Kickoff of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship 2025/2026
The Ukrainian Hockey Championship 2025/2026 has recently commenced. This season, five teams are competing, two of which are from Kyiv. The participants are listed as follows:
- HC «Kremenchuk» (Kremenchuk, Poltava region)
- HC «Sokil» (Kyiv)
- HC «Kryzhynka-Capitals» (Kyiv)
- HC «Storm» (Odesa)
- HC «Odeshchyna» (Odesa)
Compared to the previous season, there are some notable changes. Unfortunately, this year, the Kherson team «Dnipro» is not participating, while a new team, HC «Odeshchyna», has emerged. An interesting situation surrounds the vice-champion from Kyiv — the «Kyiv Capitals» club. With the approval of the UHF, the club has entered its first team into the Baltic Hockey League, which includes clubs from Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and now Ukraine. In the Ukrainian Championship, the farm team «Kryzhynka-Capitals» remains, which consists of young players and those who do not make the first team.
Thus, Kyiv's «Sokil» played their first match against Odesa's «Storm» and achieved a comeback victory after being down by two goals during the game.
«SOKIL» — «STORM» — 3:2 (0:1, 1:1, 2:0)
«KREMENCHUK» — «KRYZHYNKA-CAPITALS» — 6:1 (4:0; 0:1; 2:0)
The next match for «Kryzhynka-Capitals» is on Wednesday, October 15, against «Storm». «Sokil» will face «Odeshchyna» the following day.
