Irina Vladimirovna Gashennikova (Russian: Ирина Владимировна Гашенникова, born 11 May 1975) is a Russian retired ice hockey goaltender.

Irina Gashennikova
Ирина Гашенникова
Born (1975-05-11) 11 May 1975 (age 48)
Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
Spartak-Merkury
Fakel Chelyabinsk
Tornado Moscow Region
National team  Russia
Playing career 1997–2016
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Women's ice hockey
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 United States

International career edit

Gashennikova represented Russia with the Russian national team at the Winter Olympic Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010.[1] In the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, she played every minute in net for Team Russia, winning three games and posting a 93.26% save percentage, the fourth-best save percentage of the tournament.[2] In the 2006 tournament, she again played in every game, claiming two victories as Russia finished 6th. At the 2010 tournament, she played four of Russia's five games, winning two, and posted 2.40 goals against average.[3][4]

Gashennikova also appeared for Russia at seven IIHF Women's World Championships. Her first appearance came in 1997 IIHF Women's World Championship, where twenty-two goals were scored on her in five games.[5] The most notable of these performances came in 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she won three games to lead Russia to a bronze medal, the country's first in women's play.[6]

Career statistics edit

International career edit

Year Team Event Result GP W L OT MIN GA SO GAA SVS%
1997 Russia WW 6th 5 1 3 1 240:00 22 0 5.50
1999 Russia WW 6th 3 0 3 0 158:51 15 0 5.67 85.00
2000 Russia WW 5th 3 2 1 0 220:00 13 0 3.55 85.23
2001 Russia WW   5 3 2 0 286:07 13 0 2.73 91.33
2002 Russia Oly 5th 5 3 2 0 300:00 12 1 2.40 93.26
2004 Russia WW 4 2 2 0 240:00 13 0 3.25 91.61
2006 Russia Oly 6th 5 2 3 0 266:25 12 0 2.70 87.63
2007 Russia WW 7th 4 2 2 0 220:00 8 0 2.18 91.11
2009 Russia WW 5th 4 2 0 0 148:50 8 0 3.23 88.89
2010 Russia Oly 6th 4 2 2 0 250:00 10 0 2.40 90.20
Senior totals

References edit

  1. ^ "Olympic Ice Hockey | Russian Federation – Irina GASHENNIKOVA". International Olympic Committee. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. ^ "IIHF - Team Russia Stats - 2002 Olympics". Archived from the original on 5 August 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Vancouver 2010, Ice Hockey, Women: Player Statistics by Team" (PDF). stats.iihf.com. IIHF. 22 February 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill (22 September 2013). "Irina Gashennikova Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. ^ International Ice Hockey Federation (2011). IIHF Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/McClelland & Stewart. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-7710-9598-6.
  6. ^ "2001 IIHF World Women Championship". webarchive.iihf.com. IIHF. 8 April 2001. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

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