As well as football hockey in Donetsk is developing by leaps and bounds. As a confirmation - here is a material about one of the rivals of the United MHL hockey team Red Star.
As one may see, fans of the Russian and Ukrainian hockey expect a significant event shortly. Unfortunately it is dedicated to a sad event of our history. 25 years ago (April 26) Chernobyl accident occured, which killed a large number of people and became the largest in the history of mankind. In this context, MHL took the unprecedented step: it was decided to organize a memorial friendly game in Donetsk to memorize all gone, and to collect funds for the benefit of survivors of Chernobyl liquidators and their families. In the role of the main participants will perform a joint team MHL Red Stars and the Ukrainian hockey club Donbass. As to the future opponent of Russian youth do not know everything, we offer you a kind of analytical digression, which will help form an idea about this team.
Along Footsteps of History
Thus, the decision to create a professional hockey club Donbass was taken in the summer of 2001. Interestingly, the team has the right to participate in the championships of two countries: Ukraine and Belarus (first division), having won bronze medals in both championships. Residents of eastern Ukraine, followed the progress of newly pets with bated breath. After all, football was developed in Donetsk always, but with hockey things were more complicated.
Sounded so humiliating news of an incomprehensible and unjustified dissolution of command. "Finite la comedy?" - As the Italians would say. Not quite. More precisely, absolutely not. The revival of Donbass had in the winter of 2005, and then leadership ice team filed an application for performance of their offspring in the first Ukrainian league. The backbone of players consisted of local Donetsk players. Moreover, in the autumn of 2008 in one of the largest cities in Independence Square was built by an ice-rink Lider, on the ice which Donetsk players practiced and took their rivals.
As time went on, the fans at the team gradually add, while the position of the club's sporting front, becoming more stable. That is, of course, could not but rejoice.
Current affairs
Now Donbass - the strongest hockey club in Ukraine. The winner of the regular season ended the season and the reigning champion of the country. The team that has issued an amazing winning streak for the Ukrainians, equal to the 27 games in a row. Home arena - DS "Friendship". Incidentally, a glance at the standings held "regular season", just notice that the balance of wins (23) and injuries (1) the people of Donetsk are not just solid, but very solid. It is not often you see this, right? Competitors, despite all efforts, keep up prytkostyu black-white-red were not able to. And even titled Kiev Sokil (can not help but remember the age-old sporting a confrontation between two cities) left behind on all counts yielded Donetsk hockey players in the "regular season", and in the final series for the gold medal.
It is worth noting the trio mentors Donbass. Perhaps the merit of the head coach, Kojima today is Alexander Kulikov, as well as his assistants Anatoly Demin and Sergey Viter in constant progress hockey team the most pronounced, as precursors to repeat something like this was not possible. Of course, you can not pass by Sergei Shakurov, who created all conditions for fruitful work of their subordinates. Next we will talk about the players, play for a club from Donetsk. In the meantime, stating a fact: even with the friendly nature of the coming match, easy life, the boys from the Red Star we should not wait.
Roster
There are many youngsters and prospects in Donbass as well as the experienced players. The main goalkeeper can safely assume that Alexander Kharitonov, who played twice as many meetings as his colleagues Andriy Bezkhlibnyi and Stepan Goryachevskih. Distinguish among the defenders by Sergei Markov, Nicholas and Alexandra Ladygina Zelenko. A lot of time spent on the ice, Alexander Kruchinin, but with discipline this guy has a problem - the number of deletions equal to the team he is not. Brighter than the rest of the attackers look like Pavlo Borisenko, Igor shaman Sergei Babinets, Anton Roslyakov and Dmitry Isayenko.
With regard to the views of fans, then they (according to the poll on the official site Shakhtar), the biggest impression among the forwards made it Anton Roslyakov. The second line-up to the vote occupied Sergei Babinetz, and the third place Pavlo Borysenko. All three were born in 1987. In general, young people, as they say, wherever the road.
Achievements
Collection of titles and regalia of Donbass still quite small. And what she may be in order, whose history is, in fact, it is not complete and decades? Again, that its chief today the trophy the team won just recently, becoming the best in the country.
- Bronze medalist of the VEHL (First Division) in 2001
- 5th place in the Ukrainian Cup in 2007
- Dnipropetrovsk Treid Point Cup winner in 2007
- 5th place in the Ukrainian championship in 2009.
- Regular season of the Ukrainian championship-2010/2011 winner.
- Champion of Ukraine 2011.
In a word, dear friends, the rival is waiting for us - it's obviously an interesting, original and craving for new victories. Even when a victory is not supposed to be the essential thing. But still they play at home arena with a lot of fans.
