# Yevgeni Tunik

Yevgeni Tunik (born November 17, 1984) is the product of the Elektrostal hockey system. The young forward was also consistently part of Russia's U18 and U20 national teams. Tunik was drafted by the New York Islanders during the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Since the draft he has struggled to become a regular in the Super League and has primarily skated in the second tier Russian High League. During the summer of 2005 the young forward came over to North America and spend the 2005–06 season with the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers, enjoying marginal success. After the season Tunik decided to return to Russia to continue his career .

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1999–2000 | Elemash–2 Elektrostal | RUS-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | Elemash Elektrostal | RUS-2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | Elemash–2 Elektrostal | RUS-3 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02 | Elemash Elektrostal | RUS-2 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02 | Elemash–2 Elektrostal | RUS-3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03 | Elemash Elektrostal | RUS-2 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03 | Elemash–2 Elektrostal | RUS-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03 | CSKA–2 Moscow | RUS-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04 | SKA St. Petersburg | RSL | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04 | SKA–2 St. Petersburg | RUS-3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004–05 | SKA St. Petersburg | RSL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | SKA–2 St. Petersburg | RUS-3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Kristall Elektrostal | RUS-2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Neftyanik Leninogorsk | RUS-2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 61 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | Kristall Elektrostal | RUS-2 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | Kristall–2 Elektrostal | RUS-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08 | Kristall Elektrostal | RUS-2 | 58 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09 | MHC Krylya Sovetov | RUS-2 | 59 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 82 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 2009–10 | Toros Neftekamsk | RUS-2 | 47 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 2010–11 | Toros Neftekamsk | VHL | 56 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011–12 | Toros Neftekamsk | VHL | 52 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012–13 | Kuban Krasnodar | VHL | 46 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14 | Kuban Krasnodar | VHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14 | Chelmet Chelyabinsk | VHL | 25 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | Yermak Angarsk | VHL | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | HC Rostov | RUS-3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 2015–16 | Slavutych Smolensk | RUS-3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| RUS-2 totals | RUS-2 totals | RUS-2 totals | 287 | 80 | 65 | 145 | 386 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 52 |
| RSL totals | RSL totals | RSL totals | 38 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| VHL totals | VHL totals | VHL totals | 202 | 54 | 66 | 120 | 98 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2001 | Russia | U17 | 7th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | Russia | WJC18 | | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2004 | Russia | WJC | 5th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 |