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Yekaterina Vyachslavovna Smolentseva (Russian: Екатерина Вячеславовна Смоленцева, born 15 September 1981) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and member of the Russian national ice hockey team. She played sixteen seasons with the Russian national team, during which she participated in four women's ice hockey tournaments at the Winter Olympic Games, in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, and eleven IIHF Women's World Championships, winning bronze at the tournaments in 2001, 2013, and 2016.

Yekaterina Smolentseva Екатерина Смоленцева
Born	(1981-09-15) September 15, 1981 (age 40) Pervouralsk, Soviet Union
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	Agidel Ufa Connecticut Whale SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Tornado Moscow Region Spartak-Merkury Yekaterinburg
National team	Russia
Playing career	1996–2017
Medal record World Championship 2001 United States 2013 Canada 2016 Canada

Her club career, which spanned from 1996 to 2017, was played with Spartak-Merkury Yekaterinburg, SKIF Nizhni Novgorod, and Tornado Moscow Region of the Russian Women's Hockey League, the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), and Agidel Ufa of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL).

In December 2017, Smolentseva and seven other members of the 2014 Russian Olympic ice hockey squad were sanctioned for doping violations as part of the Oswald Commission. The team’s results were retroactively disqualified and the players banned for life by the IOC.[1] All eight players filed appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the cases of five, including Smolentseva, were overturned on appeal – their results were reinstated and the lifetime bans annulled.[2] As sanctions on three players were upheld, the disqualification of the team’s results from the 2014 Olympics remains in place.[3]

Playing career

Smolentseva appeared in the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 Olympic winter games with the Russian national team. She led the Russian team in scoring at three consecutive World Championships (2007, 2008 and 2009). During the 2009 tournament, she registered six points in just three games.[4]

Connecticut Whale

On August 15, 2015, it was announced that Smolentseva had signed a contract to play for the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation.[5]

Career statistics

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; +/- = Plus Minus Rating

Event	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM	+/-
2002 Winter Olympics	5	0	3	3	6	−1
2006 Winter Olympics	5	0	2	2	0	−2
2010 Winter Olympics	5	1	1	2	10	−3

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References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• Yekaterina Smolentseva at Olympedia

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[ru] Смоленцева, Екатерина Вячеславовна

Екатери́на Вячесла́вовна Смоле́нцева (родилась 15 сентября 1981 года в Первоуральске) — российская хоккеистка, выступающая на позиции нападающего. В настоящее время является игроком уфимской «Агидели». Выступает за женскую сборную России с 1996 года, участница четырёх Олимпиад и девяти чемпионатов мира. Воспитанница хоккейной школы «Уралочка» (Первоуральск). Первый тренер — Владимир Копытов. Выпускница Уральского профессионально-педагогического университета (Екатеринбург).

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