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Belye Medveditsy Chelyabinsk (Russian: Бе́лые Медве́дицы Челябинск, lit. 'Polar Bears Chelyabinsk') are an ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). They play in Chelyabinsk, Russia at the Yunost Sport Palace. The team has previously been known as Metelitsa Chelyabinsk, Nika Chelyabinsk, Kazak-Uralsky Chelyabinsk, and Fakel Chelyabinsk.
The team is a part of the Traktor Chelyabinsk hockey organization, which also operates Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Chelmet Chelyabinsk of the VHL, Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk of the MHL, and a number of youth and junior teams.




History


Founded in Chelyabinsk in 1997 as Metelitsa (Russian: Метелица, lit. 'Blizzard'), the club made its debut in the second round of the 1997–98 Russian Women's Hockey League (RWHL) season. Yelena Tyushnyakova, an ice hockey defenceman better known as an Olympic speed skater, was the first captain of Metelitsa. The team struggled in their inaugural season, recording a -165 goal differential and finishing at the bottom of the league.
Prior to the 1998–99 season, the team was renamed as Nika (Russian: Ника). In 2000, the name was changed to Kazak-Uralsky (Russian: Казак-Уральский, lit. 'Cossack-Urals'). During 2002 to 2014, the team was called Fakel (Russian: Факел, lit. 'Torch').
On 5 March 2014, the team joined the HC Tractor organization and their name was changed to Belye Medveditsy. On 8 March 2015, the team was dissolved for financial reasons.




Season-by-season results


This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Belye Medveditsy, known as Fakel Chelyabinsk during 2002 to 2014.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)




Players and personnel






= 2021–22 roster

=
As of 22 October 2021

Coaching staff and team personnel

Head coach: Igor Znarok
Assistant coach: Pyotr Pankov
Assistant coach: Pavel Shiryayev
Conditioning coach: Yelena Tyushnyakova




= Team captaincy history

=
Yelena Tyushnyakova, 1997–98
Viktoria Tavakova, 1998–2004
Yekaterina Vainberger, 2004–05
Alexandra Vafina, 2008–2011
Anastasia Vedernikova, 2011–2013
Alexandra Vafina, 2013–14
Anastasia Vedernikova, 2014–15




= Head coaches

=
Alexander Degtyaryov, 1997–98
Vladimir Borodulin, 1998–2005
Arkadi Belousov, 2008–2015
Igor Znarok, 2021–




Team honours






= Russian Championship

=
Third Place (1): 2010–11




All-time scoring leaders


The top-ten point-scorers in club history.
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = 2021–22 Belye Medveditsy player

Source(s):




Notable alumni


Years active with Belye Medveditsy listed alongside player name.

Yekaterina Lebedeva, 2010–2014
Yekaterina Ananina, 2011–2014
Yelena Tyushnyakova, 1997–98
Alexandra Vafina, 2008–2011 & 2013–14




= International players

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Fanni Gasparics, 2013–2015
Alexandra Huszak, 2013–2015
Franciska Kiss-Simon, 2013–2015
Varvara Piskunova, 2008–2014
O'Hara Shipe, 2012–13
Lyubov Vafina, 2008–2015




References






External links


Team information and statistics from EliteProspects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or HockeyArchives.info

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• Yunost Sport Palace
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• Yekaterina Lebedeva
• 2021–22 ZhHL season
• Inna Dyubanok
• Tatyana Shatalova
• Viktoria Kulishova