Igor Kravchuk
Igor Aleksandrovich Kravchuk (Russian Игорь Александрович Кравчук; * September 13, 1966 in Ufa, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player.
Career
His career began in 1982/83 with Salavat Yulaev Ufa played here the defender until he joined the 1987/88 season, before he moved to CSKA Moscow. Overall, he scored 16 goals in 243 games in the Soviet league. NHL Entry Draft 1991, he was selected in the fourth round to 71st by the Chicago Blackhawks. So he ventured after the collapse of the Soviet Union made it into the National Hockey League.
At the end of the 1991/92 season he joined the Blackhawks and sat there through the first time. After reaching the Stanley Cup Finals, he was made in the course of the coming season, together with Dean McAmmond to the Edmonton Oilers, who received in return Joe Murphy. There he played in 1993/94 his best season and brought it to 50 points scorer. In January 1996 he moved to the St. Louis Blues. The 1997/98 season he started with the Ottawa Senators, who had taken him for Steve Duchesne. The play of the Senators built on fast skater and was Kravchuk, who was also nominated for the NHL All-Star Game in 1999. In the course of the season 2000/ 01 he moved to the Calgary Flames, where he played one and a half seasons. He brought back later to seven games for the Florida Panthers before he finished his career.
Early on, he was appointed to the team of the Soviet national ice hockey team. On April 6, 1987, he was in a game against Sweden for the first time for the Sbornaja on the ice. After 1991 he was also a member of the United team and then later the Russian national team.
His international career was crowned with the gold medals at the Winter Olympics in 1988 and 1992. In 1988 he was awarded in as Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
NHL stats
Sporting successes
Personal Awards
- Participate in the NHL All-Star Game: 1998