MHC Dynamo Kharkiv

After three seasons in the third tier of Soviet leagues, Dynamo was promoted into the second one, where it played 6 years.

The Kharkivski Akuly were established in 2008 as an amateur ice hockey club, taking part in the Open Championship of Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast, winning the local championship itself in 2011.

[2] Following this, the team became a founding member of the Professional Hockey League of Ukraine, placing 6th in the eight-team inaugural season.

[3] In April 2018, club juniors Vladislav Hurko, Danylo Babchuk, Alexei Sirotenko, Dmytro Khalin played for the Ukraine men's national under-18 ice hockey team (2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I B).

[5][6][7] Vladislav Hurko hit the top 5 goaltenders of the Division I B (4th position, 93.03 Sv%).