Yekaterina Smolentseva
| Yekaterina Smolentseva Екатерина Смоленцева | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
September 15, 1981 Pervouralsk, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Agidel Ufa Connecticut Whale SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Tornado Moscow Region Spartak-Merkury Yekaterinburg | ||
| National team |
 Russia | ||
| Playing career | 1996–2017 | ||
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Medal record | |||
Yekaterina Vyachslavovna Smolentseva (Russian: Екатерина Вячеславовна Смоленцева, born 15 September 1981) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and member of the Russian national ice hockey team. She played sixteen seasons with the Russian national team, during which she participated in four women's ice hockey tournaments at the Winter Olympic Games, in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, and eleven IIHF Women's World Championships, winning bronze at the tournaments in 2001, 2013, and 2016.
Her club career, which spanned from 1996 to 2017, was played with Spartak-Merkury Yekaterinburg, SKIF Nizhni Novgorod, and Tornado Moscow Region of the Russian Women's Hockey League, the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), and Agidel Ufa of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL).
In December 2017, Smolentseva and seven other members of the 2014 Russian Olympic ice hockey squad were sanctioned for doping violations as part of the Oswald Commission. The team’s results were retroactively disqualified and the players banned for life by the IOC.[1] All eight players filed appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the cases of five, including Smolentseva, were overturned on appeal – their results were reinstated and the lifetime bans annulled.[2] As sanctions on three players were upheld, the disqualification of the team’s results from the 2014 Olympics remains in place.[3]
Playing career
Smolentseva appeared in the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 Olympic winter games with the Russian national team. She led the Russian team in scoring at three consecutive World Championships (2007, 2008 and 2009). During the 2009 tournament, she registered six points in just three games.[4]
Connecticut Whale
On August 15, 2015, it was announced that Smolentseva had signed a contract to play for the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation.[5]
Career statistics
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; +/- = Plus Minus Rating
| Event | GP | G | AST | PTS | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Winter Olympics | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 |
| 2006 Winter Olympics | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | −2 |
| 2010 Winter Olympics | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | −3 |
References
- ^ "IOC sanctions six Russian athletes and closes one case as part of the Oswald Commission findingsdate=December 12, 2017". olympic.org. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (1 February 2018). "CAS overturn 28 Russian appeals against Sochi 2014 disqualifications with 11 cases partially upheld". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Medals, Diplomas and Medallist Pins Reallocation" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Notable Women's Hockey Players". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Legendary Olympian Smolentseva Joins the Whale". National Women's Hockey League. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Yekaterina Smolentseva at Sports Reference
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- Living people
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