Viktors Ignatjevs

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.

Viktors Ignatjevs
Born	(1970-04-26) April 26, 1970 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

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

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database