List of HC Donbass seasons

HC Donbass is a professional ice hockey team based in Donetsk, a city in the Donets Basin region of Ukraine. The only Ukrainian club playing outside of the Professional Hockey League (PHL), Donbass plays in Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Borys Kolesnikov, a prominent Ukrainian politician and businessman, purchased the team in 2010,^[1] and since this time the organization has become the most successful in Ukraine.

Donbass played home games at Leader Arena from 2006 to 2010. In 2011, the team permanently moved to the Druzhba Palace of Sports after its renovations were complete.^[2]

The club was founded in 2005 as Hockey Club Donetsk-Kolbyko and took part in the XIV Ukrainian Championship by competing in the First League. After 3 years of competing only in tournament play, the club returned to the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. In its 4 seasons of national competition beginning in 2008, the franchise won its first title in 2011, before joining the VHL. It was at this time that the organization founded a subsidiary club, Donbass-2, to compete in the Ukrainian Championship in its place. Donbass-2 won its first title in 2012 during the inaugural PHL season.

Season by season

Serhiy Varlamov, captain of Donbass, played on the 2011 Ukrainian Championship winning roster, and was named to the 2012 All-Ukrainian All Star Team

Ukrainian Championship (2006-2011)

Russian Major League (2011–12)

Tournaments

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Cup of Ukraine

Westa-Neftek International Cup

Dnipro Cup

Federation Cup

Donbass Open Cup

IIHF Continental Cup

Notes

• a GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime wins, T = Tie, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
• b Ekspres Lviv withdrew from the tournament and did not play due to a loss of sponsorship, forfeiting both matches.
• c Vatra Ivano-Frankivst withdrew from the tournament, forfeiting game 3.
• d FHU-AST = FHU All Star Team, FHU-POY = FHU Player of the Year

References

General

• "Archive 1910-2007". Lviv Hockey Clubs. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
• "Archive 2008-". Lviv Hockey Clubs. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
• "Ukrainian Hockey Championship". HockeyArchives.ru. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

Specific

1. Leshchenko, Serhiy. "Борис Колесніков: Чому зібрався в Києві податковий майдан? Це ж смішно!". Ukrayinska Pravda. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
2. "Druzhba Hockey Arena". HC Donbass. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
3. "2005-2006 Ukrainian Championship". HC.Lviv.ua. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
4. "2006-2007 Ukrainian Championship". HC.Lviv.ua. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
5. "2007-2008 Ukrainian Championship". HC.Lviv.ua. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
6. "2008-2009 Ukrainian Championship". HC.Lviv.ua. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
7. "2009-2010 Ukrainian Championship". HC.Lviv.ua. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
8. "2010-2011 Ukrainian Championship". HC.Lviv.ua. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
9. "2011-2012 Russian Major Hockey League". VHL Official Site. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
10. Tuniz, Davide. "Aleksandr Materukhin voted Player of the Year in Ukraine". Retrieved 8 May 2012.
11. "2005-2006 Ukrainian Championship". HC.Lviv.ua. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
12. "Federation Cup". HockeyArchives.ru. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
13. "Donetsk Open Cup 2011 in Donetsk". Russian Hockey. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
14. "Donetsk Open Cup 2012 in Donetsk". Russian Hockey. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
15. "2011-12 Continental Cup". IIHF. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
16. "2011-12 Continental Cup Super Final". IIHF. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
17. "IIHF Continental Cup". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-14.