Mike Krushelnyski
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Mike Krushelnyski (* April 27, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a Ukrainian- Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach. Most recently, he coached Vityaz Chekhov of the Kontinental Hockey League.
Career
As a player
Krushelnyski began his career in 1978 in his hometown of Montreal in the Junior de Montreal in the Canadian Junior Football League Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Just one year later, during the NHL Entry Draft in 1979, the leaders of the Boston Bruins secured the transfer of rights to the left-handed shooters, as they selected him in the sixth round of a total of 120 positions. In the summer of 1980 he moved to the American Hockey League with the Springfield Indians, where he was able to achieve 26 goals and 29 assists in his first season. For the 1981/82 season he joined the Erie Blades, the former farm team of the Boston Bruins. During the season he completed in addition to the 62 games in the AHL, including 17 NHL games.
The following year he was then on the root cadres of the Boston Bruins and his team reached the conference finals of the play-offs, left there, however, with 2:4 defeat against the New York Islanders from. Krushelnyski had with his eight goals in the play- offs large part of this success. During the regular season he came on 65 scorer points in 79 league games.
On June 21, 1984, the management of the Bruins Krushelnyski issued to Edmonton for Ken Linseman received in return. In the following four years with the Edmonton Oilers, the Center was three times the Stanley Cup, the championship of the NHL to win (1985, 1987, 1988). The time with the Oilers was the most successful of his entire hockey career. In Edmonton, he also played with Wayne Gretzky and was nominated in 1985 by the fans and journalists for the NHL All-Star Game.
While Krushelnyski in his first season, 1984/85 in Edmonton took a proactive role assigned to him by the then coach of the team, Glen Sather, from the season 1985/86 a more defensive part to. So it was that his point yield in contrast to the previous year by more than half. Nevertheless, his qualities on Bully point and its offensively and defensively balanced style of play were important for winning the championship in 1987 and 1988.
In 1988, after he had four seasons with the Oilers under contract, he was, along with Wayne Gretzky and Marty McSorley in exchange for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gélinas, the first-round draft Rights of the years 1989, 1991, 1993 and a sum of money to Los Angeles transferred. In the Los Angeles Kings, he was able to continue its good performance and scored a total of 89 games 67 times. Already during the 1990/91 season he left the Kings and was issued on November 9, 1990, John McIntyre to the Toronto Maple Leafs. With the Maple Leafs in 1993 and 1994 he reached the conference finals of the play-offs, left there with his team, however.
In summer 1994, he signed as a free agent contract with the Detroit Red Wings, was there but due to the players strike at the beginning of the 1994/95 season only 28 NHL games and lost with the Red Wings the final of the Stanley Cup against the New Jersey Devils with 0:4 victories. After the season, his contract was not renewed in Detroit and Krushelnyski moved to the American Hockey League with the Cape Breton Oilers, the then farm team of the Edmonton Oilers. There it was used 50 times, scoring 41 points scorer. In the NHL, he was, however, no longer used. He then forced a move to Europe and went into the season 1996/97 twice for the HC Milano on the ice. This was the last stop of his career.
As a coach
After the end of his active career Hockey Krushelnyski worked between 1997 and 1999, first in the Central Hockey League with the Fort Worth Fire as a coach. He missed twice qualifying for the play-offs. When the club was disbanded in 1999 due to lack of success, he left the club. He later coached in the 2007/ 08 season the ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and most recently the Russian team Vityaz Chekhov of the Kontinental Hockey League.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )