Jiří Hunkes

Jiří Hunkes
Date of birth	July 31, 1984
place of birth	Brno , Czechoslovakia
size	183 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	defender
number	# 9
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
until 2000	HC Kometa Brno
2000-2006	HC Oceláři Třinec
2006-2007	Lukko Rauma Pelicans Lahti
2007-2009	Bílí Tygři Liberec
2009	BK Mladá Boleslav
2009-2011	Bílí Tygři Liberec
2011–2012	HC Lev Poprad
2012-2013	HC Lev Prague HC Sparta Prague
2013-2014	Bílí Tygři Liberec
2014-2015	HK Lada Tolyatti
2015-2017	Schwenninger Wild Wings

Jiří Hunkes (born July 31, 1984 in Brno , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who last played for the Schwenninger Wild Wings in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

Jiří Hunkes began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth division of HC Kometa Brno , where he was active until 2000. He then moved to the youth department of HC Oceláři Třinec , for whose professional team he was active in the Czech extra league from 2002 to 2006 . During this period, the defender also ran repeatedly as a loan player in the first division , the second Czech division, and was used in this for HC Ytong Brno , HC Havířov and HK Jestřábi Prostějov . The 2006/07 season he spent in the Finnish SM-liiga , in which he was initially on the ice for Lukko Rauma and in the closing stages of the season for Pelicans Lahti . From 2007 to 2011, the former international played for Bílí Tygři Liberec in the Extraliga. Only the end of the 2008/09 season he spent with his league rivals BK Mladá Boleslav .

For the 2011/12 season Hunkes was signed by HC Lev Poprad from the Continental Hockey League . After the season ended, the franchise moved to Prague and Hunkes received a new contract with HC Lev Prague in May 2012 .

After spending the 2013/14 season with the Bílí Tygři Liberec in the Extraliga, he moved to HK Lada Toljatti in June 2014 , who returned to the KHL for the 2014/15 season.

International

For the Czech Republic , Hunkes took part in the junior division exclusively in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2002 , where he and his team won the bronze medal. In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad for the Euro Hockey Tour in 2006 and 2007 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2002/03	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extra league		7th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extra league		38	2	3	5	8th		7th	0	0	0	6th
2004/05	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extra league		51	0	4th	4th	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extra league		49	4th	12	16	62		4th	0	0	0	6th
2006/07	Lukko Rauma	SM-liiga		33	4th	3	7th	40		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Pelicans	SM-liiga		13	2	2	4th	4th		6th	0	0	0	2
2007/08	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extra league		51	3	8th	11	62		11	1	0	1	8th
2008/09	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extra league		37	0	3	3	49		3	0	0	0	4th
2008/09	BK Mladá Boleslav	Extra league		12	1	0	1	10		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extra league		36	6th	16	22nd	42		15th	0	2	2	22nd
2010/11	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extra league		52	6th	13	19th	32		7th	0	2	2	2
2011/12	HC Lev Poprad	KHL		48	1	10	11	32
2012/13	HC Lev Prague	KHL		34	1	7th	8th	38		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	HC Sparta Prague	Extra league		7th	0	0	0	2		6th	0	3	3	2
2013/14	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extra league		43	2	16	18th	58		3	0	1	1	4th
2014/15	HK Lada Tolyatti	KHL		54	5	5	10	30th		-	-	-	-	-
Extraliga overall				383	24	75	99	349		56	1	8th	9	54
SM-liiga total				46	6th	5	11	44		6th	0	0	0	2
KHL total				136	7th	22nd	29	100		-	-	-	-	-

( 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 : Jiří Hunkes  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jiří Hunkes at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jiří Hunkes at eliteprospects.com (English)