| Position: | Defence |
| Played For: | Sokil Kyiv ShVSM Kyiv Toronto Maple Leafs Calgary Flames Florida Panthers Hartford Whalers SC Bern Eisbären Berlin |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 198 |
| Ntl Team: | Ukraine |
| Birth Date: | January 27, 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Draft: | 115th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1990 |
| Draft Team: | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Career Start: | 1987 |
| Career End: | 2001 |
Oleksandr Olehovych Hodyniuk (Ukrainian: Олександр Олегович Годинюк; born January 27, 1970), known commonly as Alexander Godynyuk is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the sixth round, 115th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.
Godynyuk played parts of five seasons in the Soviet Union before coming to North America to join the Maple Leaf organization. He made his NHL debut for Toronto in the 1990–91 season, appearing in 18 games. He played in 31 more games for the Maple Leafs in the 1991–92 season before being traded to the Calgary Flames in a ten-player deal which brought Doug Gilmour to Toronto.
Godynyuk was selected from the Flames by the Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft. He would move on to the Hartford Whalers midway through the 1993–94 season, and would stay there for the remainder of his NHL career.
The Phoenix Coyotes played their first game in franchise history against the Whalers on October 5, 1996. In that game, Godynyuk scored the first goal ever against the Coyotes.[1]
Godynyuk left the NHL after the 1996–97 season. He played in the International Hockey League with the Chicago Wolves for one season, and then went to Europe to play in Switzerland's Nationalliga A and Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga before retiring following the 2000–01 season.
Godynyuk represented Ukraine at the 1999 IIHF World Championship.
In his NHL career, Godynyuk played in 223 games. He recorded ten goals and 39 assists.
He has two daughters who are named Elizabeth and Paulina.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1986–87 | Sokil Kyiv | USSR | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | ShVSM Kyiv | USSR II | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Sokil Kyiv | USSR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | ShVSM Kyiv | USSR II | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Sokil Kyiv | USSR | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | ShVSM Kyiv | USSR II | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Sokil Kyiv | USSR | 37 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Sokil Kyiv | USSR | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 31 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | IHL | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 26 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 43 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Minnesota Moose | IHL | 45 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 55 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 50 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | SC Bern | NDA | 43 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 48 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 36 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| USSR totals | 97 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 223 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 224 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| IHL totals | 119 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Soviet Union | EJC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1988 | Soviet Union | EJC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | WJC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1990 | Soviet Union | WJC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1998 | Ukraine | WC Q | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Ukraine | WC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 27 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||