Aleksandrs Cuncukovs

Aleksandrs Cuncukovs
Born (1971-04-03)April 3, 1971
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Left
Played for Soviet/Russia
Stars Riga
Riga Pardaugava
ECHL
Raleigh Icecaps
Nashville Knights
Johnstown Chiefs
CHL
Nashville Ice Flyers
Fayetteville Force
Huntsville Tornado
National team  Latvia
Playing career 1991–2001

Aleksandrs Cuncukovs (born April 3, 1971), commonly spelled as Alexander Chunchukov in North America, is a Latvian former professional ice hockey player.

Career

Cuncukovs played his professional career in Russia (1991–94). He continued his career in the East Coast Hockey League (now ECHL) with stops in Raleigh (1994–95), Nashville (1995–96), and Johnstown (1996–97). After leaving the ECHL, he joined the Central Hockey League and played in Nashville (1997–98), Fayetteville (1998–2001), eventually playing the final ten games of his career with the Huntsville Tornado in 2001.

Cuncukovs represented his country twice at the World Cup, playing with the Latvia men's national ice hockey team at the 1994 and 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.

Awards and accomplishments

  • 1997–98: CHL All-Star Game[1]
  • 1997–98: CHL All-Star Game MVP (as a member of the Nashville Ice Flyers)
  • 1998–99: CHL All-Star[2]

Transactions

1998: Acquired by the Fayetteville Force via Dispersal Draft[2]

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1989–90 SKA Leningrad-2 Soviet-3 37 1 9 10 16 — — — — —
1990–91 SKA St. Petersburg-2 Soviet-3 59 16 22 38 32 — — — — —
1991–92 Stars Riga SovCh 2 0 0 0 0 22 2 4 6 6
1991–92 RASMS Riga Soviet-3 34 23 13 36 16 — — — — —
1992–93 Pardaugava Riga IHL 35 3 5 8 26 2 0 1 1 0
1992–93 Pardaugava Riga-2 Latvia 14 14 24 38 14 — — — — —
1993–94 Pardaugava Riga IHL 36 10 13 23 14 — — — — —
1993–94 Latvia WC-B — — — — — 7 6 0 6 4
1994–95 Raleigh IceCaps ECHL 32 7 18 25 30 — — — — —
1994–95 Nashville Knights ECHL 29 11 25 36 72 11 4 11 15 4
1995–96 Nashville Knights ECHL 55 20 31 51 51 — — — — —
1995–96 Latvia WC-B — — — — — 7 0 1 1 2
1996–97 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 70 34 58 92 75 — — — — —
1997–98 Nashville Ice Flyers CHL 69 33 69 102 45 9 3 8 11 8
1998–99 Fayetteville Force CHL 45 24 36 60 36 — — — — —
1999–00 Fayetteville Force CHL 69 25 49 74 48 4 0 0 0 4
2000–01 Fayetteville Force CHL 57 19 46 65 24 5 3 3 6 4
2000–01 Huntsville Tornado CHL 10 3 7 10 4 — — — — —
Soviet-3 totals 130 48 36 84 64 — — — — —
SovCh/IHL totals 73 13 18 31 40 24 4 3 7 6
ECHL totals 186 72 132 204 188 11 4 11 15 4
CHL totals 250 104 207 311 157 13 3 8 11 12
World Cup B totals — — — — — 14 6 1 7 6

References

  1. ^ "Trio of Oilers Named All-Stars". Tulsa World. January 16, 1998. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Scott Munn (January 7, 1999). "Fayetteville Places 4 On East All-Stars". The Oklahoman. Retrieved April 27, 2019.


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