Igor Aleksandrovich Kravchuk (; 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 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 also spent 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.
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.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs 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 Year Team Event Place GP G A Pts PIM 1984 Soviet Union EJC 5 1 1 2 6 1985 Soviet Union WJC 7 0 3 3 6 1986 Soviet Union WJC 7 0 2 2 4 1987 Soviet Union CC 5 0 4 4 2 1988 Soviet Union OG 6 1 0 1 0 1990 Soviet Union WC 10 1 4 5 8 1991 Soviet Union WC 10 1 3 4 8 1991 Soviet Union CC 5th 5 0 0 0 2 1992 Unified Team OG 8 3 2 5 6 1998 Russia OG 6 0 2 2 2 2000 Russia WC 11th 6 0 0 0 0 2002 Russia OG 6 0 2 2 0 Junior totals 19 1 6 7 16 Senior totals 62 6 17 23 28
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