Igor Kravchuk

Igor Kravchuk
Born (1966-09-13) September 13, 1966 (age 58)
Ufa, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Salavat Yulaev Ufa
CSKA Moscow
Chicago Blackhawks
Edmonton Oilers
St. Louis Blues
Ottawa Senators
Calgary Flames
Florida Panthers
National team  Soviet Union,
Unified Team and
 Russia
NHL draft 71st overall, 1991
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 1982–2003
Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing the  Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary Team
Representing the  Unified Team
Gold medal – first place 1992 Albertville Team
Representing  Russia
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Team

Igor Aleksandrovich Kravchuk (Russian: Игорь Александрович Кравчук; born September 13, 1966) is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman, who spent several seasons in the Soviet League and then in the National Hockey League and also competed internationally for the Soviet Union, Unified Team, and Russia.

Playing career

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Kravchuk started his NHL career in 1992 with the Chicago Blackhawks, who drafted him 71st overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. Kravchuk scored in his first NHL game. He would also spend time with the Edmonton Oilers, St. Louis Blues, Ottawa Senators, Calgary Flames and Florida Panthers. In all, Kravchuk played in 699 regular season games, scoring 64 goals and 210 assists for 274 points, collecting 251 penalty minutes. He also played in 51 playoff games, scoring 6 goals and 15 assists for 21 points, collecting 18 penalty minutes. Kravchuk was also a member of the Unified Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics.[1]

Two days after his 21st birthday Kravchuk was the lone defenceman facing a 3 on 1 in the final game of the 1987 Canada Cup. Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, and Larry Murphy skated in on goaltender Sergei Mylnikov and Lemieux scored the game and series winning goal at 18:34 of the third period. In addition to his 1992 Olympic gold medal, Kravchuk also won gold with the Soviet team in 1988, and two medals (silver in 1998 and bronze in 2002) with Russia. He also won numerous world championship medals at all levels. Kravchuk has two sons; Ilya and Christopher.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1982–83 Salavat Yulaev Ufa USSR 10 0 0 0 0
1982–83 Avangard Ufa USSR III 11 1 0 1 6
1983–84 Salavat Yulaev Ufa USSR II 48
1984–85 Salavat Yulaev Ufa USSR II 50 3 2 5 22
1985–86 Salavat Yulaev Ufa USSR 21 2 6 8 6
1986–87 Salavat Yulaev Ufa USSR 22 0 1 1 8
1987–88 CSKA Moscow USSR 48 1 8 9 12
1988–89 CSKA Moscow USSR 22 3 4 7 2
1989–90 CSKA Moscow USSR 48 1 3 4 16
1990–91 CSKA Moscow USSR 41 6 5 11 16
1991–92 CSKA Moscow CIS 30 3 8 11 6
1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 18 1 8 9 4 18 2 6 8 8
1992–93 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 38 6 9 15 30
1992–93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 17 4 8 12 2
1993–94 Edmonton Oilers NHL 81 12 38 50 16
1994–95 Edmonton Oilers NHL 36 7 11 18 29
1995–96 Edmonton Oilers NHL 26 4 4 8 10
1995–96 St. Louis Blues NHL 40 3 12 15 24 10 1 5 6 4
1996–97 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 4 24 28 35 2 0 0 0 2
1997–98 Ottawa Senators NHL 81 8 27 35 8 11 2 3 5 4
1998–99 Ottawa Senators NHL 79 4 21 25 32 4 0 0 0 0
1999–2000 Ottawa Senators NHL 64 6 12 18 20 6 1 1 2 0
2000–01 Ottawa Senators NHL 15 1 5 6 14
2000–01 Calgary Flames NHL 37 0 8 8 4
2001–02 Calgary Flames NHL 78 4 22 26 19
2002–03 Florida Panthers NHL 7 0 1 1 4
USSR/CIS totals 242 16 35 51 66
NHL totals 699 64 210 274 261 51 6 15 21 18

International

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Year Team Event Place   GP G A Pts PIM
1984 Soviet Union EJC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1 1 2 6
1985 Soviet Union WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 3 3 6
1986 Soviet Union WJC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 0 2 2 4
1987 Soviet Union CC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 4 4 2
1988 Soviet Union OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1 0 1 0
1990 Soviet Union WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 1 4 5 8
1991 Soviet Union WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 1 3 4 8
1991 Soviet Union CC 5th 5 0 0 0 2
1992 Unified Team OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 3 2 5 6
1998 Russia OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 0 2 2 2
2000 Russia WC 11th 6 0 0 0 0
2002 Russia OG 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 0 2 2 0
Junior totals 19 1 6 7 16
Senior totals 62 6 17 23 28

References

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  1. ^ "Olympedia – Igor Kravchuk".
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