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Ukraine Launches Championship as Hopes for Peace Rise

Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | February 15, 2015

Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation has finally managed to start the much delayed national championships. The first games in the competition were played at the very days when the nation was…

Q&A with Mykola Maiko, Head Coach of Ukraine’s Junior Team

Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | October 17, 2014

TheHockeyWriters talk to Mykola Oleksandrovich Maiko – the Head Coach of Ukraine’s Junior Team. Mr. Maiko has been coaching junior and men’s teams in Ukraine since 1996 after he was forced…

Ukraine Loses Chance of Holding World Championships

Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | August 16, 2014

Ukraine was forced to decide against holding the 2015 IIHF World Championships Division I Group A in Donetsk. The decision was made due to military unrest and disastrous humanitarian situation…

Godynyuk Promoted to Head Coach of Ukraine

Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | August 9, 2014

Ukraine’s Ice Hockey Federation promoted Alexander Godynyuk to Head Coach on 5 August 2014. The decision of the Federation came after the resignation of Andrey Nazarov, who had asked for…

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…

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…

Does Ukrainian Hockey Bleed to Survive?

Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | December 18, 2013

Ice hockey in Ukraine is the winter sport number one loved my millions of people all over the country. Ukrainian clubs starred in the Soviet league. The nation’s many hockey…

Top 10 International Hockey Videos

Margann Laurissa | May 23, 2012

If there is anything I enjoy about hockey more than anything, it is the fact that it has become a worldwide sport.  The IIHF has nearly 80 member nations on…

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