Women's amateur hockey in Russia has been actively developing since 2015, while professional hockey has been around for much longer ?
The first Russian Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held in 1996, the victory was won by the athletes of the Luzhniki team (Moscow). The first goal of the tournament was scored by E. Beshaposhnikova (Spartak Moscow), who later became an international referee. Since then, the tournaments have been held annually.??
And finally, in 1998, something happened that women's hockey fans around the world and, of course, the players themselves had been waiting for for so long: women's hockey entered the Winter Olympic Games program! This event was very important for her future - it was the final recognition of the official status of women's hockey. So, the Japanese Nagano began his history at the Olympic Games.??
Today in Russia there are about 70 women's amateur teams and 8 professional clubs participating in the ZHHL Championship! Every year there are more and more hockey players, and soon we will most likely forget that hockey was once considered only a male activity️. ️
