Yuriy Dmytrovych Hunko ( ua, Юрій Дмитрович Гунько, born February 28, 1972), also known as Yuri Gunko, is a former

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Career

Gunko began his career with

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in 1988. He stayed with SHVSM until 1990, when he joined Sokil Kyiv, and played with them until 1995. Gunko then played four seasons for Ak Bars Kazan, before a one-year stop-over in the DEL with the Hannover Scorpions, before returning to Kazan in 2000. He then played for CSKA Moscow for one season, before re-joining Sokil Kyiv for four years, from 2002-2006. After playing one year with both HKm Zvolen and

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, he re-joined Sokil Kyiv for the third time.

Achievements

International

*Silver medal at the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunko, Yuri 1972 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players Hannover Scorpions players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Ukraine Sokil Kyiv players Soviet ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Kyiv St. Louis Blues draft picks Ukrainian ice hockey defencemen