List of HC Donbass seasons

HC Donbass is a professional ice hockey team based in Donetsk, a city in the Donets Basin region of Ukraine. The only Ukrainian club playing outside of the Professional Hockey League (PHL), Donbass plays in Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Borys Kolesnikov, a prominent Ukrainian politician and businessman, purchased the team in 2010,^[1] and since this time the organization has become the most successful in Ukraine.

Donbass played home games at Leader Arena from 2006 to 2010. In 2011, the team permanently moved to the Druzhba Palace of Sports after its renovations were complete.^[2]

The club was founded in 2005 as Hockey Club Donetsk-Kolbyko and took part in the XIV Ukrainian Championship by competing in the First League. After 3 years of competing only in tournament play, the club returned to the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. In its 4 seasons of national competition beginning in 2008, the franchise won its first title in 2011, before joining the VHL. It was at this time that the organization founded a subsidiary club, Donbass-2, to compete in the Ukrainian Championship in its place. Donbass-2 won its first title in 2012 during the inaugural PHL season.

Season by season

Serhiy Varlamov, captain of Donbass, played on the 2011 Ukrainian Championship winning roster, and was named to the 2012 All-Ukrainian All Star Team

Ukrainian Championship (2006-2011)

Ukrainian Champion

League Leader

Division Leader

Season	League	Division	Regular season^[a]											Post season						Awards
			Div. Finish	League Finish	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	Pts	GF	GA	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Result
2005–06	First	B	1st	2nd	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	20	3	1	1	0	2	1	Won First League, 1–0 (SDYUSSHOR Kharkiv)[3]	—
2005–06	Major	–												2	0	2	5	7	Lost promotion series, 0–2 (ATEK)[3]	—
2006–07	First	First League season cancelled												XV Ukrainian Championship playoff not held [4]
2007–08	First	First League season cancelled [5]
2008–09	Major	Eastern	1st	6th	19	14	0	–	0	5	6	134	66	6	4	2	21^[b]	13^[b]	Won first qualifying round, 2–0 (Vorony Sumy) Won second qualifying round, 2–0 (Ekspres Lviv)^[b] Lost quarterfinal, 0–2 (HC Kharkiv)[6]	—
2009–10	Major	A	5th	–	20	5	0	–	1	14	16	52	100	5	2	3	9	15	Won qualifying round, 2–1 (Vatra Ivano-Frankivsk)^[c] Lost quarterfinals, 0–2 (Bilyi Bars)[7]	—
2010–11	Major	–		1st	24	22	1	–	0	1	68	179	32	4	4	0	20	7	Bye for quarterfinals Won semifinals, 2-0 (HC Kharkiv) Won Championship, 2–0 (Sokil Kyiv)[8]	—
First League totals					2	2	0	0	0	0	6	20	3	1	1	0	2	1	1 Playoff Appearance
Major League totals					63	41	1	–	1	20	90	365	198	17	10	7	55	42	4 Playoff Appearances

Russian Major League (2011–12)

Conference Leader

Season	League	Conference	Regular season^[a]												Post season						Awards^[d]
			Conf. Finish	League Finish	GP	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	Pts	GF	GA	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Result
2011–12	VHL	Western	1st	3rd	53	31	3	4	2	2	11	111	179	112	3	3	0	29	17	Won conference quarterfinals, 3–0 (Titan Klin) Won conference semifinals, 3–0 (Neftyanik Almetyevsk) Lost league semi-finals, 0–4 (Toros Neftekamsk)[9]	Oleksandr Materukhin (FHU-POY, FHU-AST) Oleksandr Pobedonotsev (FHU-AST) Serhiy Varlamov (FHU-AST)[10]
VHL totals					53	31	3	4	2	2	11	111	179	112	3	3	0	29	17	1 Playoff Appearance

Tournaments

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Won Tournament

Tournament Leader

Group Leader

Cup of Ukraine

Year	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Finals
2007	2	0	0	0	0	5	28	0	0	3rd, Group A	Did not qualify[4]

Westa-Neftek International Cup

Year	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Finals
2007	3	3	0	0	38	7	6	1st, Group B	Won finals, 5:3 (Dnipro-Meteor Dnipropetrovsk)

Dnipro Cup

Year	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Finals
2008	3	2	0	1	35	11	6	2nd, Group B	Lost 3rd place match, 6:4 (Piraty Dnipropetrovsk)

Federation Cup

Year	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Finish
2010	3	1	0	1	1	9	11	4	3rd[11]

Donbass Open Cup

Year	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Finish
2011	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	10	0	4th[12]
2012	4	2	0	0	1	1	8	9	7	3rd[13]

IIHF Continental Cup

Year	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Awards
2011–12	3	3	0	0	0	12	4	9	1st, Group E[14]	Vladimir Malevich (D)
	3	2	0	0	1	10	8	6	3rd, Super Final[15]
2012–13	3	3	0	0	11	1	9	4	1st, Super Final[11]	Ján Laco (G) Clay Wilson (D)

Notes

• ^a GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime wins, T = Tie, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
• ^b Ekspres Lviv withdrew from the tournament and did not play due to a loss of sponsorship, forfeiting both matches.
• ^c Vatra Ivano-Frankivst withdrew from the tournament, forfeiting game 3.
• ^d FHU-AST = FHU All Star Team, FHU-POY = FHU Player of the Year

References

General

• "Archive 1910-2007". Lviv Hockey Clubs. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
• "Archive 2008-". Lviv Hockey Clubs. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
• "Ukrainian Hockey Championship". HockeyArchives.ru. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

Specific

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7. "2009-2010 Ukrainian Championship". HC.Lviv.ua. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
8. "2010-2011 Ukrainian Championship". HC.Lviv.ua. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
9. "2011-2012 Russian Major Hockey League". VHL Official Site. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
10. Tuniz, Davide. "Aleksandr Materukhin voted Player of the Year in Ukraine". Retrieved 8 May 2012.
11. "Federation Cup". HockeyArchives.ru. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
12. "Donetsk Open Cup 2011 in Donetsk". Russian Hockey. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
13. "Donetsk Open Cup 2012 in Donetsk". Russian Hockey. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
14. "2011-12 Continental Cup". IIHF. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
15. "2011-12 Continental Cup Super Final". IIHF. Retrieved 11 May 2012.