The Ukrainian HC Donbass Faces Severest of Difficulties Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | June 21, 2014 Ice hockey club Donbass from the Eastern Ukrainian city of Donets’k is into big trouble this year. Its Druzhba (English: Friendship) arena has been plundered and damaged by the separatist…
Russia Wins Gold, Finland’s Silver Bittersweet Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | May 25, 2014 The 2014 IIHF World Championships in Mink (Belarus) has been closed by Russia winning the golden medals. Their rivals, the Finnish team, could keep the pace with the future champs…
Finns, Russians to Meet in the 2014 IIHF World Championships Finals Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | May 24, 2014 2014 IIHF World Championships has had tremendous semifinals today, on 24 May 2014: Russia defeated Sweden, the current champions, and Finland struggled hard and got victorious out of the game…
Elimination Round Starts at the 2014 IIHF World Championship Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | May 22, 2014 After the extremely intensive and interesting preliminary round games the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk (Belarus) goes into its elimination stage. The teams are to play four…
World Championships in Belarus Enjoy Intense Preliminary Round Competition Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | May 17, 2014 IIHF’s World Championships in the city of Minsk, Belarus’ capital, can boast incredibly interesting competition in preliminary games. The elimination games, which are to start on 22 May 2014, promise…
Metallurg Magnitogorsk Wins Gagarin Cup in Super-Intense Series Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | April 30, 2014 Game 7 could be nothing else but decisive in the Gagarin Cup finals. The 30th April 2014 will be remembered by Metallurg and its home city Magnitogorsk as one of…
Intrigue Prevails in Metallurg vs Lev Series of Gagarin Cup Finals Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | April 23, 2014 After initial loss at home against Lev (Prague) Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) sweepingly won in the second game. Metallurg’s victory with the 4:1 score showed that the team from the Urals could…
Metallurg “Not Ready For Battle” in Game 1 of the KHL Finals Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | April 19, 2014 On 18 April 2014, in the first fame of the Gagarin Cup finals Lev (Prague) left Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) no chances of winning. Danis Zaripov, Metallurg’s left forward, admitted after the…
Metallurg Plays Lev in Gagrin Cup Finals Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | April 17, 2014 On the eve of the Gagarin Cup finals between Lev (Prague) and Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) Oleg Mosalev, KHL-TV commentator, shares with THW community his impressions from the semifinals and expectations for…
KHL Quarterfinals Over, the Semifinals Not Hard to Forecast Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | April 2, 2014 KHL star commentator Oleg Mosalev is back on THW to explain the logic of the KHL finals and Gagarin Cup competition. THW: Hello again, Oleg. So the semifinals have just…
KHL Play-offs in Progress with New Stars and a Handful of Surprises Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | March 24, 2014 With the KHL quarterfinals well underway, the HockeyWriters have addressed Oleg Mosalyov, twice best KHL-TV anchorman, for comment and analysis of the regular season and the finals. THW: Let’s speak…
Ukraine Hails New Ice Hockey Champs Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | March 18, 2014 Kompanion-Naftogaz have become the winners of the Ukrainian ice-hockey championship. The title of champions has not been an easy task for the team, which had to go strong both through…
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