Aleksandrs Cuncukovs

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| name = Aleksandrs Cuncukovs

| image =

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Soviet/Russia
Stars Riga
Riga Pardaugava
ECHL
Raleigh Icecaps
Nashville Knights
Johnstown Chiefs
CHL
Nashville Ice Flyers
Fayetteville Force
Huntsville Tornado

| ntl_team = Latvia

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 194

| birth_date = {{birth date|1971|04|03}}

| birth_place = Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union

| career_start = 1991

| career_end = 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{{Cite web |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/trio-of-oilers-named-all-stars/article_1fc82770-2132-5e3f-8d4c-3138240da95a.html |title=Trio of Oilers Named All-Stars |publisher=Tulsa World |date=January 16, 1998|accessdate=April 27, 2019}}
1997–98: CHL All-Star Game MVP (as a member of the Nashville Ice Flyers)
1998–99: CHL All-Star{{Cite web |url=https://newsok.com/article/2638739/fayetteville-places-4-on-east-all-stars |title=Fayetteville Places 4 On East All-Stars |publisher=The Oklahoman |author=Scott Munn |date=January 7, 1999|accessdate=April 27, 2019}}

Transactions

1998: Acquired by the Fayetteville Force via Dispersal Draft

Statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! 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

|—

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|1990–91

|SKA St. Petersburg-2

|Soviet-3

|59

|16

|22

|38

|32

|—

1991–92

|Stars Riga

|SovCh

|2

|0

|22

|2

|4

|6

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|1991–92

|RASMS Riga

|Soviet-3

|34

|23

|13

|36

|16

|—

1992–93

|Pardaugava Riga

|IHL

|35

|3

|5

|8

|26

|2

|0

|1

|0

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|1992–93

|Pardaugava Riga-2

|Latvia

|14

|24

|38

|14

|—

1993–94

|Pardaugava Riga

|IHL

|36

|10

|13

|23

|14

| —

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|1993–94

|Latvia

|WC-B

| —

| 7

| 6

| 0

| 6

| 4

1994–95

|Raleigh IceCaps

|ECHL

|32

|7

|18

|25

|30

| —

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|1994–95

|Nashville Knights

|ECHL

|29

|11

|25

|36

|72

|11

|4

|11

|15

|4

1995–96

|Nashville Knights

|ECHL

|55

|20

|31

|51

| —

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|1995–96

|Latvia

|WC-B

| —

|7

|0

|1

|2

1996–97

|Johnstown Chiefs

|ECHL

|70

|34

|58

|92

|75

|—

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|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

|—

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|1999–00

|Fayetteville Force

|CHL

|69

|25

|49

|74

|48

|4

|0

|4

2000–01

|Fayetteville Force

|CHL

|57

|19

|46

|65

|24

|5

|3

|6

|4

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|2000–01

|Huntsville Tornado

|CHL

|10

|3

|7

|10

|4

|—

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

!colspan="3" | Soviet-3 totals

!130

!48

!36

!84

!64

! —

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

!colspan="3" | SovCh/IHL totals

!73

!13

!18

!31

!40

!24

!4

!3

!7

!6

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

!colspan="3" | ECHL totals

!186

!72

!132

!204

!188

!11

!4

!11

!15

!4

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

!colspan="3" | CHL totals

!250

!104

!207

!311

!157

!13

!3

!8

!11

!12

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

!colspan="3" | World Cup B totals

!—

!14

!6

!1

!7

!6

References

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Category:Living people

Category:1971 births

Category:Fayetteville Force players

Category:Huntsville Tornado players

Category:Johnstown Chiefs players

Category:Latvian ice hockey right wingers

Category:Nashville Knights players

Category:Raleigh IceCaps players

Category:Ice hockey people from Riga