2021–22 Ukrainian Hockey League season

The 2021–22 Ukrainian Hockey League season is the 30th season of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. Eight teams participated in the league in the start of the season.
The season was marked by a split in Ukrainian hockey - on 24 November 2021, 4 clubs, including the holding champions HC Donbass, left the league and announced the creation of the Ukrainian Hockey Super League. On November 30, FC BSFK entered the league. On January 8, Rulav Oddr also left the league, although it was announced that the club was renamed Kharkiv Berserkers. On February 24, the season was suspended as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
==Teams==
Team 	Home city 	Founded 	Arena 	Capacity
Dnipro Kherson 	Kherson 	1999 	Favorite Arena 	400
Kremenchuk 	Kremenchuk 	2010 	Aisberg Arena 	1000
Rulav Oddr 	Kharkiv 	2020 	Dafi Ice Hall Kharkov 	1,500
Sokil Kyiv 	Kyiv 	1963(reestablished in 2020)	Palace of Sports, Kyiv 	7513
After 24 November 2021 	After 24 November 2021 	After 24 November 2021 	After 24 November 2021 	After 24 November 2021
HC BSFK 	Brovary 	 	 	
Before 24 November 2021 	Before 24 November 2021	Before 24 November 2021 	Before 24 November 2021 	Before 24 November 2021
Bilyi Bars 	Bila Tserkva 	2008 	Ice Arena Bila Tserkva 	500
Donbass 	Druzhkivka 	2005 	Altair Arena 	400
Kramatorsk 	Kramatorsk 	2020 	Serhiy Petrov Ice Arena KOVZANKA	430
Mariupol (before 24 November 2021)	Mariupol 	2020 	Mariupol Ice Center 	300
== Withdrawal of clubs from the league and creation of the Ukrainian Hockey Super League ==
On 16 November 2021, the Disciplinary Committee of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine suspended seven players of HC Donbass and HC Kramatorsk, who left the location of the Ukraine national team, from participation in official matches. On the same day, the creation of the Ukrainian Hockey Super League was announced, whose founding members became UHL clubs HC Donbass, HC Kramatorsk, Bilyi Bars and HC Mariupol.
On 24 November, HC Donbass and HC Kramatorsk were excluded from the Ukrainian Hockey League due to the continued participation of disqualified players in official games despite the decision of the Disciplinary Committee. On the same day, HC Mariupol and Bilyi Bars withdrew from the league.
On 8 December, the new Ukrainian Hockey Super League season started.
On 30 November, HC BSFK was announced as the fifth club. The season resumed on December 2.
On 8 January 2022, Rulav Oddr was announced to be renamed Kharkiv Berserkers. On the same day, the club announced its withdrawal from the league, and also denied the information about the renaming of the team. However, they soon returned to the league.
==Ukrainian Hockey League standings==
Pl.	Club 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1 	MHK Sokil Kyiv 	37	29	2 	0 	6 	195:86	60
2 	HC Kremenchuk 	34	18	5 	1 	10	131:83	41
3 	Donbas Donetsk 	19	16	0 	1 	2 	88:33 	32
4 	HC Mariupol 	19	10	1 	3 	5 	73:47 	21
5 	HC Kramatorsk 	20	9 	2 	1 	8 	63:55 	20
6 	Dnipro Kherson 	35	8 	3 	5 	19	79:134	19
7 	Rulav Odd Kharkiv 	33	7 	4 	4 	18	84:123	18
8 	BSFK Brovary 	16	1 	1 	3 	11	39:92 	3
9 	Bilyỹ Bars Bila Tserkva	21	0 	1 	1 	19	33:132	1
;Standings after expelled and withdrawn teams left
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Final Result
1 	MHK Sokil Kyiv 	28 	23	1 	0 	4 	158	58 	+100	48 	
2 	Kremenchuk 	25 	15	4 	0 	6 	113	60 	+53 	38 	
3 	Dnipro Kherson 	26 	9 	2 	4 	11	73 	94 	−21 	26 	
4 	Ruslav Odd Kharkiv	26 	6 	3 	4 	13	71 	106	−35 	22 	
5 	HC BSFK 	27 	1 	2 	4 	20	56 	153	−97 	10 	
6 	Donbass 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	Excluded from the tournament
7 	Kramatorsk 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	Excluded from the tournament
8 	Bilyi Bars 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	Withdrew from the tournament
9 	Mariupol 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	Withdrew from the tournament
==Ukrainian Super League standings==
Pl.	Club 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1 	Donbas Donetsk 	25	23	1 	0 	1 	129:43	47
2 	HC Kramatorsk 	24	13	2 	0 	9 	92:66 	28
3 	SK Sokol Kyiv 	24	13	0 	1 	10	87:63 	26
4 	HC Mariupol 	23	12	1 	2 	8 	83:60 	25
5 	Bilyỹ Bars Bila Tserkva	23	3 	1 	1 	18	42:113	7
6 	HC Altair Druzhkovka 	23	2 	0 	1 	20	39:127	4
== Results ==
Home 	Away 	Away 	Away 	Away 	Away 	Away 	Away 	Away 	Away 	Away
Home 	Bilyi Bars 	HC BSFK 	Donbass 	Dnipro 	Kharkiv Berserkers 	Kramatorsk 	Kremenchuk 	Mariupol 	Rulav Oddr 	Sokil Kyiv
Bilyi Bars 	– 	 	0–5 	3–2 GWS 	 	1–42–9 	 	2–11 	3–40–1 	1–9
HC BSFK 	 	– 	 	0–43–7 	4–3 GWS4–5 GWS 	 	4–8 	 	 	1–94–5 GWS1–3
Donbass 	12–25–1 	 	– 	4–1 	 	5–22–0 	0–1 OT 	4–15–1 	5–2 	5–46–4
Dnipro Kherson 	4–23–2 OT 	4–3 OT 	1–51–3 	– 	3–06–2 	2–1 OT1–2 	0–43–4 OT1–4 	2–71–2 OT 	5–0 (w/o)3–7 	2–91–52–13–5
Kharkiv Berserkers 	 	4–2 	 	4–3 OT 	– 	 	3–4 GWS2–3 GWS4–5 GWS 	 	 	1–62–5
Kramatorsk 	6–24–3 	 	0–6 	3–1 	 	– 	2–5 	3–7 	 	2–4
Kremenchuk 	10–111–1 	6–04–62–1 	3–22–5 	7–06–2 	5–2 	2–3 GWS1–5 	– 	1–21–0 GWS 	6–14–3 	2–42–52–3
Mariupol 	7–08–3 	 	 	8–1 	 	2–7 	4–2 	– 	1–05–2 	0–24–3 OT
Rulav Oddr 	4–28–0 	 	0–3 	3–2 GWS 	 	0–42–3 OT 	2–4 	2–1 OT 	– 	3–5
Sokil Kyiv 	5–2 	9–46–1 	7–6 	7–53–46–1 	11–0 	3–14–2 	2–42–36–2 	5–3 	7–04–3 	–
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== References ==
== External links ==
* Ukrainian Hockey League on eliteprospects.com
* Ukrainian Hockey League on eurohockey.com
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