Luca Cunti

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Luca Cunti
Date of birth 4th July 1989
place of birth Zurich , Switzerland
Size 184 cm
Weight 85 kg
position center
number # 12
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 3rd round, 75th position
Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
2005-2006 GCK Lions
2006-2007 HC Thurgau
2007-2008 Chicago Steel
2008-2009 Rimouski Océanic
2009-2010 SCL Tigers
2010-2011 GCK Lions
2011-2017 ZSC Lions
2017 EHC Kloten
2017-2019 HC Lugano
since 2019 EHC Biel

Luca Cunti (born July 4, 1989 in Zurich ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Biel from the Swiss National League since 2019 . Luca Cunti is a nephew of the former EHC Arosa and SC Bern player Pietro Cunti .

Career

Luca Cunti was considered a great ice hockey talent from an early age. In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the third round by the Tampa Bay Lightning . However, his further career was initially mixed and he gained a reputation as an eternal and difficult to manage talent. The first division clubs EHC Dübendorf and EHC Weinfelden were his first positions, later the NLB clubs HC Thurgau and GCK Lions . In the National League A he stayed with the SCL Tigers only average. It was not until the 2011/12 season that Cunti, under the leadership of Bob Hartley, made his breakthrough with the ZSC Lions and with them achieved the Swiss championship title as promoted of the year . From the 2012/13 season onwards, Cunti was one of the leading players in the Lions, winning another league title in 2014 and the Swiss Cup in 2016. In the 2016/17 season, after which his contract with the Lions expired, he was used irregularly by the Lions coach. At the beginning of December 2016, Cunti signed a contract with HC Lugano, which was valid from summer 2017. As a result, HC Lugano tried to borrow Cunti until the end of the 2016/17 season, but ultimately the Lions management decided on a loan deal with EHC Kloten .

Between 2017 and 2019, Cunti was under contract with HC Lugano and reached the playoff final with the Ticino team in 2018. He missed most of the following season due to an injury. In December 2018 he received a two-year contract with EHC Biel , which was valid from the 2019/20 season.

International

Cunti's debut did not go smoothly internationally either. In spring 2012 he had to cancel preparations for the World Cup due to a knee injury and in November 2012 a shoulder injury prevented him from playing at the Germany Cup . He played his first game for Switzerland on December 14, 2012 on the occasion of the Arosa Challenge in his town of Arosa . The next day he scored his first scorer points in an international match at the same tournament.

At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was again part of the national team and won the silver medal with it.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2005/06 GCK Lions NLB 7th 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2005/06 EHC Dübendorf 1st League 6th 1 5 6th 0 6th 2 2 4th 0
2006/07 GCK Lions NLB 5 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2006/07 HC Thurgau NLB 5 1 0 1 6th - - - - -
2006/07 U20 Switzerland NLB 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2006/07 EHC Dübendorf 1st League 11 8th 8th 16 18th 15th 6th 9 15th 18th
2006/07 SC Weinfelden 1st League 1 2 0 2 0 - - - - -
2006/07 GCK Lions Elite Jr. A 13 9 7th 16 22nd - - - - -
2007/08 Chicago Steel USHL 34 11 21st 32 37 6th 2 3 5 2
2008/09 Rimouski Oceanic LHJMQ 57 20th 25th 45 32 - - - - -
2009/10 SCL Tigers NLA 12 1 1 2 4th - - - - -
2010/11 GCK Lions NLB 42 9 23 32 80 - - - - -
2011/12 ZSC Lions NLA 35 10 10 20th 18th 15th 1 7th 8th 6th
2012/13 ZSC Lions NLA 44 10 20th 30th 18th 12 2 4th 6th 6th
2013/14 ZSC Lions NLA 46 18th 27 45 60 18th 5 4th 9 10
2014/15 ZSC Lions NLA 34 9 14th 23 14th 17th 3 4th 7th 2
2015/16 ZSC Lions NLA 32 9 9 18th 14th 2 0 0 0 0
2016/17 ZSC Lions NLA 24 4th 4th 8th 6th - - - - -
2016/17 EHC Kloten NLA 12 2 9 11 8th 4th 2 0 2 4th
2017/18 HC Lugano NLA 43 8th 13 21st 18th 16 3 7th 10 18th
2018/19 HC Lugano NLA 11 1 3 4th 4th - - - - -
1st league (Switzerland) overall 18th 11 13 24 18th 21st 8th 11 19th 18th
NLB total 62 11 24 35 90 - - - - -
NLA total 293 73 112 185 164 80 14th 26th 40 42

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2005 Switzerland U18 World Cup 9th place 6th 1 1 2 0 −2
2007 Switzerland U18 World Cup 6th place 6th 3 1 4th 6th −5
2013 Switzerland WM Silver medal blank.svg 10 2 3 5 2 +3
2014 Switzerland Olympia 9th place 4th 0 0 0 0 -1
2014 Switzerland WM 10th place 7th 1 3 4th 2 −2
Juniors overall 12 4th 2 6th 6th −7
Men overall 21st 3 6th 9 4th ± 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Luca Cunti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, Luca Cunti , climber of the year
  2. ^ Klaus Zaugg: Luca Cunti - the most delicate ZSC transfer business for years. In: watson.ch. December 1, 2016, accessed January 16, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Sarah Coppola-Weber: Luca Cunti from summer 2017 in Lugano. In: landbote.ch. December 7, 2016, accessed January 16, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Klaus Zaugg: Well, yes: a “cowardly clause” in Kloten's contract with Luca Cunti. In: watson.ch. January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Janick Wetterwald: From the Lions to the Airmen - Luca Cunti to Klote with immediate effect. In: watson.ch. January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
  6. ↑ bbi / sda / zvg: Ice Hockey News - Biel brings Cunti from Lugano. In: srf.ch. December 24, 2018, accessed May 15, 2019 .
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Squad of EHC Biel in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Cunti, Luca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland