Les Kuntar
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1969)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
| position = Goaltender
| catches = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 195
| ntl_team = USA
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|7|28|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Elma, New York, U.S.
| draft = 122nd overall
| draft_team = Montreal Canadiens
| draft_year = 1987
| career_start = 1991
| career_end = 1997
}}
Leslie Stephen Kuntar (born July 28, 1969) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played six games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens during the 1993–94 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1991 to 1997, was spent in the minor leagues. Before his professional career, Kuntar played for St. Lawrence University. Internationally Kuntar played for the American national team at the 1994 World Championships.
Post-playing career
Kuntar has resided in Western New York since he retired from professional hockey. He was one of the goaltenders to take part in the 2017 "11 Day Power Play", an attempt at the longest ice hockey game on record,{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/d0debcd7a86c4d6ab27ff2c7cbd23fa6/And-on-the-11th-day,-Buffalo-hockey-marathoners-break-record|title=On Day 11, hockey players break record for longest game|first=John|last=Wawrow|date=July 3, 2017|work=Associated Press|accessdate=2017-07-03}} and is an occasional member of the Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% | |||||||||||||||
| 1986–87
| HS-NY | 22 | — | — | — | 1585 | 56 | 3 | 2.12 | —
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| 1987–88 | ECAC | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 488 | 27 | 0 | 3.32 | —
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| 1988–89
| St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 786 | 31 | 0 | 2.37 | .928
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| 1989–90 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 20 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1136 | 80 | 0 | 4.23 | .885
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| 1990–91
| St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 33 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1797 | 97 | 1 | 3.24 | .895
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| 1991–92 | AHL | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 638 | 26 | 0 | 2.45 | .890
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| 1991–92
| Intl | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 725 | 57 | 0 | 4.72 | —
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| 1992–93 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 42 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2315 | 130 | 0 | 3.37 | .889
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 5.63 | — |
| 1993–94
| NHL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 302 | 16 | 0 | 3.18 | .877
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| 1993–94 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 34 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1804 | 109 | 1 | 3.62 | .880
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| 1994–95
| AHL | 24 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1241 | 77 | 2 | 3.72 | .875
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| 1994–95 | AHL | 32 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1802 | 89 | 0 | 2.96 | .908
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 4.28 | .868 |
| 1995–96
| Hershey Bears | AHL | 20 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1020 | 71 | 0 | 4.18 | .877
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| 1995–96 | IHL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 387 | 26 | 1 | 4.03 | .893
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| 1996–97
| AHL | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1052 | 60 | 0 | 3.42 | .888
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| 1996–97 | ECHL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 220 | 13 | 0 | 3.55 | .904
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| 1996–97
| IHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | .900
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| 1996–97 | IHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 0.69 | .974
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! colspan=3 | NHL totals ! 6 !! 2 !! 2 !! 0 !! 302 !! 16 !! 0 !! 3.18 !! .877 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% | ||||||||
| 1994
| WC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 11 | 0 | 4.89 | .866 |
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! colspan=4| Senior totals ! 4 !! 0 !! 2 !! 0 !! 135 !! 11 !! 0 !! 4.89 !! .866 |
Awards and honors
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year |
| All-ECAC Hockey First Team
| 1990–91 |
| AHCA East First-Team All-American
| 1990–91 |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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