| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg/12 st 12 lb) |
| Pro clubs | Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins Winnipeg Jets Hartford Whalers Chicago Blackhawks Ottawa Senators |
| Nationality | File:Flag of Canada.svg Canada |
| Born | May 10, 1961, Etobicoke, ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 167th overall, 1980 Buffalo Sabres |
| Pro career | 1981 – 2000 |
Randy William Cunneyworth (born May 10, 1961 in Etobicoke, Ontario) was a long-standing professional hockey player in the NHL, former Rochester Americans head coach, and current assistant coach to the Atlanta Thrashers.
Playing career[]
Randy started out his hockey career in the OHL as an Ottawa 67's player. In only his second year in the OHL, Randy tallied up 128 points in only 67-games. He was drafted in the 8th round by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, but played only 1-game in his initial year. Randy was toggled between the Rochester Americans of the AHL (Buffalo Sabres' farm team) on-and-off for several seasons before getting an honest chance as a full-time player with the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.
Randy gained a reputation for being a tough player who could hit, take a hit, and still win the game. He played several seasons as Captain for the NHL's Ottawa Senators, before returning to the Buffalo Sabres Organization, playing 17 games, 3 of which in the Stanley Cup Finals versus the Dallas Stars. During the 98–99 season he also played most of the season with the AHL's Rochester Americans where he played 2-seasons before retiring as a professional hockey player, due to a torn ACL. All in all, Randy scored 196 goals and 232 assists in 911 career NHL games. He also managed to tally 1,341 penalty minutes.
Coaching career[]
During his final year as a player, he acted as a player coach/assistant coach for the Rochester American's during the 1999–2000 season before being given full-time duty the following season. He coached the team for eight years as the full-time head coach with a record of 306-267-67.
On July 24 2008, Cunneyworth accepted an assistant coaching position with the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers, along with former Chicago Wolves assistant Todd Nelson.
Career statistics[]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1979–80 | Ottawa 67's | OHA | 63 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 145 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1980–81 | Ottawa 67's | OHA | 67 | 54 | 74 | 128 | 240 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1980–81 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1980–81 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1981–82 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 57 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 86 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 30 | ||
| 1981–82 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 47 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1982–83 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 78 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 111 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 35 | ||
| 1983–84 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 65 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 85 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 55 | ||
| 1984–85 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 72 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 148 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1985–86 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 75 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 74 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1986–87 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 79 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 142 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1987–88 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 71 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 141 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1988–89 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 70 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 156 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | ||
| 1989–90 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 28 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 34 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1989–90 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 43 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1990–91 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1990–91 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 32 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 39 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 1992–93 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 39 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 63 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1993–94 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 63 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 87 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1993–94 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1994–95 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 48 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 68 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995–96 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 81 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 130 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996–97 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 76 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 99 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 1997–98 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 71 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 52 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 55 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 58 | ||
| 1998–99 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 52 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 81 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 866 | 189 | 225 | 414 | 1280 | 45 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 61 | ||||
| OHA Totals | 130 | 70 | 99 | 169 | 385 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| AHL Totals | 273 | 166 | 104 | 270 | 432 | 47 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 136 | ||||
See also[]
- List of NHL players
- List of NHL seasons
- List of AHL seasons
External links[]
- Randy Cunneyworth's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Randy Cunneyworth's biography at Legends of Hockey
| Preceded by Brad Shaw Gord Dineen |
Ottawa Senators captains 1995-98 |
Succeeded by Alexei Yashin |
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