Yekaterina Smolentseva

Yekaterina Smolentseva
Екатерина Смоленцева
Born (1981-09-15) 15 September 1981 (age 42)
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
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2001 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Canada

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.[citation needed]

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).[citation needed]

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 15 August 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

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References

  1. ^ "IOC sanctions six Russian athletes and closes one case as part of the Oswald Commission findingsdate=December 12, 2017". olympic.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ Pavitt, Michael (1 February 2018). "CAS overturn 28 Russian appeals against Sochi 2014 disqualifications with 11 cases partially upheld". insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Medals, Diplomas and Medallist Pins Reallocation" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Notable Women's Hockey Players". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Legendary Olympian Smolentseva Joins the Whale". National Women's Hockey League. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ^ Yekaterina Smolentseva at Sports Reference

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