Alexander Yuryevich Junkov

Alexander Junkov
Date of birth	November 21, 1982
place of birth	Voskressensk , Russian SFSR
size	182 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 19
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 1999	HK Dynamo Moscow
1999-2001	THK Tver
2001-2003	ZSK WWS Samara
2003-2004	HK Liepājas Metalurgs
2004-2005	Vitjas Chekhov Chimik Voskressensk
2005-2006	HK Spartak Moscow
2006-2007	Severstal Cherepovets
2007-2009	HK Spartak Moscow
2009-2010	Amur Khabarovsk
2010–2012	HK Spartak Moscow
2012-2014	Amur Khabarovsk
2014-2015	Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast

Alexander Jurjewitsch Junkow ( Russian Александр Юрьевич Юнков ; born November 21, 1982 in Voskressensk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who was last under contract with Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast in the Continental Hockey League . His brother Mikhail is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Alexander Junkow began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of the HK Dynamo Moscow , for whose second team he was active from 1998 to 2000 in the third-rate Pervaya League . From 1999 to 2002 the attacker was active in the Wysschaja Liga , the second Russian division, for the THK Tver and ZSK WWS Samara . In the 2002/03 season he was also in five games for his ex-club Dynamo Moscow in the Super League on the ice. In the 2003/04 season he ran for HK Liepājas Metalurgs in parallel in the East European Hockey League and in the Latvian Ice Hockey League .

The 2004/05 season Junkow spent at the second division club Vitjas Chekhov , with whom he was promoted to the super league. He also appeared twice for Chimik Woskressensk in the super league this season . In the following years he was under contract with HK Spartak Moscow and Severstal Tscherepowez for one season each . For the period from 2007 to 2009, the Russian returned to Spartak Moscow, which was included in the newly established Continental Hockey League for the 2008/09 season . Towards the end of the season he was signed by Spartak's league rival Amur Khabarovsk , for whom he played until November 2010. After a brief stint at HK Traktor Chelyabinsk Junkow returned to Spartak Moscow.

From May 2012 Junkow was back under contract with Amur Khabarovsk and was one of the top performers there for the next two years. In the 2014/15 season he only got 2 scorer points from 19 games, so that in December 2014 he was given to Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast .

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 Most assists in the play-offs of the Latvian Ice Hockey League
• 2005 promotion to the super league with Vitjas Chekhov

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	6th	277	49	64	113	132
Playoffs	1	4th	1	1	2	2

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Web links

• Alexander Junkow at hockeydb.com (English)
• Alexander Junkow at eliteprospects.com (English)