The head coach of the Ukrainian national hockey team Vadim Shakhraychuk made a symbolic face-off before the NHL match between Winnipeg and Vancouver (7:4).

Oleksandra Slatvytska, executive director of the Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation, as well as former Canadian hockey players of Ukrainian origin, brothers Dave and Wayne Babichi, took to the ice before the start of the match together with Shakhraichuk..

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Publication from FHU. official (@fhu_official).

Recall that the last hockey season in Ukraine was not completed due to the full-scale military invasion of Russia..

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Earlier it was reported that the NHL will help restore the sports infrastructure of Ukraine.