Shakhtar Soligorsk

HC Vitebsk retains Belarus Cup

Today the first official trophy of the new season was assigned: Vitebsk retains the Belarus Cup, named after Ruslan Salei, by beating 2-1 Shakhtar Soligorsk in the final. HK Brest won the bronze, by beating 2-1 Yunost Minsk

(27 Aug 2023)

Awards in Belarus assigned

The Belarusian Federation announced the awards for the 19-20 Extraliga, one of few leagues completed in Europe. The winners are determined by the votes of all Extraliga clubs

Best Goalie: Maxim Malyutin (Shakhtar Soligorsk)
Best Defender: Andrei Antonov (Yunost Minsk)
Best Forward: Nikita Remezov (Neman Grodno)
Best Young Player: Nasser Subkhi (HK Gomel)
Playoffs MVP: Maxim Malyutin (Shakhtar Soligorsk)
Coach of the Year: Yuri Faikov (Shakhtar Soligorsk)

(17 May 2020)

Shakhtar to the finals in Belarus

No corona break in Belarus. Today Shakhtar Soligorsk beat Neman Grodno 1-0 to qualify for the finals against Yunost. The finals start on Friday.

(24 Mar 2020)

Yunost and Shakhtar become farm clubs of Dinamo Minsk

Yunost Minsk and Shakhtar Soligorsk will be both farm-clubs of Dinamo Minsk. The agreement was signed by the General Director of Dinamo Anatoly Kurilets, and the equal role Alexei Torbin (Yunost) and Yuri Budko (Shakhtar).

"Today we have made logical steps that will help further progress of all three teams. We ended the cooperation with Dinamo Maladzyechna that now is becoming an indipendent club.
Now we should give an opportunity to young Belarusian players to prove themselves. Cooperation with the leading clubs of our national championship will allow it to be done with the greatest efficiency" said Kurilets

(21 May 2018)

Shakthar Soligorsk changes coach

Shakthar Soligorsk announced longtime coach Andrei Gusov was fired due to the unsatisfactory campaign at Continental Cup, where team failed to qualify to Superfinals. Gusev was in coaching staff of the club since the foundation in 2009, winning a title, two silver and a bronze in Belarus Extraliga. He was replaced by former Belarus U20 and U18 coach Vladimir Tsyplakov, in last two seasons working at Traktor Chelyabinsk as assistant

(03 Dec 2016)

Calendar of Belarus Cup unvelied

Belarus Federation publishes today the calendar for Belarus Cup, named after Ruslan Salei, in memory of the defender tragically passed away in Yaroslavl plane crash. As in last editions, the 11 Extraliga teams plus Belarus U20 national team are divided in two groups playing a single round robin. The two winners will advance to finals. Two finalists from last edition, champion Yunost Minsk and Dinamo Maladzyechna are in thew same group, so won't meet in the final act.
As usual Eurohockey will follow Belarus Cup with game-by-game stats

(12 Jul 2016)

Season awards decided in Belarus

At the meeting of Executive Committee of the Belarus Federation were announced the awards for the 2015-2016 season:

Here the winners:

Best goalkeeper - Maxim Malyutin (Shakhter Soligorsk)
Best defender - Kristian Khenkel (Yunost-Minsk)
Best forward - Pavel Razvadovsky (Yunost-Minsk)
Best young player - Danila Karaban (Dinamo Maladzyechna)
Top scorer - Victor Andrushchenko (Shakhter Soligorsk)
Playoffs MVP - Alexander Tryanichev (Yunost-Minsk)

Best referee - Andrei Shrubok (Minsk)
Best arena - Chizhovka Arena Minsk

The Committee also announced the Extraliga will be played with same format also next season, but increasing the number of import players up to 6.

(21 Apr 2016)

Yunost and Dinamo Maladzyechna will battle for Salei Cup

Yunost Minsk and Dinamo Maladzyechna are the finalists of Salei Cup (National Cup of Belarus) 2015. In a home/away semifinal series Yunost won national champion Shakhtar Soligorsk 8-3 and 2-6 reaching the final for the seventh time since the first edition of the competition in 2001-02 equaling the record of defunct Keramin Minsk. Yunost already holds the record for the most wins, four, along with HK Gomel.
Dinamo Maladzyechna, a team founded in 2014, reached its first ever final by beating 2-1 and 3-3 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk
Final will be played in home/away format, on October 06 in Minsk and October 20 in Maladzyechna

(30 Sep 2015)

Semifinals defined in Belarus Cup

After the end of first phase, with teams splitted in two groups, are known the semifinalists of Belarus Cup. Trophy holder Neman Grodno was surprisingly eliminated in Group A

Yunost Minsk - Shakhtar Soligorsk
Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk - Dinamo Maladzyechna

Semifinals will be played in September, dates are to be determined, with home/away format

(19 Aug 2015)

Awards in Belarus

After the end of Extraliga, Federation, through the votes of captains and coaches, determined the winners of seasonal awards.

Best goalkeeper - Maxim Malyutin (Shakhtar Soligorsk)
Best defender - Andrei Korshunov (Neman Grodno)
Best Forward - Victor Andruschenko (Shakhtar Soligorsk)
Top scorer - Jakub Cerny (Yunost Minsk)
Best young player - Christian Henkel (Yunost Minsk)
Best referee - Maksim Sidorenko
Best arena - Chizhovka Arena Minsk

Special prize for his great contribution to the development of hockey in Belarus was awarded the Governor of Minsk region Semyon Shapiro.

the winner of best coach prize will be determined after the end of the World Championship in Czech Republic

(28 Apr 2015)