Igor Gongalsky (born November 5, 1986) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey player who last played with the Dundee Stars of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). Igor Gongalsky is a Doctor of Chiropractic (GMG Chiropractic) in Toronto now (Canada).
Playing career Gongalsky played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the Owen Sound Attack and the Oshawa Generals. In 192 OHL games, he scored 31 goals and 40 assists for 71 points while racking up 270 penalty minutes.
After his junior career ended, Gongalsky signed with the Fresno Falcons of the ECHL for the 2007–08 season.
Gongalsky re-signed with the Falcons for the 2008–09 season and played 28 games before being released; however, he was signed by the Stockton Thunder on December 30, 2008.
During his time with the Thunder, Gongalsky earned a tryout with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL) and played 6 games before being returned to Stockton. The Thunder re-signed Gongalsky for the 2009–10 season during which he put up 31 points in 55 games.
Before the start of the 2010–11 season the Thunder traded Gongalsky to the Greenville Road Warriors for Jim McKenzie.
On November 27, 2010, Gongalsky was signed by the Portland Pirates of the AHL to a professional tryout contract and then signed an AHL standard player contract on March 4, 2011. Gongalsky was invited to the Pirates training camp the following season but was not successful in making the team and was returned to the ECHL on December 12, 2011, where his rights were held by the Gwinnett Gladiators at that time. Just 9 days later, he was signed to a professional tryout contract by the Rochester Americans of the AHL. On February 24, 2012, it was announced that the Americans had signed Gongalsky to a contract, and he played out the rest of the season with them.
For the 2012-13 season, Gongalsky returned to his home country of Ukraine by signing with HC Berkut of the Professional Hockey League of Ukraine. Gongalsky played 33 games with HC Berkut, scoring 29 points.
Gongalsky returned to North America for the 2013–14 season by signing a contract with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. He was invited to the Providence Bruins training camp on September 22, 2013 but was unsuccessful in making the team and returned to the Stingrays.
On August 15, 2014, Gongalsky left North America and moved to the United Kingdom signing a one-year contract with the Dundee Stars of the EIHL. After the season, Gongalsky announced his retirement from the professional game.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM2003–04St. Michael's BuzzersOPJHL3761117100—————2004–05Owen Sound AttackOHL61771493721342005–06Owen Sound AttackOHL64612186511112192006–07Owen Sound AttackOHL1120222—————2006–07Oshawa GeneralsOHL5616213790—————2007–08Fresno FalconsECHL63182543140—————2008–09Fresno FalconsECHL28661254—————2008–09Stockton ThunderECHL254141884—————2008–09San Antonio RampageAHL60009—————2009–10Stockton ThunderECHL551417317114279212010–11Greenville Road WarriorsECHL721316—————2010–11Portland PiratesAHL54461077600082011–12Portland PiratesAHL1300029—————2011–12Gwinnett GladiatorsECHL41239—————2011–12Rochester AmericansAHL3721378300002012–13HC BerkutPHL3311182932—————2013–14South Carolina StingraysECHL447162363402282014–15Dundee StarsEIHL57141529172—————AHL totals110671319390008
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