Biryusa Krasnoyarsk

In 1987, the Lokomotiv women's team was established as a bandy team. The founders of the team were the Krasnoyarsk Railway Administration and the Road Territorial Organization of the Trade Union of the Krasnoyarsk Railway (DORPROFSOZh; Russian: Дорпрофсож).[1] Valery Pozdnyakov became the head coach of the team. Beginning in 1987, the team participated in the Bandy Championship of the Soviet Union (USSR), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and Russia. In 1991, they were silver medalists of the USSR Championship and in 1992 they won the USSR Champion title. Lokomotiv's players were consistently selected to the national bandy team of the Soviet Union and, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the national bandy team of Russia.

In 1994, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected to include women's ice hockey in the Winter Olympic program beginning at the 1998 Winter Olympics. The team was reoriented towards ice hockey at the initiative of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, and were a founding team of the Russian Women’s Hockey League in 1995.

In 2008, after being accepted into its ranks as an affiliate club of HC Energiya in Neryungri, the name of the club changed to Lokomotiv-Energiya. During the 2010–11 season, due to the emergency renovation of the Sokol Ice Palace, the team had to hold their home games and training sessions at the Fakel Sports Complex, which is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Krasnoyarsk in the village of Podgorny. On 1 June 2011, Lokomotiv-Energiya joined the Sokol hockey club organization. In March 2012, the team relocated to the new Pervomaisky Ice Arena in the Leninsky district of Krasnoyarsk.

In August 2012, after the contracts with Russian Railways and HC Energiya Neryungri expired, it was decided to rename the team. After a survey of fans and the team administration, the women's team of Krasnoyarsk was renamed "Biryusa," after the river Biryusa. At the end of 2012 the team returned to the rebuilt Sokol Ice Palace for training and home games.[1]

In the 2015–16 season, Biryusa was a founding team of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL), joining SKIF Nizhny Novgorod as the only teams to have participated in the inaugural season of both the Russian Women’s Hockey League and the ZhHL.

As of 4 October 2021[2][3]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
12		Sofya Bakayeva	D	L	20	2021
94		Alexandra Budanova	D	L	23	2017	Stupino, Moscow Oblast, Russia
11		Yekaterina Danilova	D	L	25	2020	Prokudskoye, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
26		Yekaterina Dobrodeyeva	F	L	23	2015	Pereyaslavka, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
69		Polina Doyanova	F	R	21	2019	Korkino, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
29		Darya Gredzen	G	R	19	2019	Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
20		Pavlína Horálková	D	R	32	2014	Benešov, Středočeský kraj, Czechoslovakia
15		Karina Kondratova	D	L	19	2021
17		Yelena Larshina	D	L	23	2019	Moscow, Russia
77		Yevgenia Larshina	F	L	19	2020	Moscow, Russia
83		Yekaterina Lazurenko	G	L	21	2020	Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
19		Sofiya Lifatova	F	L	20	2018	Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
14		Yelena Mezentseva	F	L	22	2016	Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
68		Oxana Mitrofanova	F	R	23	2020	Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, Russia
82		Ulyana Nemilostyevaya	G	L	18	2021	Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
89		Valeria Pavlova (C)	F	L	28	2014	Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast, Russia
13		Ksenia Rakcheyeva	F	L	20	2019	Korkino, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
87		Valeria Samoilova	F	L	18	2021	Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast, Russia
88		Sofya Sychyova	D	L	22	2016	Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
78		Karina Verkhovtseva	F	L	25	2020	Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
72		Yelizaveta Zenchenko	F	L	25	2018	Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
97		Irina Zhigulina	D	L	21	2019	Vyselki, Krasnodar Krai, Russia

Coaching staff and team personnel

• Head coach: Alexander Vedernikov
• Assistant coach: Valery Tripuzov
• Goaltending coach: Ilya Protsenko
• Team manager: Nikolai Matsuev
• Team doctor: Liliya Sergeyeva

• Oksana Tretyakova, 0000–2017
• Valeria Pavlova, 2017–present

• Valery Pozdnyakov, 1987–
• Alexander Lubyagin, 0000–2004
• Alexander Vedernikov, 2015–present

• Third Place (10): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20[4]

• International Ice Hockey Tournament at Cergy-Pontoise (1): 1998[5]
• USSR Bandy Championship Runner-up (1): 1990–91
• USSR Bandy Cup Champion (1): 1990–91

• ZhHL Forward of the Year (Top goal scorer)
  • 2019–20: Valeria Pavlova[4]

• 2018 Astana: Yekaterina Dobrodeyeva (F), Yekaterina Lobova (D), Lydia Malyavko (F), Nadezhda Morozova (G)[6]
• 2019 Nizhnekamsk: Pavlína Horálková (D), Nadezhda Morozova (G), Anna Timofeyeva (F), Valeria Pavlova (F)[7]
• 2020 Moscow: Yekaterina Dobrodeyeva (F), Pavlína Horálková (D), Valeria Pavlova (F)[8]

ZhHL Player of the Month

• Forward of the Month
  • September 2021: Valeria Pavlova[9]

Regular season

• Most goals in a season: Valeria Pavlova, 33 goals (35 games; 2018–19)
• Most assists in a season: Valeria Pavlova, 23 assists (27 games; 2019–20)
• Most points in a season: Valeria Pavlova, 50 points (35 games; 2018–19)
• Most points in a season, defenceman: Yekaterina Lobova, 21 goals (games; 2016–17)
• Most penalty minutes in a season: Tatyana Shatalova, 47 PIM (23 games; 2017–18)
• Best save percentage in a season, over ten games played: Darya Gredzen, .922 SVS% (21 games; 2020–21)
• Best goals against average in a season, over ten games played: Nadezhda Morozova, 2.26 GAA (35 games; 2018–19)

Source: Elite Prospects[10]

Regular season

• Most career goals: Valeria Pavlova, 121 goals (138 games; 2015–2021)
• Most career assists: Valeria Pavlova, 83 assists (138 games; 2015–2021)
• Most career points: Valeria Pavlova, 00 points (138 games; 2015–2021)
• Best career points per game, over 30 games played: Valeria Pavlova, 1.478 points per game (138 games; 2015–2021)
• Most career points, defenceman: Pavlína Horálková, 65 points (165 games; 2015–2021)
• Most career penalty minutes: Tatyana Shatalova, 105 PIM (109 games; 2015–2019)
• Most career games played, goaltender: Nadezhda Morozova, 135 games (2015–2020)

Source: Elite Prospects[11]

The top-ten point-scorers in franchise history, from the 1995–96 RWHL season through the 2020–21 ZhHL season.[12]

Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = 2021–22 Biryusa player; Italics indicate totals compiled from incomplete statistics

Points

Nat	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
	Oksana Tretyakova	F	194	146	101	247	1.273
	Valeria Pavlova	F	138	121	83	204	1.478
	Tatyana Burina	F	59	79	69	148	2.508
	Yekaterina Dobrodeyeva	F	175	62	71	133	0.760
	Irina Korotkova	F	89	48	51	99	1.112
	Natalya Orekhova	F	83	53	38	91	1.096
	Natalya Stus	F	89	46	33	79	0.888
	Lidiya Malyavko	F	89	41	37	78	0.876
	Yelena Mezentseva	F	150	33	41	74	0.493
	Kristina Sherstyuk	F	103	42	31	73	0.709

• Lidiya Malyavko, 2015–2019
• Lucie Manhartová, 2014–15
• Klára Peslarová, 2014–15
• Mariya Skvortsova, 2003–04
• Natalya Stus, c. 1996–c. 2012
• Natalya Trunova, 1996–97