Daniel Kunce

Daniel Kunce
Date of birth	17th July 1971
place of birth	Šumperk , Czechoslovakia
size	186 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	defender
number	# 15
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1989-1990	HC Olomouc
1990-1993	ESV Kaufbeuren
1993-1994	EC Hedos Munich
1994-1997	ESV Kaufbeuren
1997-2001	Nuremberg Ice Tigers
2001-2008	Krefeld penguins
2008	EV Duisburg
2008-2010	Frankfurt Lions

Daniel Kunce (born July 17, 1971 in Šumperk , Czechoslovakia ) is a former German- Czech ice hockey player who was active in the German ice hockey league for many years , including for the Krefeld Penguins , Nuremberg Ice Tigers and the Frankfurt Lions .

Career

Kunce is of Czech descent and came to ESV Kaufbeuren in 1990 in what was then the 2nd Bundesliga . The defender played the seasons 1990/91 to 1996/97 for Bayern, with whom he was promoted to the ice hockey league in 1991 and with which he also appeared under the new name Kaufbeurer Adler in the German ice hockey league founded in 1994 . In the 1993/94 season Kunce also played a few games for the EC Hedos Munich , but then returned to Kaufbeuren. In his last year for ESV Kaufbeuren, the left-shooter became a German national ice hockey player and took part in a World Cup for the first time in 1996 .

For the 1997/98 season , Daniel Kunce moved to Nuremberg , where he was active in the DEL for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers until 2001 . In 1998 the left shooter also took part in the Winter Olympics for the first time in Nagano .

In 2001 the defender signed a contract with the Krefeld Penguins , with whom he was able to celebrate the German championship title in April 2003 . With the departure of Hans Zach as national ice hockey coach , Daniel Kunce also decided to end his career in the German national ice hockey team before the 2005 World Cup . Overall, Daniel Kunce completed six world championships and two Olympic ice hockey tournaments in the national team.

From the 2008/09 season the defender was in the squad of EV Duisburg , but was loaned by the Frankfurt Lions in December 2008 until the end of the season. After the loan ended, the Lions signed him for the entire 2009-10 season . When the Lions went bankrupt, he ended his career.

In January he briefly returned to the ice when he helped out with the Löwen Frankfurt from the ice hockey league .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1990/91	HC Olomouc	CZE		31	5	7th	12	12
1990/91	ESV Kaufbeuren	2nd BL		4th	2	0	2	4th
1991/92	ESV Kaufbeuren	1st BL		43	7th	16	23	33
1992/93	ESV Kaufbeuren	1st BL		42	8th	12	20th	75		3	0	0	0	0
1993/94	EC Hedos Munich	1st BL		21st	3	3	6th	35		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	ESV Kaufbeuren	1st BL		20th	2	4th	6th	15th		4th	0	0	0	2
1994/95	Kaufbeurer eagle	DEL		43	7th	12	19th	24		4th	2	1	3	2
1995/96	Kaufbeurer eagle	DEL		47	8th	12	20th	65		3	1	0	1	4th
1996/97	Kaufbeurer eagle	DEL		41	7th	8th	15th	60
1997/98	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		48	2	14th	16	69
1998/99	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		38	4th	8th	12	62		8th	3	2	5	0
1999/00	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		47	2	9	11	40		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		49	6th	11	17th	63		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Krefeld penguins	DEL		54	5	13	18th	36		3	0	0	0	2
2002/03	Krefeld penguins	DEL		40	4th	9	13	38		14th	1	1	2	6th
2003/04	Krefeld penguins	DEL		48	2	4th	6th	52		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Krefeld penguins	DEL		50	3	14th	17th	52		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Krefeld penguins	DEL		43	2	18th	20th	113		5	0	1	1	8th
2006/07	Krefeld penguins	DEL		44	3	15th	18th	78		2	0	0	0	2
2007/08	Krefeld penguins	DEL		44	8th	10	18th	56		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	EV Duisburg	DEL		28	2	9	11	28		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		23	2	3	5	14th		5	0	2	2	6th
2009/10	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		50	0	8th	8th	12		4th	0	0	0	0
1st Bundesliga overall				126	20th	35	55	158		7th	0	0	0	2
DEL total				737	67	177	244	862		48	7th	7th	14th	30th

( 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

• Daniel Kunce at rodi-db.de
• Daniel Kunce at eliteprospects.com (English)