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 1997–98: CHL All-Star Game MVP (as a member of the Nashville Ice Flyers) 1998–99: CHL All-Star
Transactions 1998: Acquired by the Fayetteville Force via Dispersal Draft
Statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM1989–90SKA Leningrad-2Soviet-337191016—————1990–91SKA St. Petersburg-2Soviet-35916223832—————1991–92Stars RigaSovCh200002224661991–92RASMS RigaSoviet-33423133616—————1992–93Pardaugava RigaIHL3535826201101992–93Pardaugava Riga-2Latvia1414243814—————1993–94Pardaugava RigaIHL3610132314 — — — — —1993–94LatviaWC-B — — — — — 7 6 0 6 41994–95Raleigh IceCapsECHL327182530 — — — — —1994–95Nashville KnightsECHL2911253672114111541995–96Nashville KnightsECHL5520315151 — — — — —1995–96LatviaWC-B — — — — —701121996–97Johnstown ChiefsECHL7034589275—————1997–98Nashville Ice FlyersCHL693369102459381181998–99Fayetteville ForceCHL4524366036—————1999–00Fayetteville ForceCHL6925497448400042000–01Fayetteville ForceCHL5719466524533642000–01Huntsville TornadoCHL1037104————— Soviet-3 totals13048368464 — — — — — SovCh/IHL totals7313183140244376 ECHL totals1867213220418811411154 CHL totals25010420731115713381112 World Cup B totals—————146176
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