Berkut
Nickname"Golden Eagles"
CityBrovary
LeagueProfessional Hockey League
(2011–2013)
Founded2004
Folded2013
Home arenaIce Arena TEC Terminal
(capacity: 1,500)
Colours     
Owner(s)Georgia (country) David Zhvaniya
WebsiteHC-Berkut.com
Franchise history
HC Berkut
  • HC Podil (2010–11)
  • HC Berkut (2004–10)

Berkut Hockey Club (Ukrainian: ХК Беркут, HC Berkut) was a Ukrainian professional ice hockey team based in Brovary. While its home arena is in Brovary, within the Kyiv region, it also played in the city of Kyiv.

It was a founding member of the Professional Hockey League of Ukraine, before being expelled by the League and forfeited from the 2013 playoffs. The organization's current focus is its youth development program.

The team's name, Berkut, means golden eagle.

History

Financial dispute

The team was expelled by the League and forfeited from the 2013 playoffs for not fulfilling its financial obligations to the League and to its players.[1][2][3] Its former captain, Serhiy Klymentiev, along with goaltender Igor Karpenko filed a lawsuit against the club at the conclusion of the season.[4] It has since not taken part in the 2013–14 Ukrainian Hockey Championship season.

Name change

On 26 January 2014, it was announced that HC Berkut-2, a Ukrainian ice hockey team in the Amateur Hockey League would be changing so as to avoid association with Berkut forces in their role repressing Euromaidan activists.[5]

Players

Team captains

Head coaches

References

  1. ↑ "Климентьев: "Произошедшее с Беркутом — стыд и позор"". 24 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "ПХЛ. Суд отказал Беркуту". 18 April 2013.
  3. ↑ http://hc-berkut.com/ru/articles/item/2013-03-05-milosh-holan-hotelos-byi-uznat-mnenie-mejdunarodnoy-federatsii-hokkeya
  4. ↑ "Климентьев завершил карьеру - iSport.ua". Archived from the original on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
  5. ↑ "Беркут-2 меняет название - iSport.ua". Archived from the original on 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  6. ↑ Ua, Isport (8 June 2012). "ПХЛ. Милош Холан возглавил Беркут". Isport.ua.


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