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Sokil Kyiv has been named as a possible expansion team to join the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] for the 2009/10 season. |
Sokil Kyiv has been named as a possible expansion team to join the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] for the 2009/10 season. |
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=== Notable Former Players === |
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[[Ruslan Fedotenko]] (1995-96), |
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[[Dmitri Khristich]] (1985-91), |
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[[Alexei Zhitnik]] (1989-91) |
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==Honors== |
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Revision as of 23:53, 21 July 2008
| Sokil Kyiv | |
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| Nickname | "Falcons" |
| League | Vysshaya Liga 2007-Present
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| Division | West |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Home arena | Avangard Rink (capacity: 700) |
| Head coach | Sergei Lubnin |
HC Sokil Kyiv (Ukrainian: Сокіл Київ, English: Kiev Falcons) is a professional ice hockey team based in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The team currently competes in the Western division of the Vysshaya Liga.
History
The club was founded under the name Dynamo Kiev, a name used until 1973. From 1979 to 1991 Sokil Kyiv competed at the highest level of Soviet club hockey, the Soviet Elite League of Hockey. The team made the finals for the Spengler Cup in the 1986 season. Biefly for the 1992/93 season, they were known as Sokol Eskulap (Russian: Сокол-Эскулап). From 1995 thru 2004, Sokil Kyiv competed in the Eastern European Hockey League, winning the league championship in 1998 and 1999. From the 2004/05 season through the 2006/07 season, the team competed in the Open Championship of Belarus.
Sokil Kyiv has been named as a possible expansion team to join the Kontinental Hockey League for the 2009/10 season.
Notable Former Players
Ruslan Fedotenko (1995-96), Dmitri Khristich (1985-91), Alexei Zhitnik (1989-91)
Honors
Winners
- 1965
- Danube Cup: 2
- 1968, 1970
- Eastern European Hockey League Championship: 2
- 1998, 1999
- Spengler Cup: 1
- 1986
- Tampere Cup: 1
- 1989
- Ukrainian Supreme League Championship: 10
- 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
Runners-Up
- 1979, 1987
- Eastern European Hockey League Championship: 2
- 1997, 2000
- Ukrainian Supreme League Championship: 4
- 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002
Other Notable Achievements
- Championship of the USSR Bronze Prize 1985
- Eastern European Hockey League Bronze Prize 2001
External links
- Template:Uk icon Official Supreme League standings
- Template:Ru icon Unofficial site of Sokil and Ukrainian Hockey
- Template:Ru icon "HC Sokil Kyiv" at Ukrainian Ice Hockey Agency site
- Template:Uk icon/Template:Ru icon Ukrainian Ice-Hockey agency
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