Following Donbas Donets'k announcement of joining the Kontinental Hockey League, team owner and president Borys Kolesnikov announced that newly created Donbas-2 Donets'k in season 2012/13 would to act as a farm team for the KHL team. Moreover, the team would place an emphasis on the development of junior ice hockey players, limiting the roster to those under the age of 25, with focus on 17-21 year olds.
After the championship season 2012/13 in the Ukrainian PHL club managers said that Donbas-2 will play next season in Molodezhnaya Hockey League (MHL), and offered to fans to choose a new club name. On April 2, 2013 HC Donbas announced the beginning of negotiations with MHL (Junior Hockey League) concerning the question regarding the inclusion of the youth club team in the MHL Championship season 2013/14. On April 16, 2013 passed a vote for the best team that will represent Donets’k in MHL. According to the poll, which was conducted on the official website of the club, the team will be named Moloda Hvardiya (Young Guard). This variant of the name entered 45.28% of the total quantity of voted. Two other options – Donets’ki Skify (Donets’k Scythians) and Polumya Donbasu (Donbas Flame) – voted 31.62% and 23.10%, respectively. In total turnout in 2195 people.