The 2019–20 ZhHL season was the fifth season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League since the league’s was created in 2015. It was the 25th season of the women's ice hockey Russian Championship.
League business
Team changes On 25 July 2019, the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays announced they would be joining the ZhHL for the 2019–20 season. The addition of Shenzhen, formerly of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), marked a significant expansion for the league, bringing the total number of teams to eight and introducing several high-profile international players to the ZhHL. The team hired former North Dakota head coach Brian Idalski, while retaining veteran players Alex Carpenter, Noora Räty, and Rachel Llanes.
Schedule The season began on 3 September 2019 and ran through 8 March 2020.
Broadcasting The league streamed many games on its official YouTube channel. In Russia, select games were also aired on the KHL TV channel.
Teams
Team nameLocationHome venueHead coachCaptainAgidel UfaIce Palace Salavat YulaevDenis AfinogenovMaria PechnikovaBiryusa KrasnoyarskLD SokolAlexander VedernikovValeria PavlovaDynamo-Neva Saint PetersburgSports Palace "SPBGBU CFMC and VO"Yevgeni BobarikoKRS Vanke Rays ShenzhenShenzhen Dayun ArenaBrian IdalskiAlex Carpenter Stupino*Ice Palace V.M. Bobrova*SKIF Nizhny NovgorodTrade Union Sport PalaceVladimir GolubovichAngelina GoncharenkoSK Gorny Saint Petersburg SKSO YekaterinburgKurganovo Sports Complex/KRK UraletsSergei ChistyakovYekaterina LebedevaTornado DmitrovDmitrov Sports ComplexAlexei ChistyakovAnna Shokhina
Regular season Season began on 13 September 2019 and was played until ###.
Player statistics Scoring leaders The following skaters led the league in points.
PlayerTeam KRS Vanke Rays Shenzhen27213354 KRS Vanke Rays Shenzhen26212142 Biryusa Krasnoyarsk28251640 HC Agidel Ufa28201838 HC Tornado28172138 SK Gorny Ukhta28171431 HC Agidel Ufa28121830 KRS Vanke Rays Shenzhen28101727 HC SKIF Nizhny Novgorod28101626 HC Agidel Ufa26131225
References
External links Official website (in Russian)