Viktors Ignatjevs | |||
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Born |
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | April 26, 1970||
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.