Yuri Alexandrovich Schundrow

Yuri Schundrow
Date of birth	June 6, 1956
place of birth	Penza , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
date of death	July 27, 2018
Place of death	Kiev , Ukraine
size	170 cm
Weight	69 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Right
Career stations
1973-1978	Diselist Penza
1978-1991	HK Sokil Kiev
1991-1994	Chimik Voskressensk
1994-1997	HK Sokil Kiev
1997-1999	Chimik Voskressensk
1999	Ldinka Kiev
1999-2000	Rapid Bucharest

Yuri Alexandrovich Schundrow ( Russian Юрий Александрович Шундров , Ukrainian Юрій Олександрович Шундров / Yuri Oleksandrowytsch Schundrow ; * 6 June 1956 in Penza , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ; † 27. July 2018 in Kiev ) was a Russian - Ukrainian ice hockey player and later coach , the spent a large part of his career at HK Sokil Kiev and won the U19 European Championship in 1975 and the U20 World Championship in 1976 with the Soviet offspring .

Career

Juri Schundrow started his career at Diselist Pensa in his hometown. There he played from 1974 in the Pervaya League , which was then the second highest division in the Soviet Union. In 1978 he moved to HK Sokil Kiev in the Wysschaja Liga , the then highest Soviet ice hockey league . There he reached third place with his team as the best place in the 1984/85 season . In 1986 he reached the final of the Spengler Cup with Sokil . He himself was elected to the all-star team of the Spengler Cup. After 13 years in the Ukrainian capital, he returned to Russia and joined Chimik Voskressensk , for whom he also played in the Vysschaya League and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union from 1992 to 1994 in the International Hockey League . After he played again for Sokil from 1994 to 1997 and for the second time for Chimik from 1997 to 1999, he played four games for Ldinka Kiev in the East European Hockey League in 1999 . He then let his career at Rapid Bucharest end in the Romanian ice hockey league. In his second engagement with Sokil Kiev, he won the Ukrainian championship in 1995 and 1997 .

International

In the youth field, Schundrow first took part in the U19 European Championship in 1975 and then with the Soviet U20 selection in the U20 World Championship in 1976 and was able to win both tournaments without having to play.

After failing to Soviet times in the adult area only twice in friendlies in 1985 against Czechoslovakia was used internationally to Schundrow decided after the dissolution of the Soviet Union for the Ukrainian national team World Championships C with which he at the 1995 and 1997 , the B World Cup 1998 , as he contributed to the immediate promotion with the best catch quota of the tournament and was elected the best goalie of the tournament, and took part in the 1999 World Cup.

Coaching career

After the end of his active career, Schundrow worked as a trainer. He looked after the Ukrainian national team as an assistant coach and was a goalkeeping coach in the continental hockey league at HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , HK CSKA Moscow and HK Sochi .

Achievements and Awards

• 1975 U19 European champion
• 1976 U20 world champion
• 1986 All-Star-Team of the Spengler Cup
• 1995 Ukrainian champion with HK Sokil Kiev
• 1997 Ukrainian champion with HK Sokil Kiev
• 1997 Promotion to the B group at the C World Championship
• 1998 promotion to the A group at the B World Championship
• 1998 Best goalkeeper and best catch quota at the B World Cup

Web links

• "Shundrov passes away. Ukrainian was World Junior champion with Soviets ” , accessed August 2, 2018.
• Yuri Alexandrowitsch Schundrow at eurohockey.com
• Juri Alexandrowitsch Schundrow at eliteprospects.com (English)