Women's Hockey Team Torpedo (Russian: Женская Хоккейная Команда Торпедо, romanized: Zhenskaya Khokkeynaya Komanda Torpedo) was a professional ice hockey team that played in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). The abbreviated form of the team name was ZhHK Torpedo (ЖХК Торпедо) or WHT Torpedo and they were alternatively known as Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Торпедо Нижний Новгород). They played in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia at the Culture and Entertainment Complex Nagorny (KRK Nagorny).
The team was established on 14 July 2022, when the team rights of SKIF Nizhny Novgorod were transferred to Hockey Club Torpedo, the parent club of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL and Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL. On 17 April 2025, HC Torpedo announced that the resources previously committed to the women's team were to be reallocated and ZhHK Torpedo was dissolved.
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History
Following the 2021–22 ZhHL season, SKIF Nizhny Novgorod made the decision to leave the ZhHL in favor of handing over the team, including all obligations to the players and league, to HC Torpedo. Hockey Club SKIF retained all results from previous seasons, including twelve championship victories and four European Women's Champions Cup medals.
Season-by-season results
The following list includes all seasons completed by Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.
Team
2024–25 roster
As of 22 November 2024
Italicized year indicates player was acquired by HC SKIF and has continued with the team following its transition to HC Torpedo. The last player acquired by HC SKIF was Angelina Lylova in April 2022.
Coaching staff and team personnel
Head coach: Oleg Namestnikov
Associate coach: Alexei Kokurin
Goaltending coach: Mikhail Vorobyov
Conditioning coach: Alexei Urazov
Medic: Nikita Ganyushkin
Masseur: Dmitry Goryachkin
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Management
General director of HC Tornado: Alexander Kharlamov
Executive director: Alexandra Strogonova
Sports director: Yulia Serova
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Head coaches
Igor Averkin, 2022–23
Oleg Namestnikov, 2023–