Molodaya Gvardia (Russian: Молодая Гвардия; Ukrainian: Молода Гвардія, tr.

Moloda Hvardiya, English: Young Guard) is a Ukrainian junior ice hockey team based in Donetsk.

Borys Kolesnikov, a prominent Ukrainian politician and businessman, owns the organization.

[2] The team takes its name from the World War II Soviet resistance group the Young Guard, who consisted mainly of local youths and also operated in the Donbass region.

Ukrainian former NHL player Alexander Godynyuk was named head coach on a three-year contract.