Liudmila Belyakova

Liudmila Belyakova
Born (1994-08-12) August 12, 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 August 12, 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 U-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

and at the 2010, 2011 and 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.

Belyakova was named the best player and best scorer of the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I.[5]

Liudmila Belyakova has played 113 games for Russia women's national ice hockey team with 43 goals and 31 assists.[6]

She played 28 games for Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team, scoring 30 goals and making 11 assists.[7]

She was included in the list of candidates for Russia's national team at the Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver.[8]

She was the first replacement for the national women's team Russia at the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi[9].

New York Riveters (NWHL)

On July 25, 2015, it was announced that Belyakova had signed a contract to play for the New York Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League.[10]

As a free agent, Belyakova returned to Russia to play for Tornado Dmitrov in the 2016/17 season.[11][12]

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

Season GP G A Pts PIM GW PPG SHG
2015/2016 Regular Season 15 5 5 10 20 1 2 0
2015/2016 Playoffs2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0

[13]

Awards and achievements

Bronze medalist of the 2013 World Championships in Ottawa (Canada).

Bronze medalist of the 2016 World Championships in Kamloops (Canada).

Winner of the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada (Spain).

Winner of the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty (Kazakhstan)

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 July 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ "ФХР :: Белякова Людмила Викторовна". fhr.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  4. ↑ "Russia - Slovakia 4:0".
  5. ↑ "IIHF World Womens U18 Championship Division 1 – Scoring Leaders" (PDF). Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Liudmila Belyakova Professional hockey plauer".
  7. ↑ "Women's Russian women's national U-18 ice hockey team". Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Athletes for Ice Hockey - 2010 Olympics - SI.com". CNN. Sports Illustrated. 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Хоккеистка Белякова утверждена запасной в состав сборной РФ на ОИ-2014". Р-Спорт. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  10. ↑ "Belyakova Signs With Riveters at International Camp". Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ http://www.excellesports.com/news/nwhl-new-york-riveters-lyudmila-belyakova/
  12. ↑ http://thehockeywriters.com/lyudmila-belyakova-back-to-russia/
  13. ↑ "National Women's Hockey League 2015–2016 Statistics: New York Riveters". nwhl.zone.
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