Alexandra Vafina

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.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Alexandrovna and the family name is Vafin.
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
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 place2013 Canada
Bronze medal – third place2016 Canada
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place2015 GranadaIce hockey
Gold medal – first place2017 Astana-AlmatyIce hockey

International career

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

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

References
  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). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2009 World Championship" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2011 World Championship" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  6. "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2012 World Championship" (PDF). 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). 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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