HC Ukrainochka (ukr. ЖХК «Україночка») - is a Ukrainian women's ice hockey club in the capital city of Kyiv. It was created in 2015 and currently competes in the Ukrainian Women's Hockey League ().
The home rinks of the club are the "Ice Arena" and the Kyiv Sports Palace. The colors of the team are blue and yellow.
History
HC Ukrainochka was created on January 10, 2015. Originally, its members were women whose sons were playing hockey.
The club was hosted by the NHL to travel to the United States as part of a charity event.
On December 19, 2015, Ukrainochka played four friendly matches with the other women's team in Ukraine, the Dnipro Squirrels.
HC Ukrainochka played in the amateur league in Kyiv before becoming one of the founding teams of the Ukrainian Women's Hockey League in the 2016–2017 season. The first goal of the league was scored by Ukrainochka's forward, Yulia Dobrovolska
Roster
Goaltenders
# Nationality Player Catches Date of birth Place of birth 1
Victoria Tkachenko Left 9 April 1998 Kyiv Ukraine 44 Irina Byedokurova Left 27 June 1988 Kyiv
Defensemen # Nationality Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth 5 Anna Veremchuk Kyiv 13 Marina Kobchuk Left 15 January 1999 Kyiv 15 Marina Udovychenko Left 16 August 1964 Kyiv 18 Larisa Verbenko Left 30 October 1975 Kyiv 20 Aleksandra Slatvytska Left 20 February 1989 Kyiv 71 Kelly Ann Whelan Right 22 January 1992 Washington, DC, USA 82 Viktoria Yanov Left 21 July 2000 Kyiv 83 Olga Grechko Left 26 October 1990 Kyiv 88 Natalya Romanenko Left 11 September 1967 Kyiv 99 Irina Raenok Left 24 October 1986 Kyiv
Forwards # Nationality Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth 7 Elizaveta Alipova Left 18 December 1997 Kyiv 8 Maria Gromova Left 14 December 1996 Kyiv 9 Yulia Artemieva (C) Left 15 November 1976 Kyiv 11 Anna Dorofeeva Left 5 December 1998 Kyiv 12 Natalia Balysheva Left 4 December 1976 Kyiv 14 Nadezhda Boboshko Left 14 December 1981 Kyiv 16 Meagan Harrison 1985 Ottawa, Canada 19 Elena Alipova Left 18 December 1997 Kyiv 24 Anastasia Ryabchun Left 4 August 2000 Kyiv 28 Olga Pisarenko Left 14 February 1976 Kyiv 55 Yulia Dobrovolska Left 30 March 1998 Kyiv 70 Yulia Verhiles Kyiv 77 Darya Suprun Left 5 May 2000 Kyiv 78 Marina Kryvoruchko Left 4 January 2000 Kyiv
Management
President - Nadezhda Boboshko
Coaching Staff and Personnel Head Coach - Evgeny Alipov (since August 2015) Coach - Andrei Kochur Coach - Alexander Nikulichev
References