Nikita Polonitsky and Denis Goncharenko returned to their clubs
At the location of the national Ukrainian national hockey teamwhich is holding a training camp in Hungary, has four new players: AHL club Henderson defenseman Silver Knight Arthur Cholachdefender of Hungarian Dunaujvaros Ivan Sysakas well as two players from Polish Zagłębie – defender Vitaliy Andreykiv and forward Ilya Korenchuk.
At the same time, two players left the national team – defender Nikita Polonitsky and forward Denis Goncharenko.
It is reported that five more players will join the Ukrainian national team in the near future: Igor Merezhko, Alexander Peresunko, Daniil Trakht, Stanislav Sadovykov and Evgeniy Fadeyev.
At the training camp in Hungary, the Ukrainian team has already played one friendly match – it defeated the local Dunaujvaros with a score of 4:0. The Ukrainian team will play its next match on August 25 against the Hungarian team.
In the preliminary round of Olympic qualification, the blue-yellows defeated South Korea (4:0), beat the Polish team (3:2) in a shootout, and triumphed over Estonia (5:3).
In the final round, Dmitry Khristich’s team will play France, Slovenia and Latvia. The matches will be held in Riga from August 29 to September 1. The winner of the quartet will receive a ticket to the 2026 Olympic Games.
Source: Sportarena
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