The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern, Western, and Southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference.
Junior hockey is ice hockey competition generally for players between 16 and 21 years of age. Junior hockey leagues in the United States and Canada are considered amateur and operate within regions of each country.
Sports such as football and wrestling have been popular in Ukraine since the 19th century. Ukraine has benefited from the Soviet Union's emphasis on physical education, and Ukraine was left with hundreds of stadiums, swimming pools, gymnasiums, and other athletic facilities after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ukraine sports or athletic movement was influenced greatly by Sokol gymnast organization that was popular in the Central Europe since the second half of the 19th century.
Hockey Club Sokil Kiev, commonly known as Sokil Kiev or HC Sokil, was a Ukrainian Professional Hockey League team based in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. While their home arena is located in the city, the team also plays out of Brovary, still within the Kiev region.
College ice hockey is played in Canada and the United States, though leagues exist outside North America.
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises 25 member clubs based in Belarus, China, Finland, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Slovakia and it is planned to expand to more countries. It is widely considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in Europe and Asia, and second in the world behind the National Hockey League. KHL has the third highest average attendance in Europe with 6,121 spectators per game in the regular season, and the highest total attendance in Europe with 5.32 million spectators in the regular season.
Hockey Club Bilyi Bars Bila Tserkva is a Ukrainian team based in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine. They were a founding member of the Professional Hockey League of Ukraine and are now playing in the Ukrainian Hockey League.
The Ukrainian men's national junior ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Ukraine. The team represents Ukraine at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division I.
The Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Федерація хокею України, Federatsiya khokeyu Ukrayiny is the official governing body for ice hockey in Ukraine. It became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation on May 6, 1992.
Hockey Club Donbass is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey team based in Druzhkivka, currently playing in the Ukrainian Hockey League.
The 2009–10 or XVIII Ukrainian Hockey Championship was the 18th annual edition of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship, and final season for the Ukrainian Major League. It took place from October 18, 2009, April 9, 2010. 6 teams participated in Division A, three teams in Division B, and six teams in Division C. HC Sokil Kyiv won the championship.
The Professional Hockey League (PHL) was an ice hockey league in Ukraine, founded in 2011; ceased in 2013. The country's national title, the Ukrainian Championship, was awarded annually to the league champion following a 4-team, 2-round playoff at the end of the 41-game regular season. Runners-up received silver and bronze medals. This format ended after the 2012–13 season, whereupon the FHU reclaimed administration of the title. The winner of the Ukrainian/PHL Championship was also guaranteed qualification into the Champions Hockey League season. The PHL is shown on the First National TV channel and the Hockey channel to broadcast regular season and playoff games. Many of the PHL's games are also broadcast online.
Hockey Club Kharkivski Akuly is a Ukrainian ice hockey club based in Kharkiv. They were a founding member of the Professional Hockey League of Ukraine.
VIM-Berkut is an ice hockey team in Lviv, Ukraine. They played in Division C of the Ukrainian Hockey League during the 2009-10 season, finishing in sixth and last place after going winless with 5 goals for and 83 goals against.
Yavir Yavoriv is an ice hockey team in Yavoriv, Ukraine, that is currently playing in the Western Ukrainian Amateur Hockey League. During the 2009-10 season, the club participated in Division C of the Ukrainian Hockey League. They finished in fifth place in the group with a record of three wins and seven losses, with 34 goals for and 40 against.
HC Lutsk is an ice hockey team in Lutsk, Ukraine. The club was founded in 2005.
Vatra Ivano-Frankivsk is an ice hockey team in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. The club was founded in 2007.
Olimpiya Kalush is an ice hockey team in Kalush, Ukraine. They were founded in 2002
HK Kremenchuk is an ice hockey team based in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, playing in the Ukrainian Hockey Extra League that was formed prior to the 2016–17 season. The club was founded in 2010 and initially competed in Ukrainian amateur championships before joining the Belarusian Vysshaya Liga for 2013–14 season. After finishing the regular 2013–14 season Kremenchuk was forced to withdraw from the league prior to the playoffs due to the political situation in Ukraine. The team then joined the Ukrainian Championship for the 2014–15 season, winning the regular season and finishing as runners-up in the playoffs. Kremenchuk has also qualified for the IIHF Continental Cup on one occasion.
