Alexandra Vafina

Alexandra Vafina
Александра Вафина
Vafina (r) and teammate Svetlana Tkacheva (l) challenge Swiss forward Darcia Leimgruber (c) at the 2011 World Championship.
Born (1990-07-28) 28 July 1990 (age 33)
Almaty, Kazakh ASSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
ZhHL team
Former teams
Dinamo-Neva St. Petersburg
National team  Russia
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Canada
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Granada Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 2017 Astana-Almaty Ice hockey

Alexandra Aleksandrovna "Sasha" Vafina (Russian: Александра Александровна Вафина, also romanized Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Vafina; born 28 July 1990) is a Russian ice hockey forward and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg.

International career[edit]

Vafina was selected for the Russia national women's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, scoring one goal and two points.[1][2]

Vafina has also represented Russia at ten IIHF Women's World Championships. Her first appearance came in 2008. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship.[3][4][5][6][7]

At the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain, Vafina was part of Russia's gold medal winning team, handing Canada its first-ever loss in FISU women's ice hockey.[8]

She also competed in one IIHF Women's U18 World Championship with the Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team, the inaugural event in 2008.[9]

Career statistics[edit]

International career[edit]

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Russia U18 U18 5 0 1 1 4
2008 Russia WW 4 0 0 0 2
2009 Russia WW 4 0 1 1 2
2010 Russia Oly 5 1 0 1 2
2011 Russia WW 6 2 1 3 4
2012 Russia WW 5 0 0 0 2
2013 Russia WW 6 3 1 4 4

Awards and honors[edit]

  • 2015-16 U Sports First Team All-Canadian[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2010 Olympics
  2. ^ IIHF (2011). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/M&S. p. 563. ISBN 978-0-7710-9598-6.
  3. ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2008 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2009 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2011 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  6. ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2012 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  7. ^ IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2013 World Championship Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Granada 2015".
  9. ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2008 World Championship Under-18" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  10. ^ "2015-16 U Sports Women's Hockey Awards and All-Canadians". presto-en.usports.ca. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

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