Viktors Ignatjevs

Viktors Ignatjevs
Born (1970-04-26) April 26, 1970 (age 54)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 213 lb (97 kg; 15 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins
HYS The Hague
Dinamo Riga
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Leksands IF
Severstal Cherepovets
Spartak Moskva
EHC Linz
Vienna Capitals
HC Bolzano
HK Ozolnieki/Monarhs
National team  Latvia
NHL draft 243rd overall, 1992
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 1989–2010

Viktors Ignatjevs (born April 26, 1970 in Riga, Soviet Union) is a Latvian former ice hockey player who played 11 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Currently Ignatjevs works as the head coach of Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League. He has a wife Lena and three daughters: Lisa, Kristina, and Sonja. Lisa and Kristina were born in the United States.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1986–87 RASMS Riga URS.3 1 0 0 0 0
1987–88 RASMS Riga URS.3 17 0 2 2 10
1988–89 RASMS-Energo Riga URS.3 36 2 2 4 44
1989–90 Dinamo Riga Soviet 40 0 0 0 26
1989–90 RASMS-Energo Riga URS.3 10 1 1 2 8
1990–91 Dinamo Riga Soviet 10 0 0 0 2
1990–91 RASMS Riga URS.3 38 3 4 7 44
1991–92 Stars Riga CIS 22 4 5 9 22
1992–93 Kansas City Blades IHL 64 5 16 21 68 4 1 2 3 24
1993–94 Kansas City Blades IHL 67 1 24 25 123
1994–95 Denver Grizzlies IHL 23 2 11 13 4 17 3 8 11 8
1994–95 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 47 11 35 46 66
1995–96 Utah Grizzlies IHL 73 9 29 38 67 21 3 8 11 22
1996–97 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 82 16 53 69 112 16 3 4 7 26
1997–98 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 71 12 33 45 102 17 3 11 14 16
1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 11 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 2
1999–2000 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 49 3 14 17 46 11 0 1 1 10
2000–01 Leksands IF SEL 39 0 1 1 32 8 0 1 1 10
2001–02 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 27 0 3 3 34 1 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Spartak Moskva RSL 30 1 5 6 52
2002–03 Molot-Prikamie Perm RSL 6 0 0 0 8
2003–04 Spartak Moskva RUS.2 56 5 21 26 56 12 0 5 5 14
2004–05 EHC Linz EBEL 39 8 11 19 24
2005–06 EHC Linz EBEL 42 8 24 32 58
2006–07 EHC Linz EBEL 51 10 20 30 130 3 0 1 1 6
2007–08 EHC Linz EBEL 46 6 13 19 50 11 1 7 8 8
2008–09 Vienna Capitals EBEL 30 1 8 9 86
2008–09 HC Bolzano ITA 15 3 5 8 14 8 3 3 6 6
2009–10 HYS The Hague NED 45 14 32 46 76 5 1 0 1 10
2010–11 HK Ozolnieki/Monarhs LAT 8 2 9 11 8
2011–12 HK Ozolnieki/Monarhs LAT 6 2 6 8 8 5 0 4 4 4
2012–13 HK Ozolnieki/Monarhs LAT 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 3 0
IHL totals 380 45 166 211 476 75 13 33 46 96
NHL totals 11 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 2
EBEL totals 208 33 76 109 348 14 1 8 9 14

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2000 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 18
2001 Latvia OGQ 3 3 1 4 0
2001 Latvia WC 6 0 1 1 2
2002 Latvia OG 4 0 0 0 4
2002 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 4
2004 Latvia WC 6 1 0 1 4
2005 Latvia OGQ 3 0 0 0 6
2005 Latvia WC 6 0 2 2 10
Senior totals 41 4 4 8 48