SKA-GUOR Karelia will participate in the 2022/2023 MHL season

Three SKA system teams from three subjects of the Russian Federation will participate in the 2022/2023 Junior Hockey League (MHL) season.

SKA-1946 (Saint Petersburg), SKA-Varyagi (Leningrad Region) and SKA-GUOR Karelia (Republic of Karelia) will all compete in the campaign. The decision was ratified during the Board of Directors meeting of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on April 5.

The SKA-GUOR Karelia team was created in 2019 on the basis of the State Olympic Reserve School of Kondopoga. Before joining the MHL, SKA-GUOR Karelia played in the National Junior Hockey League (NMHL), notably finishing in second position of the 2021/2022 regular season.

The decision for the team to compete in the MHL was taken with the goals of developing young players with more intensity, increasing the competitiveness of Karelian ice hockey and to positively influence the process of interaction SKA system teams.

Home matches will take place at the Ice Palace in Kondopoga.

We congratulate SKA-GUOR Karelia with this development and wish the team success in the MHL!

SKA-GUOR Karelia is the only professional youth ice hockey team in the Republic of Karelia. These are the team's results since joining the NMHL in 2019:

2019/2020: 16th place in the regular season

2020/2021: 13th place in the regular season and qualification for the playoffs

2021/2022: 2nd place in the regular season and qualification for the playoffs