Career
Gene Achtymichuk played a total of 32 National Hockey League games spanned over almost a decade. He began his career by playing one game for the Montreal Canadiens in 1951-1952. Five years later, in 1956-1957, he played another three games for the Canadiens.
This is also the season that he scored all of his three career goals and eight career points.
The next season, his last National Hockey League season, he played 12 games for the Detroit Red Wings. While Gene Achtymichuk was not playing at the National Hockey League level, he was playing in various other leagues, such as the WHL, QHL, and EHL.