The 2021–22 ZhHL season was the seventh season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) since the league was established in 2015. It was the 27th season in which the women's ice hockey Russian Championship was contested. SKIF Nizhny Novgorod were the regular season champions after leading the league standings from November onwards.

The KRS Vanke Rays defeated SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in a sweep of the playoff finals to claim their second ZhHL Championship.

Teams

TeamLocationHome venueHead coachCaptainAgidel Ufa Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev Belye Medveditsy ChelyabinskYunost Sport Palace Biryusa Krasnoyarsk Platinum Arena Krasnoyarsk Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg Sports Palace "SPBGBU CFMC and VO" Ice Wings† Yaroslavl GUOR Ice Hockey Arena KRS Vanke Rays Shenzhen Shenzhen Dayun Arena Mytishchi* Mytishchi Arena*MSMO 7.62 Voskresensk Podmoskovie Ice Palace SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Nagorny SKSO Yekaterinburg Kurganovo Sports Complex/KRK Uralets Tornado Dmitrov Sports Complex Dmitrov *Temporary relocation for 2021–22 season; †Team folded after 19 games played

Standings The regular season began on 22 September 2021 and concluded on 30 March 2022, with the eight most successful teams securing playoff berths.

Player statistics

Scoring leaders The following skaters lead the league in points at the conclusion of games played on 30 March 2022. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" ! ! style="width: 10em;" |Player ! style="width: 10em;" |Team ! ! style="width: 3em;" | ! style="width: 3em;" | ! style="width: 3em;" | ! style="width: 3em;" | !+/− ! style="width: 3em;" | |- |1 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Tornado |F |34 |31 |52 !83 |26 |16 |- |2 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Tornado |F |34 |14 |42 !56 |26 |20 |- |3 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Biryusa |F |32 |31 |21 !52 |25 |16 |- |4 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Agidel |F |32 |25 |26 !51 |41 |18 |- |5 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |SKIF |F |36 |14 |35 !49 |41 |14 |- |6 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |SKIF |D |36 |10 |36 !46 |40 |16 |- |7 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Tornado |D |34 |15 |29 !44 |15 |38 |- |8 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |SKIF |F |36 |23 |20 !43 |33 |28 |- |9 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Dinamo-Neva |F |34 |22 |21 !43 |20 |35 |- |10 | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Agidel |F |23 |14 |29 !43 |38 |41 |} The following players were the top goal scorers of teams not represented in the top ten of the league, listed with their overall league rank:

29. Alexandra Nesterova (F), MSMO 7.62: 34 GP, 14 G, 11 A, 25 Pts, −10, 28 PIM #. Anna Timofeyeva (F), SKSO: 34 GP, 18 G, 5 A, 23 Pts, −21, 4 PIM #. Kassy Betinol (F), KRS Vanke Rays: 22 GP, 10 G, 11 A, 21 Pts, +17, 14 PIM #. Tatyana Shatalova (F), Belye Medveditsy: 19 GP, 7 G, 7 A, 14 Pts, −4, 12 PIM #. Mariya Lobur (F), Ice Wings: 18 GP, 4 G, 7 A, 11 Pts, –42, 14 PIM

Top goaltenders The following goaltenders lead the league in save percentage at the conclusion of games played on 30 March 2022, while playing a minimum of 840 minutes. PlayerTeam1 SKIF 16946:00 14 1 4 .954 1.142 Agidel 211088:16 16 3 8 .943 1.273 SKIF 191056:43 14 4 6 .935 1.534 Biryusa 271619:16 10 12 1 .924 2.305 Dinamo-Neva 291621:01 16 11 3 .924 2.156 Agidel 171020:56 9 5 2 .920 2.127 Belye Medveditsy 281713:32 5 24 1 .909 4.038 MSMO 7.62 331778:16 9 20 2 .907 3.219Tornado 321996:44 20 11 1 .901 2.6110 SKSO 18898:54 4 10 0 .877 4.07

Playoffs The 2022 ZhHL playoffs began on 6 April. The KRS Vanke Rays claimed their second ZhHL Championship on 26 April after concluding a three game sweep of SKIF Nizhny Novgorod.

Quarterfinals All game times in Moscow Time (UTC+03:00) (1) SKIF vs. (8) Belye Medveditsy

(2) KRS Vanke Rays vs. (7) MSMO 7.62

(3) Agidel vs. (6) Dinamo-Neva

(4) Biryusa vs. (5) Tornado

Semifinals All game times in Moscow Time (UTC+03:00) (1) SKIF vs. (6) Dinamo-Neva

(2) KRS Vanke Rays vs. (5) Tornado

Player statistics Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in playoff point scoring at the conclusion of the semifinals on 19 April 2022. NatPlayer Team1 KRS Vanke Rays 5 4 9 13 62 KRS Vanke Rays 5 5 6 11 43 Tornado 6 5 6 11 64 KRS Vanke Rays 5 5 5 10 65 SKIF 4 5 4 9 86 KRS Vanke Rays 5 3 4 7 26 Dinamo-Neva 5 3 4 7 28 Tornado 6 3 4 7 69 Dinamo-Neva 5 2 5 7 410 SKIF 4 0 7 7 2 The following players were the top goal scorers of teams not represented in the top ten of the league, listed with their overall league rank (if available):

15. Olga Sosina (F), Agidel: 3 GP, 2 G, 2 A, 4 Pts, 0 PIM 17. Valeria Pavlova (F), Biryusa: 2 GP, 2 G, 1 A, 3 Pts, 0 PIM –. Yulia Nuyaksheva (F), MSMO 7.62: 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, 0 PIM / Mariya Shirshova (F), MSMO 7.62: 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, 2 PIM

Belye Medveditsy was shutout in both games played and, as such, none of their players scored a point in the playoffs.

Top goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the league in playoff save percentage at the conclusion of the semifinals on 19 April 2022. PlayerTeam1 SKIF 2119:39 2 0 1 .953 1.002 KRS Vanke Rays 5273:56 4 1 0 .945 1.313 Agidel 2129:56 1 0 1 .939 1.394 Dinamo-Neva 5307:31 1 3 1 .928 2.735 Belye Medveditsy 2119:37 0 2 0 .916 3.516 Biryusa 3185:15 1 2 0 .915 2.277 SKIF 2119:39 2 0 1 .905 2.018Tornado 6316:09 3 3 0 .892 3.239 MSMO 7.62 283:29 0 2 0 .852 5.75

ZhHL Championship Finals All game times in Moscow Time (UTC+03:00)

References

External links Official website