	KRS Vanke Rays 	5	273:56	4	1	0	.945	1.31
3	 	Agidel 	2	129:56	1	0	1	.939	1.39
4	 	Dinamo-Neva 	5	307:31	1	3	1	.928	2.73
5	 	Belye Medveditsy	2	119:37	0	2	0	.916	3.51
6	 	Biryusa 	3	185:15	1	2	0	.915	2.27
7	 	SKIF 	2	119:39	2	0	1	.905	2.01
8	 	Tornado 	6	316:09	3	3	0	.892	3.23
9	 	MSMO 7.62 	2	83:29 	0	2	0	.852	5.75
===ZhHL Championship Finals===
All game times in Moscow Time (UTC+03:00)
 
== References ==
== External links ==
* Official website 
ZhHL
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