Dmitri Anatolyevich Pestunov

Dmitri Pestunov
Date of birth	January 22, 1985
place of birth	Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR
size	177 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	center
number	# 24
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 3rd round, 80th position Phoenix Coyotes
Career stations
2002-2007	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2007-2008	HK Spartak Moscow
2008-2010	HK Awangard Omsk
2010-2011	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2011-2014	HK Dynamo Moscow
2014-2017	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2017-2018	Awtomobilist Ekaterinburg
since 2018	CS Progym Gheorgheni

Dmitri Anatoljewitsch Pestunow ( Russian Дмитрий Анатольевич Пестунов ; born January 22, 1985 in Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR ) is a Russian - Kazakh ice hockey player who has been under contract with CS Progym Gheorgheni since August 2018 .

Career

Dmitri Pestunov began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk . From there he moved to the Russian club HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , for whose professional team the center made its debut in the super league in the 2002/03 season . In his rookie year , he scored four goals in 32 games. The following year he failed with his team only in the playoff final for the championship title at HK Awangard Omsk . The 2004/05 season he began again at Metallurg Magnitogorsk, but ended it at the capital club HK Spartak Moscow , for which he scored a goal in twelve games and was an assist.

In the summer of 2005 Pestunow returned to HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk, with which he won the Spengler Cup later that year . In the 2006/07 season , the former junior national player became Russian champions for the first time in his career with HK Metallurg . Following this success, he joined his ex-club Spartak Moscow for a year. From 2008 to 2010, the Russian with a Kazakh passport played for HK Avangard Omsk in the newly founded Continental Hockey League before signing a contract with HK Tractor Chelyabinsk for the 2010/11 season . After six goals and eleven assists in 43 games, he moved to OHK Dynamo in January 2011 within the KHL . With the OHK Dynamo and HK Dynamo Moscow, respectively, he won the Gagarin Cup in 2012 and 2013 and thus the Russian championship again.

In October 2014 Pestunov was given to HK Tractor Chelyabinsk in exchange for financial compensation.

International

For Russia Pestunow took part in the U18 Junior World Championships 2003 , and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2003 , 2004 and 2005 . In 2003 he won the bronze medal with the U18 national team and the gold medal with the U20 national team. At the U20 World Cup in 2005, he was runner-up with his team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 Russian runner-up with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2005 Spengler Cup win with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2007 Russian champion with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2012 Gagarin Cup win with the OHK Dynamo
• 2013 Gagarin Cup win with HK Dynamo Moscow

International

• 2003 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2003 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2005 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
KHL main round	3	157	21st	65	86	138
KHL playoffs	3	17th	1	4th	5	18th
Super League main round	6th	283	34	62	96	240
Super League Playoffs	4th	33	0	4th	4th	47

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Dmitri Pestunow at hockeydb.com (English)
• Dmitri Pestunow at eliteprospects.com (English)