HK Rapid

HK Rapid
City	Kiev, Ukraine
League	Ukrainian Hockey Extra League (2015–present)
Founded	2015
Operated	2015–present
Home arena	Kiev Sports Palace
General manager	Anatoli Davydov
Head coach	Oleg Islamov
Captain	Ilya Yelovikov
Website	www.hc-rapid.com.ua

HK Rapid (Ukrainian: XK Рапид) is an ice hockey team based in Kiev, Ukraine, playing in the Ukrainian Hockey Extra League.^[1]

History

The club was formed in 2015, first by the name Generals Kiev-2, as the team is planned to act as a farm team for Generals Kiev. The company Prag Car (official dealer of Škoda in Ukraine) won a tender for the right to name the team, giving the name HK Rapid to the team.^[2]

The first season (2015-16) of the club, they ended at the sixth place (out of eight teams) during the regular season, and thereby missed the playoffs.^[1]

References

1 2 "Ukrainian Hockey Extra League, 2015-16 season, eliteprospects". Retrieved 2 February 2016.
↑ "Фарм-клуб «Дженералз» будет называться «Рапид»!". 28 August 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

Ukrainian Hockey Championships / Ukrainian Hockey Extra League

Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 (PHL) 2012–13 (PHL) 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 (Extra League)

2015–16 teams	Bilyi Bars HK Donbass HK Generals Kiev HK Kremenchuk HK Kryzhynka Kompanion HK Rapid HK Vityaz Kharkiv Yunost Kharkiv

Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine Professional Hockey League

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