ATEK Kyiv

ATEK Kyiv wins Ukranian League

ATEK Kyiv surprisingly wins 2014-2015 Ukranian League beating 4-3 in a dramatic game #3 of finals regular season winner and favourite HC Kremenchuk. Decisive goal was scored at 77:46 in the overtime by Belarusian Evgeny Krivomaz. Kremenchuk won 4-2 game #1 of final series in Kyiv but lost 3-2 game #2 and 4-3 game #3 at home.
It's the second title for ATEK after that won in 2006-207 season. Then club was inactive from 2008-09 to 2014-2015. ATEK forward Pavel Dvoretsky was named League MVP. Started in February after a difficult preparation, Ukraine League alligned just four teams and lasts two months. Kremenchuk proposed the dispute of another tournament in May, named Ukraine Cup, to ensure some games more for the teams.

Vladislav Serov died

Former Ukrainian forward Vladislav Serov, who played for the national team of Ukraine at the Olympic Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City (USA) and the World Championships in 2004 in the Czech Republic, suddenly died at 35 for unknown causes
Formed in famous Kharkov Druzhba-78 hockey school,Serov played for Ukraine at the World Junior Championship and then spent almost his entire career in North America, playing for various teams in AHL, UHL, IHL and ECHL. In 2003-04 played for Italian Appiano scoring 22 points in 18 games. In 2006-07 - his last active season - Serov won Ukranian title with ATEK Kyiv