Viktor Gordiuk

Viktor Iosifovich Gordiyuk (; born April 11, 1970) is a Russian former ice hockey right wing. He played 26 games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres between 1992 and 1995. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1987 to 2010, was mainly spent in Russia. Internationally Gordiyuk played for the Soviet Union at several junior tournaments and at the 1991 Canada Cup.

Career Gordiyuk was drafted in the seventh round, 142nd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1990 NHL entry draft.

Gordiyuk played six seasons in the Soviet Union with Krylya Sovetov Moscow before making his North American debut with the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, in the 1992–93 season. He also appeared in sixteen National Hockey League games with Buffalo that season, scoring three goals and adding six assists.

Gordiyuk remained in the Sabres' organization for two more seasons, appearing in ten more games with Buffalo during the 1994–95 season and spending the remainder of the time in Rochester. After one season in the International Hockey League, Gordiyuk went to Germany for five seasons, playing in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for Düsseldorfer EG.

Gordiyuk returned to his native Russia for the remainder of his career, retiring in 2010. In his NHL career, Gordiouk appeared in 26 games; he scored three goals and added eight assists.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1987–88 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 26 2 2 4 6 — — — — — 1988–89 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 41 5 1 6 10 — — — — — 1989–90 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 48 11 4 15 24 — — — — — 1990–91 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 46 12 10 22 22 — — — — — 1991–92 Krylya Sovetov Moscow CIS 36 15 5 20 20 6 1 2 3 4 1992–93 Buffalo Sabres NHL 16 3 6 9 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Rochester Americans AHL 35 11 14 25 8 17 9 9 18 4 1993–94 Rochester Americans AHL 74 28 39 67 26 4 3 0 3 2 1994–95 Rochester Americans AHL 63 31 30 61 36 3 0 0 2 0 1994–95 Buffalo Sabres NHL 10 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Los Angeles Ice Dogs IHL 68 17 44 61 53 — — — — — 1995–96 Utah Grizzlies IHL 13 4 4 8 6 22 4 6 10 14 1996–97 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 47 20 16 36 26 4 0 2 2 2 1997–98 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 49 14 17 31 22 3 0 0 0 2 1998–99 Düsseldorfer EG GER-2 58 36 52 88 46 7 0 7 7 0 1999–00 Düsseldorfer EG GER-2 49 21 32 53 85 12 5 9 14 14 2000–01 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 60 17 13 30 32 — — — — — 2001–02 Salavat Yulaev Ufa RSL 18 1 5 6 8 — — — — — 2001–02 Krylya Sovetov Moscow RSL 29 8 9 17 45 3 0 1 1 2 2002–03 Dynamo Moscow RSL 9 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2002–03 Krylya Sovetov Moscow RSL 29 4 4 8 22 — — — — — 2003–04 Spartak Moscow RUS-2 54 17 19 36 24 13 1 6 7 0 2004–05 HC MVD RUS-2 51 13 22 35 32 13 3 7 10 6 2004–05 HC MVD-THK Tver RUS-3 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Krylya Sovetov Moscow RUS-2 38 10 19 29 16 17 5 5 10 40 2006–07 Khimik Voskresensk RUS-2 44 16 26 42 56 14 6 12 18 18 2007–08 Lada Togliatti RSL 9 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 2007–08 Lada–2 Togliatti RUS-3 2 1 2 3 0 — — — — — 2007–08 Khimik Voskresensk RUS-2 35 10 23 33 28 14 2 4 6 10 2008–09 Khimik Voskresensk KHL 38 9 11 20 30 — — — — — 2008–09 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 13 3 1 4 24 3 0 1 1 4 2009–10 Khimik Voskresensk RUS-2 46 9 27 36 42 5 3 3 6 2 USSR/CIS totals 199 45 22 67 82 6 1 2 3 4 NHL totals 26 3 8 11 0 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1987 Soviet Union EJC 7 8 3 11 0 1988 Soviet Union EJC 6 2 1 3 4 1989 Soviet Union WJC 7 3 4 7 0 1990 Soviet Union WJC 7 3 6 9 2 1991 Soviet Union CC 5 0 2 2 0 Junior totals 27 16 14 30 6 Senior totals 5 0 2 2 0