The Donbass Hockey Club is ready for the appointment of the club's coach, Andrei Nazarov, as head coach of Ukraine's national hockey team, and the coach of the Donbass youth team, Alexander Godynyuk, as assistant coach of the national team.

"The Donbass Hockey Club is closely following the achievements of the national team and is doing everything it can to improve the results and perform the tasks it has been assigned. We assure you that we are honored to make our contribution to the development of Ukrainian hockey," reads a response of the club's vice president, Sergei Shakurov, to President of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine Anatoliy Brezvin.

The federation filed a respective request to Donbass on July 29.

Nazarov was appointed Donbass coach in April 2013. He previously coached Severstal Cherepovets, Traktor Chelyabinsk and Vityaz Chekhov and also worked in the Russian national team.

As a player Nazarov played about 600 games in the National Hockey League. He played for Mechel, Dynamo Moscow, Metallurg Novokuznetsk and Avangard Omsk. He spent most of his career abroad, playing for such NHL clubs as the San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Phoenix Coyotes and the Minnesota Wild.