Alexander Akimovich Martynyuk (russian: Александр Акимович Мартынюк; 11 September 1945 – 16 November 2022) was a Russian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player who played in the Soviet Hockey League.

Career

He played for HC Spartak Moscow with linemates Alexander Yakushev and

Vladimir Shadrin Vladimir Nikolaevich Shadrin (russian: Владимир Николаевич Шадрин; 6 June 1948 – 26 August 2021) was an ice hockey centre who played in the Soviet Hockey League from 1964 to 1979 for HC Spartak Moscow. He also p ...

. During the

1973 World Ice Hockey Championships The 1973 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 40th Ice Hockey World Championships and the 51st European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in the Soviet Union from 31 March to 15 April and the games were played at the Pala ...

Martynyuk scored eight goals against

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. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973.

References

External links

Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio
1945 births 2022 deaths Soviet ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Moscow HC Spartak Moscow players Krylya Sovetov Moscow players EC Kapfenberg players Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub