Molodaya Gvardia | |
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City | Donetsk |
League | Minor Hockey League (2013–present) |
Founded | 2013 |
Home arena | Druzhba Arena (capacity: 4,130) |
Colours | |
Owner(s) | Borys Kolesnikov |
General manager | Serhiy Shakurov |
Head coach | Alexander Godynyuk |
Affiliates | HC Donbass (KHL) Bilyi Bars (PHL) Donbass-98 (junior) |
Website | gvardia |
Franchise history | |
Molodaya Gvardia |
Molodaya Gvardia (Russian: Молодая Гвардия; Ukrainian: Молода Гвардія, tr. Moloda Hvardiya, English: Young Guard) is a Ukrainian junior ice hockey team based in Donetsk. The team is an affiliate of the Kontinental Hockey League's HC Donbass, and is a member of the Minor Hockey League (MHL), joining in the 2013–14 season.[1] They are the sole representative from Ukraine competing at the major-junior level. Borys Kolesnikov, a prominent Ukrainian politician and businessman, owns the organization.[2] The team takes its name from the World War II Soviet resistance group the Young Guard, who consisted mainly of local youths and also operated in the Donbass region.