Liudmila Belyakova

Liudmila Belyakova
Born (1994-08-12) 12 August 1994
Moscow, Russia
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
RWHL team
Former teams		 Tornado Moscow Region
New York Riveters
National team  Russia
Playing career 2009–present
Website lyudmilabelyakova.com
Medal record
World Championship
2013 Canada
2016 Canada
Winter Universiade
2015 Spain
2017 Kazakhstan

Ludmila Viktorovna "Luda" Belyakova (Russian: Людми́ла Ви́кторовна Беляко́ва; born 12 August 1994) is a Russian ice hockey forward and Master of Sports of Russia of International Class.[1]

Belyakova played for the New York Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League in the season 2015–2016, where she was the league's first Russian player.[2]

Liudmila Belyakova is a member of the Russia women's national ice hockey team.[3]

Playing career

Belyakova started practicing hockey at the age of 7 years old, and has played as both a forward and a defender.

Belyakova was invited to join the Russia women's national ice hockey team at the age of 15 years and 2 weeks, and in the Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team in the 12-years old and the third month.

Her debut with the Russia women's national ice hockey team took place on 4 September 2009 in the town of Trencin in a match against the Slovakia women's national ice hockey team.[4]

She has competed at the 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017 IIHF World Women's Championships[5][6][7][8][9] and at the 2010, 2011, and 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.[10][11][12]

Belyakova was named the best player and best scorer of the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I.[13]

Liudmila Belyakova has played 131 games for Russia women's national ice hockey team with 51 goals and 38 assists.[14]

She played 28 games for Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team, scoring 30 goals and making 11 assists.[15]

She was included in the list of candidates for Russia's national team at the Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver.[16]

She was the first replacement for the national women's team Russia at the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi.[17]

New York Riveters (NWHL)

On 25 July 2015, it was announced that Belyakova had signed a contract to play for the New York Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League.[18]

As a free agent, Belyakova returned to Russia to play for Tornado Dmitrov in the 2016/17 season.[19][20]

NWHL statistics

New York Riveters

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; GW = Game Winning Goals; PPG = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short Handed Goals

SeasonGPGAPtsPIMGWPPGSHG
2015/2016 Regular Season15551020120
2015/2016 Playoffs21010010
Totals17651120130

[21]

RWHL statistics

Tornado

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; GW = Game Winning Goals; PPG = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short Handed Goals

SeasonGPGAPtsPIMGWPPGSHG
2014/2015 Regular Season2426154134561
2016/2017 Regular Season3534195348650
2017/2018 Regular Season1293128120
Totals7169371069012131

[22]

All-stars games RWHL

Year Location G A P
2017 Ufa 1 0 1
2018 Astana 0 1 1
Totals (2 games) 1 1 2

Awards and achievements

  • Bronze medalist of the 2013 and the 2016 World Championships.
  • Winner of the 2015 and the 2017 Winter Universiade
  • Gold medalist of the 2011 World Championships (U18) (Division I)
  • Champion of Russia of the seasons 2014/2015 and 2016/2017 in the Tornado
  • Cup holder RWHL 2016/2017 as part of the Tornado
  • Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation in 2015 and 2017

References

  1. ↑ "Award orders – the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation". www.minsport.gov.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  2. ↑ "The Hockey news. New York Riveters sign Lyudmila Belyakova, NWHL's first Russian player". Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "ФХР :: Белякова Людмила Викторовна". fhr.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  4. ↑ "Russia – Slovakia 4:0".
  5. ↑ "2012 IIHF World Women's Championships" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "2013 IIHF World Women's Championships" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "2015 IIHF World Women's Championships" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "2016 IIHF World Women's Championships" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "2017 IIHF World Women's Championships" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "IIHF World Womens U18 Championship Division 1 – Scoring Leaders" (PDF). Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "Liudmila Belyakova Professional hockey plauer".
  15. ↑ "Women's Russian women's national U-18 ice hockey team". Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  16. ↑ "Athletes for Ice Hockey - 2010 Olympics - SI.com". CNN. Sports Illustrated. 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  17. ↑ "Хоккеистка Белякова утверждена запасной в состав сборной РФ на ОИ-2014". Р-Спорт. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  18. ↑ "Belyakova Signs With Riveters at International Camp". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  19. ↑ "NWHL: Ex-NY Riveters Lyudmila Belyakova looks for new contract". 23 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "Lyudmila Belyakova Back to Russia". 6 September 2016.
  21. ↑ "National Women's Hockey League 2015–2016 Statistics: New York Riveters". nwhl.zone.
  22. ↑ "Белякова Людмила - Женская хоккейная лига". Женская хоккейная лига.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.