Ukraine

Ukraine lost key players for Olympic Qualifications

Despite a brilliant campaign in previous round, Ukraine will travel to Vojens, Denmark without almost all its best players: besides Ruslan Fedotenko and Alexei Ponikarovsky, back in NHL, also Dynamo Moscow Konstantin Kasyanchuk - personal reasons - Companion Kyiv defender Ruslan Borisenko - fractured rib - and Donbas Donets'k forward Sergei Varlamov - reason still unknown - won't travel to Denmark

Belarus and Ukraine tied second match

Recovering twice, Belarus tied second friendly match against Ukraine in Kyiv

Ukraine - Belarus 2:2 (1:0, 1:2, 0:0)
1:0 Gnidenko (Navarenko, Kvitchenko, 4:07)
1:1 Antonov (Mikhailov, Musienko, 29:45)PP
2:1 Kvitchenko (Navarenko, Gnidenko, 35:25)
2:2 Kislyi (Musienko, Mikhailov, 36:12)

Belarus won against Ukraine

With temporary coach Andrei Skabelka, Belarus won the first test match against Ukraine in Kyiv Ice Palace in front of 3.500 spectators.

Ukraine - Belarus - 1:2 (1:0, 0:2, 0:0)
1:0 Pastukh (Lyutkevich, 15:02)
1:1 Kisliy (S. Kolosov, Musienko, 21:48)
1:2 Pavlovich (Efimenko, 34:48)

Tomorrow the second match

Brezvin re-elected Ukraine Hockey Federation President

During the General Congress of Ukraine Hockey Federation delegates unanimously re-elected Anatoli Brezvin as President. Brezvin heads the federation from 2006.