Ukraine - New Pro League to start this year

[khlman]

Match fixing happens all over Europe. Not just a Russian thing.

[Xokkeu]

Originally Posted by khlman

Match fixing happens all over Europe. Not just a Russian thing.

No doubt, Italy (probably the 3rd most popular league in the world, at the very least 4th) is about to go through it's second major scandal.

[cska78]

Originally Posted by khlman

Match fixing happens all over Europe. Not just a Russian thing.

is that a legitimate excuse in your mind to continue doing it?

[khlman]

Originally Posted by cska78

is that a legitimate excuse in your mind to continue doing it?

I just said it happens, not that I condone it.

[Sokil]

http://bighockey.ua/news/postav-zapi...u-berkuta.html

Berkut still has the KHL in its long term goal, it seems.

[Xokkeu]

Originally Posted by Sokil

http://bighockey.ua/news/postav-zapi...u-berkuta.html

Berkut still has the KHL in its long term goal, it seems.

My Ukrainian basically consists of budlaska could you please translate that for me?

[Sokil]

My Ukrainian consists of kobassa, but google trans says

May 11 at channel "Hockey" bighockey.ua - straight line with David Zhvania, President HC "Berkut" - bronze medalist last championship Sds Doc Img, one of the most ambitious Ukrainian club hockey.
Handling of the results of last season, the club plans for a second season of the PHL and possible personnel changes in the team, the principles of selective breeding and ambitions "Berkut" to participate in the Kontinental Hockey League.
Viewers channel and visitors and guests of our pages in social networks can leave your question in the comments to this article.

[cska78]

would a hockey project with a bunch of foreigners garner any interest from the public?

[Sokil]

Well, let's rephrase that

Would a team with a bunch of Russians in Kiev garner interest from the public?

[Xokkeu]

Originally Posted by cska78

would a hockey project with a bunch of foreigners garner any interest from the public?

Shakhtar and Metalist would say foreigners aren't a problem.

[cska78]

Originally Posted by Xokkeu

Shakhtar and Metalist would say foreigners aren't a problem.

I said HOCKEY project. Football is popular in Ukraine, hockey is not so much, there's the difference.

[cska78]

Originally Posted by Sokil

Well, let's rephrase that

Would a team with a bunch of Russians in Kiev garner interest from the public?

Russians? doubt in Kiev they will be treated as foreigners....Most dev. not in Donetsk.

[Xokkeu]

Originally Posted by cska78

I said HOCKEY project. Football is popular in Ukraine, hockey is not so much, there's the difference.

Questionable.


There hasn't been decent quality hockey in Ukraine since 1991. Foreigners don't matter as much as quality.

[Sokil]

Originally Posted by cska78

Russians? doubt in Kiev they will be treated as foreigners....Most dev. not in Donetsk.

Exactly my point.

Unless you were referring to how fans would treat Finns and Slovaks and Swedes n' such?

[cska78]

Originally Posted by Sokil

Exactly my point.

Unless you were referring to how fans would treat Finns and Slovaks and Swedes n' such?

not how the fans will treat them, I was referring how much interest will a not very popular sport like hockey garner in Kiev, while there are almost no domestic products. I think Donbas - MHL - PHL should start working first and produce some players.

[Sokil]

I think the fact that the city has a much higher population, more money, and virtually all of Ukraine's hockey fans (and players) - a pro team there could survive there in spite of the lack of quality domestic talent. Import Russians and nobody will complain.

Would it be any different than Astana?

[Sokil]

http://isport.ua/hockey/ukraine/news/200262.html

Building a new arena in Sevastopol - hopefully they have a PHL team one day soon

[ozo]

+1

http://hc-generals.com/?page_id=115

[cska78]

Originally Posted by ozo

+1

http://hc-generals.com/?page_id=115

is this a new Kiev based team

[ozo]

Originally Posted by cska78

is this a new Kiev based team

Kinda, it will be located in Brovary, a suburb of Kiev. Though their hockey school will be located at yet unknown city (not Kiev).

There's a better article, which also talks about Generals (despise this name already) and reincarnation of anther Soviet brand Kharkov Dynamo.

Link - http://www.sokol.kiev.ua/page-id-4957.html

[cska78]

Originally Posted by ozo

Kinda, it will be located in Brovary, a suburb of Kiev. Though their hockey school will be located at yet unknown city (not Kiev).

There's a better article, which also talks about Generals (despise this name already) and reincarnation of anther Soviet brand Kharkov Dynamo.

Link - http://www.sokol.kiev.ua/page-id-4957.html

it just looks like Harkov Sharks will become Dinamo for the most part and pretty much cease to exist.

[Sokil]

They're just changing the name of the team. Which is fine, the world needs more teams named Dynamo.

[filipkirk]

anyone know, Will gaymenki vinnitsa continue in the phl? they seem to be in the wrong league right now.

[ozo]

Originally Posted by filipkirk

anyone know, Will gaymenki vinnitsa continue in the phl? they seem to be in the wrong league right now.

We probably won't find out until mid-June, when is the final date to apply for a place in PHL.

[Sokil]

http://hcdynamo.kharkov.ua/en

found the dynamo site, i think