2021/2022 TEAMS INTRODUCTION

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Carpathian Junior Hockey League is proud to announce the next club of 2021/2022 season! Ukrainian team HK Kremenchuk will participate in CJHL U14.

"We are joining CJHL with great pleasure! We know, that CJHL competitions are organized on high level. We expect, that our participation will bring an international experiences to our players, coaches and the whole club at all. We hope that the games will be held in a fair and uncompromising struggle!," said about CJHL membership Vadym Seliverstov, HK Kremenchuk head coach.

Kremenchuk started playing hockey in the 1930´s. Immediately after the opening of the KRAZ automobile factory (1945), the fastest team game in the world became popular when an open hockey field was built there. In the early 1950s, natural ice rinks were also opened in Kryukov at the Wagon factory and the Dormash Stadium. Since that time, city, regional championships, republican competitions and the Golden Puck children's tournament began to be held. In 2007, the first hockey arena was built in Kremenchuk.

"Ukrainian teams have been an integral part of KMHL since its beginning. Although hockey is not the number 1 sport in the country, they bring high quality to our competitions in most cases. I believe that Kremenchuk will also fight for the best possible results and will continue in tradition of well organized, disciplined and quality of Ukrainian teams in CJHL," Oleg Moller, CJHL vice-president.