2024–25 Ukrainian Hockey Championship
Sports season
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The 2024–25 Ukrainian Hockey Championship was the 33rd year of professional ice hockey in Ukraine. The regular season ran from 1 November 2024 to 20 March 2025 with Sokil Kyiv finishing atop the standings. The Postseason ran from 7 March to 11 April 2025. HK Kremenchuk defeated Kyiv Capitals 4 games to 3 for the league championship.
LeagueItalian Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration1 November 2024 – 11 April 2025
GamesRegular season: 90
Postseason: 17
Postseason: 17
| 2024–25 Ukrainian Hockey League | |
|---|---|
| League | Italian Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 1 November 2024 – 11 April 2025 |
| Games | Regular season: 90 Postseason: 17 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Sokil Kyiv |
| Runners-up | Kyiv Capitals |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | HK Kremenchuk |
| Runners-up | Kyiv Capitals |
Bombed arenas
- Shortly after the end of the season, the Favorit Arena in Kherson was destroyed by a Russian guided aerial bomb.[1] The attack came during a Russian assault against civilian targets that also damaged a supermarket, apartment buildings and private property, a common occurrence during the Russo-Ukrainian War.[2][3]
- Several months later, the Palace of Sports, Odesa was hit by Shahed drone.[4] While the building wasn't destroyed, it was damaged heavily and forced Storm Odesa to relocate to a new home arena.
Teams
2024–25 Ukrainian Hockey Championship teams.
| Team | City | Arena | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dnipro Kherson | Kherson | Favorit Arena |  Konstantin Butsenko |
| HK Kremenchuk | Kremenchuk | Aysberh Arena | Andrei Sryubko |
| Kyiv Capitals | Kyiv | Palace of Sports, Kyiv | Vadym Shakhraychuk |
| Sokil Kyiv | Kyiv | Palace of Sports, Kyiv | Oleg Shafarenko |
| Kryzhynka Kyiv | Kyiv | Kryzhynka Ice Stadium | Olexander Seukand |
| Storm Odesa | Odesa | Palace of Sports, Odesa | Olexander Bobkin |
Standings
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sokil Kyiv | 30 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 131 | 64 | +67 | 68 | Advanced to Semifinals |
| 2 | Kyiv Capitals | 30 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 151 | 57 | +94 | 67 | |
| 3 | Storm Odesa | 30 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 169 | 69 | +100 | 60 | |
| 4 | HK Kremenchuk | 30 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 136 | 57 | +79 | 57 | |
| 5 | Dnipro Kherson | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 86 | 177 | −91 | 18 | |
| 6 | Kryzhynka Kyiv | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 272 | −249 | 0 |
Source: Alps Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Statistics
Scoring leaders
| Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaroslav Panchenko | Kyiv Capitals | F | 28 | 24 | 17 | 41 |
| Viktor Zakharov | Sokil Kyiv | C | 23 | 27 | 13 | 40 |
 Deniss Berbniks | Kyiv Capitals | D | 27 | 10 | 30 | 40 |
| Sevastian Karpenko | Kyiv Capitals | C | 25 | 23 | 14 | 37 |
| Vitalii Lialka | HK Kremenchuk | LW/RW | 25 | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| Nikita Sidorenko | Storm Odesa | F | 23 | 21 | 14 | 35 |
| Ilya Kriklya | Storm Odesa | C | 25 | 11 | 24 | 35 |
| Nikita Oleynik | Kyiv Capitals | F | 25 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| Andrei Krivonozhkin | Kyiv Capitals | F | 25 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Denis Borodai | Sokil Kyiv | W | 22 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
Playoffs
Bracket
| Semifinals (best-of-7) | Championship (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Sokil Kyiv | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 1 | - | |||||||||||||
| 4 | HK Kremenchuk | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||
| 4 | HK Kremenchuk | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 2* | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Kyiv Capitals | 3* | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Kyiv Capitals | 4 | 5* | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Storm Odesa | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)