Hockey Club Dynamo Kharkiv ( uk, МХК «Динамо» Харків) is a Ukrainian
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club based in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Professional Hockey League
The Professional Hockey League (PHL) ( uk, Професіональна хокейна ліга (ПХЛ), '' tr: Profesional'na khokeina liha'') was an ice hockey league in Ukraine, founded in 2011; ceased in 2013. The country's national title, ...
of
Ukraine
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, were renamed to Dynamo Kharkiv in 2012 and disbanded in 2014. In 2017 the team re-formed again as MHC Dynamo Kharkiv.
History
Founded in 1979 on the base of the junior
HC Dynamo Moscow
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Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and have won th ...
team, enforced with juniors from
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Kiev
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Minsk
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Ufa
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Penza
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Novokuznetsk
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. After three seasons in the third tier of Soviet leagues, Dynamo was promoted into the second one, where it played 6 years. 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons remained the highest achievement of Dynamo in the Soviet period. In 1992, the team was disbanded.
The Kharkivski Akuly were established in 2008 as an amateur ice hockey club, taking part in the Open Championship of
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kharkiv Oblast
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, winning the local championship itself in 2011. Following this, the team became a founding member of the
Professional Hockey League
The Professional Hockey League (PHL) ( uk, Професіональна хокейна ліга (ПХЛ), '' tr: Profesional'na khokeina liha'') was an ice hockey league in Ukraine, founded in 2011; ceased in 2013. The country's national title, ...
of Ukraine, placing 6th in the eight-team inaugural season. Following the season, the team opted to revert to amateur play and focus on acting as a junior hockey team; acting as a farm team for HC Dynamo Kharkov.
In April 2018, club juniors Vladislav Hurko, Danylo Babchuk, Alexei Sirotenko, Dmytro Khalin played for the
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and 2 assists). Babchuk has 1 goal and 1 assist, Khalin has 2 assist. Vladislav Hurko hit the top 5 goaltenders of the Division I B (4th position, 93.03 Sv%).
In 2017 the team was resurrected as MHC Dynamo Kharkiv. In the first 2017-18 season it was the 4th in the regular championship and the 3rd in play-offs.
Dmytro Yakushyn
Dmytro Viktorovych Yakushyn ( ua, Дмитро Вікторович Якушин; born January 21, 1978) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey player. He also played two games for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1999–00 season. The rest ...