Summary
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.
| Alexandra Vafina Александра Вафина | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Vafina (r) and teammate Svetlana Tkacheva (l) challenge Swiss forward Darcia Leimgruber (c) at the 2011 World Championship. | |||
| Born |
28 July 1990 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 | ||
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
- ^ IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2010 Olympics
- ^ IIHF (2011). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/M&S. p. 563. ISBN 978-0-7710-9598-6.
- ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2008 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2009 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2011 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2012 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2013 World Championship Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Granada 2015".
- ^ "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2008 World Championship Under-18" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "2015-16 U Sports Women's Hockey Awards and All-Canadians". presto-en.usports.ca. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Aleksandra Vafina at Olympedia
- Aleksandra Vafina at Olympics.com
- Aleksandra Vafina at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
