Ukraine men's national junior ice hockey team

Ukraine

Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
Head coach	Alexander Godynyuk
Assistants	Mykola Maiko
Captain	Vsevolod Tolstushko
Most points	Vitaly Semenchenko (25)
IIHF code	UKR
First international
Ukraine 20 - 0 Lithuania  (Minsk, Belarus; November 10, 1992)
Biggest win
Ukraine 20 - 0 Lithuania  (Minsk, Belarus; November 10, 1992)
Biggest defeat
Finland 14 - 1 Ukraine  (Helsinki, Finland; December 30, 2003)
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances	20 (first in 1993)
Best result	8th (1995)
International record (W–L–T)
57-58-8

The Ukrainian men's national junior ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Ukraine. The team represents Ukraine at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division I.

History

Ukraine made its first appearance at the top level in 1994, less than five years after gaining independence from the Soviet Union. Ukraine went on to upset the United States, and Ukrainian goaltender Igor Karpenko went on to win top goaltender at the 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Since, there was no relegation round due to the restructuring of the format, Ukraine was not relegated, despite finishing 8th out of 8 teams. Ukraine was relegated to Pool B after finishing 10th in 1996. Four years later, Ukraine made it back to Pool A in 2000, and once again finished 10th. Despite, the relegation, Ukraine didn't lose a game by more than 7 goals. Ukraine earned promotion to top level for 2004 with a one-point differential over Japan, by defeating France 3-0 on the last day. Ukraine experienced troubles in Helsinki, Finland with equipment shortages (ea-sticks, tape), because the country was experiencing economic difficulties. Other teams participating donated sticks, tape, skate laces, and other pieces of equipment to the Ukrainian team. Despite, the generous donations from other teams, Ukraine did not hold up well in the tournament losing to the Czech-Republic (8-0); Switzerland (11-0); Canada (10-0); Finland (14-1). Ukraine went on to lose the relegation round to Sweden (4-0), and tie Austria (2-2). Ukraine has remained at the Division I level since then.

2012 roster

Roster for the 2012 World Junior Championships:

Pos.	No.	Player	Team
GK	1	Danil Yeliseyev	Bilyi Bars
GK	25	Pavlo Yachnyk	HC Donbass
D	2	Valentyn Sirchenko	Sokil Kyiv
D	3	Anton Dyky	Sokil Kyiv
D	4	Vsevolod Tolstushko	Sokil Kyiv
D	5	Dmytro Ignatenko	Bilyi Bars
D	21	Danil Korzh	Sokil Kyiv
D	22	Volodymyr Romanenko	HC Berkut
D	23	Artem Yevseichyk	Vinnytski Haidamaky
F	7	Ivan Savchenko	Kharkivski Akuly
F	8	Vladislav Kutchevich	Ak Bars Kazan
F	9	Andri Istominov	Vinnytski Haidamaky
F	10	Igor Mykulko	Sokil Kyiv
F	12	Artem Kobykov	Kharkivski Akuly
F	13	Yuri Petrangovsky	HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
F	14	Olexi Yanishevsky	Sokil Kyiv
F	15	Ruslan Romashenko	Vinnytski Haidamaky
F	16	Pavlo Padakin	Fairbanks Ice Dogs
F	17	Dmytro Khanin	Sokil Kyiv
F	18	Viktor Zakharov	Sokil Kyiv
F	19	Maxym Martyshko	HC Berkut
F	24	Dmytro Chernyshenko	Vinnytski Haidamaky

External links

• Ukraine at IIHF.com