. "The Red & Black"@en . . . . "Hockey Club Donbas\n* HC Kolbiko-Donetsk"@en . "Western"@en . "Donbass"@en . "4130"^^ . "Aleksandr Kulikov"@en . . . . . "Donbas"@en . "Hockey Club Donbass (Russian: \u0425\u041A \u0414\u043E\u043D\u0431\u0430\u0441\u0441; Ukrainian: \u0425\u043E\u043A\u0435\u0439\u043D\u0438\u0439 \u041A\u043B\u0443\u0431 \u0414\u043E\u043D\u0431\u0430\u0441, tr. Khokeinyi Klub Donbas) is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey team based in Donetsk. They are members of the Russian Major League (VHL), and are the reigning Ukrainian national champions. Following the 2010-11 season, Donbass split into two teams with their affiliate, HC Donbass-2, representing the club in the Professional Hockey League of Ukraine. The team takes its name from its geographic location in the heart of the Donets Basin (Donbas). Donbass has stated aspirations to join the Kontinental Hockey League."@en . . . . . . . . . "Donetsk Bears"@en . . . . ""@en . . "Donbas Donetsk"@en . . "Borys Kolesnikov"@en . "Borys Kolesnikov, a prominent Ukrainian politician and businessman, purchased the team in 2010, and from then until 2014 it was the most successful hockey club in Ukraine. The team takes its name from its geographic location in the heart of the Donets Basin (Donbas)."@en . "Western"@en . . . "December 2005"@en . . . . "Borys Kolesnikov, a prominent Ukrainian politician and businessman, purchased the team in 2010, and from then until 2014 it was the most successful hockey club in Ukraine. The team takes its name from its geographic location in the heart of the Donets Basin (Donbas). The club was founded in 2005 as Hockey Club Kolbiko-Donetsk and took part in the 2005-06 Ukrainian Championship by competing in the First League. After 3 years of competing only in tournament play, the club returned to the Ukrainian Hockey Championship, and ascended to the Ukrainian Major League. In its 4 seasons of national competition beginning in 2008, the franchise won its first national title in 201], before joining the Russian Major Hockey League (VHL). The team also won the IIHF Continental Cup 2013, becoming the first team from Ukraine to do so. Following the 2010\u201311 season, Donbass split into two teams with their affiliate, Donbass-2, representing the organization in the Professional Hockey League of Ukraine. Donbass-2 won its first title in 2012 during the inaugural PHL season, and its second title the following season for the organization. In 2013, Bilyi Bars began acting as HC Donbass' PHL affiliate, dissolving Donbass-2."@en . . . . . . "HC Donbass"@en . "2005"^^ . "Hockey Club Donbass"@en . . "Hockey Club Donbass (Russian: \u0425\u041A \u0414\u043E\u043D\u0431\u0430\u0441\u0441; Ukrainian: \u0425\u043E\u043A\u0435\u0439\u043D\u0438\u0439 \u041A\u043B\u0443\u0431 \u0414\u043E\u043D\u0431\u0430\u0441, tr. Khokeinyi Klub Donbas) is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey team based in Donetsk. They are members of the Russian Major League (VHL), and are the reigning Ukrainian national champions. Following the 2010-11 season, Donbass split into two teams with their affiliate, HC Donbass-2, representing the club in the Professional Hockey League of Ukraine. The team takes its name from its geographic location in the heart of the Donets Basin (Donbas). Donbass has stated aspirations to join the Kontinental Hockey League."@en . "Serhiy Varlamov"@en . . . . . . . . . "400"^^ . "Serhiy Shakurov"@en . . . . . .