| Position: | Goaltender |
| Catches: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Played For: | New York Rangers |
| Birth Date: | July 16, 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1953 |
| Career End: | 1965 |
Julian Gregory Klymkiw (July 16, 1933 – August 10, 2022) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender. He played one game in the National Hockey Leaguefor the New York Rangers during the 1958–59 season as an emergency replacement. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1953 to 1965, was spent in the minor and senior leagues.
Klymkiw was working as the Detroit Red Wings's assistant trainer during the October 12, 1958 game between the Rangers and Red Wings at the Detroit Olympia. Early in the third period, Rangers goaltender Gump Worsley was tripped up and crashed into his own net by Gordie Howe, pulling a tendon in his left leg. Worsley was removed from the ice on a stretcher, and the Wings offered the Rangers the use of Klymkiw for the remainder of the game. Klymkiw had been a goaltender during his amateur hockey career and participated in Detroit practices. He entered the game with the Red Wings leading 1–0 and gave up two goals, one to Marcel Pronovost and one to Gordie Howe, for a 3–0 loss.
Klymkiw was also the resident goaltender for the CBS show "Shootout in the NHL", which ran in the gaps between periods of games broadcast by CBS.[1]
Klymkiw died on August 10, 2022.[2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||||
| 1951–52 | Brandon Wheat Kings | MJHL | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 960 | 66 | 0 | 4.13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1952–53 | Brandon Wheat Kings | MJHL | 36 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2160 | 123 | 1 | 3.36 | — | 4 | — | — | 240 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Roving Goalie | EAHL | 57 | — | — | — | 3420 | 239 | 1 | 4.19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1954–55 | Brandon Regals | MHL | 24 | — | — | — | 1440 | 95 | 2 | 3.96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Winnipeg Warriors | WHL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | NOHA | 33 | — | — | — | 1980 | 133 | 1 | 4.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Winnipeg Warriors | WHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Winnipeg Maroons | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | — | ||
| 1958–59 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6.37 | .778 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Warroad Lakers | OSMHL | 1 | — | — | — | 60 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Winnipeg Maroons | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 110 | 7 | 0 | 3.82 | — | ||
| 1962–63 | Winnipeg Maroons | SSHL | 6 | — | — | — | 360 | 25 | 0 | 4.17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | Winnipeg Maroons | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 610 | 35 | 0 | 3.44 | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Winnipeg Maroons | SSHL | 2 | — | — | — | 120 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6.37 | .778 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||