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{{Infobox KHL team
| clubname = Donbass-2
| image = [[Image:HC Donbass.png|250px]]
| fullname = '''Hockey Club Donbass-2'''
| founded = 2011
| dissolved = 2013
| based_in = [[Donetsk]]
| arena = Leader Arena (ЛСК "Лідер")
| capacity = 500
| league = [[Professional Hockey League]]<br /><small>(2011–2013)</small>
| division =
| conference =
| team_color = {{color box|#c60c30}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|#a5acaf}} {{color box|white}}
| captain =
| honors =
|affiliates = [[HC Donbass]] (KHL)<br>Donetsk Bears (junior)
|website = [http://hcdonbass.com/ HCDonbass.com]
}}
'''Hockey Club Donbass-2''' (Russian: ХК Донбасс-2; Ukrainian: Хокейний Клуб Донбас-2, ''tr. Khokeinyi Klub Donbas-2''), was a Ukrainian [[Professional Hockey League]] club based in [[Donetsk]]. They were a founding member of the Professional Hockey League of [[Ukraine]], winning the league's first two championships. The team takes its name from its geographic location in the heart of the Donets Basin (''Donbas''). Donbass-2 was an affiliate of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL)'s [[HC Donbass]] before being replaced by farm teams [[Bilyi Bars]] in the PHL and the [[Molodaya Gvardia]] in the [[Minor Hockey League]].

==Franchise history==
Donbass-2 was created following the split of [[HC Donbass]], following its joining of the [[Supreme Hockey League]] (VHL) and the creation of the [[Professional Hockey League]] (PHL) of [[Ukraine]]. In its first season, Donbass-2 acted as a farm team for the parent Donbass club, finishing 2nd in the inaugural PHL regular season, and captured the national championship in the playoffs, defeating [[Sokil Kyiv]] in the finals with the aid of Oleksandr Materukhin and Stepan Goryachevskikh from the parent club;<ref>http://www.championat.com/hockey/article-118811-desjat-zvjozd-chempionata-pkhl.html</ref> who had also defeated Sokil for the national title the prior season. Following HC Donbass' announcement of joining the [[Kontinental Hockey League]], team owner and president Borys Kolesnikov announced that Donbass-2 would continue to act as a farm team for the KHL team. Moreover, the team would place an emphasis on the development of junior ice hockey players, limiting the roster to those under the age of 25, with focus on 17-21 year olds.<ref>http://www.hcdonbass.com/home/news/news/17538?lang=ru</ref>

The team was dissolved in 2013 following their second PHL championship in a win against [[HC Kompanion-Naftogaz]].<ref>http://hcdonbass.com/news/phl/kompy/</ref> [[Bilyi Bars]] would assume Donbass-2's role as farm-team affiliate in the PHL, while Molodaya Gvardia would act as HC Donbass' junior affiliate in the MHL.<ref>http://hcdonbass.com/news/phl/v_chempionate_ukrainy_khk_donbass_budet_predstavlen_farm_klubom/</ref>

==Team awards==
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukrainian Hockey Championship]]
** [[File:Gold medal icon.png|15px]] '''Winners (2):''' [[2011–12 Professional Hockey League season|2012]], [[2012–13 Professional Hockey League season|2013]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://hcdonbass.com Official website]

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