Irina Vladimirovna Gashennikova (, born 11 May 1975) is a Russian retired ice hockey goaltender.
International career Gashennikova represented Russia with the Russian national team at the Winter Olympic Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010. 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. 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.
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. 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.
Career statistics International career 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 85.0 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 Oly5th 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 Additional data and statistics from:
"Irina Gashennikova". fhr.ru. Russian Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 June 2020. “Archives”. hockeyarchives.info. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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