Mike Krushelnyski

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CanadaCanada  Mike Krushelnyski Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 27, 1960
place of birth Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Nickname Krusher
size 188 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1979 , 6th lap, 120th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
1978-1980 Junior de Montréal
1980-1981 Springfield Indians
1981-1982 Erie Blades
1982-1984 Boston Bruins
1984-1988 Edmonton Oilers
1988-1990 Los Angeles Kings
1990-1994 Toronto Maple Leafs
1994-1995 Detroit Red Wings
1995-1996 Cape Breton Oilers
1996-1997 HC Milano 24

Michael "Mike" Krushelnyski (born April 27, 1960 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach of Ukrainian descent, who played 1,036 games for the Boston Bruins , Edmonton Oilers , Los in the course of his active career between 1978 and 1997 Angeles Kings , Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings on the position of the center has denied. In the service of the Edmonton Oilers, Krushelnyski won the Stanley Cup three times . His son Alex is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

As a player

Krushelnyski began his career in 1978 in his hometown of Montreal with the Junior de Montréal in the Canadian Junior League Québec Major Junior Hockey League . Just one year later, during the 1979 NHL Entry Draft , those in charge of the Boston Bruins secured the transfer rights to the left-handed shooter when they selected him in the sixth round in a total of 120th position. In the summer of 1980 he moved to the American Hockey League for 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 then farm team of the Boston Bruins. During the season he completed in addition to the 62 games in the AHL, also 17 NHL games.

In the following year he was a member of the regular team of the Boston Bruins and reached the conference finals of the play-offs with his team, but was eliminated there with 2: 4 defeats against the New York Islanders . Krushelnyski played a big part in this success with his eight goals in the play-offs. Already during the regular season he got 65 points scorer in 79 league games.

On June 21, 1984, the management of the Bruins gave Krushelnyski to Edmonton, who received Ken Linseman in return . In the following four years with the Edmonton Oilers , the center was able to win the Stanley Cup , the championship of the NHL, three times (1985, 1987, 1988). His time with the Oilers was the most successful of his entire ice hockey career. In Edmonton he also played with Wayne Gretzky and was nominated for the NHL All-Star Game in 1985 by fans and journalists .

While Krushelnyski played an offensive role in his first season 1984/85 in Edmonton, the team's coach at the time, Glen Sather , assigned him a more defensive part from the 1985/86 season . So it happened that his point yield was more than halved compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, his qualities at the face-off point as well as his offensively and defensively balanced style of play were important for winning the championship in 1987 and 1988.

In 1988, after four seasons with the Oilers, he was given first-round draft rights in 1989 , 1991 , 1993 and a sum of money to Los Angeles with Wayne Gretzky and Marty McSorley in exchange for Jimmy Carson , Martin Gélinas transferred. At the Los Angeles Kings he was able to build on his good performance and scored a total of 89 games 67 times. Already during the 1990/91 season he left the Kings again and was handed over to the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 9, 1990 for John McIntyre . With the Maple Leafs he reached the conference finals of the play-offs in 1993 and 1994, but retired there with his team.

In the summer of 1994 he signed a contract with the Detroit Red Wings as a free agent , but only came to 28 NHL games due to the players' strike at the beginning of the 1994/95 season and lost the final of the Stanley Cup against the Red Wings New Jersey Devils with 0-4 wins. After the season, his contract in Detroit was not renewed and Krushelnyski moved to the American Hockey League to the Cape Breton Oilers , the then farm team of the Edmonton Oilers. There he was used 50 times and scored 41 points scorer. In the NHL, however, he was no longer used. He then forced a move to Europe and went on the ice twice for HC Milano 24 in the 1996/97 season . This was the last stop in his career.

As a trainer

After the end of his active ice hockey career Krushelnyski worked between 1997 and 1999, first in the Central Hockey League with the Fort Worth Fire as a coach. There he missed qualifying for the play-offs twice. When the club was dissolved in 1999 due to unsuccessfulness, he left the club. He later coached in the 2007/08 season, the ERC Ingolstadt of the German Ice Hockey League and finally the Russian team Vityaz Chekhov of the Continental Hockey League.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1978/79 Junior de Montréal LHJMQ 46 15th 29 44 40 11 3 4th 7th 8th
1979/80 Junior de Montréal LHJMQ 72 39 60 99 78 6th 2 3 5 2
1980/81 Springfield Indians AHL 80 25th 28 53 47 7th 1 1 2 29
1981/82 Erie Blades AHL 62 31 52 83 44 - - - - -
1981/82 Boston Bruins NHL 17th 3 3 6th 2 1 0 0 0 2
1982/83 Boston Bruins NHL 79 23 42 65 43 17th 8th 6th 14th 12
1983/84 Boston Bruins NHL 66 25th 20th 45 55 2 0 0 0 0
1984/85 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 43 45 88 60 18th 5 8th 13 22nd
1985/86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 54 16 24 40 22nd 10 4th 5 9 16
1986/87 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 16 35 51 67 21st 3 4th 7th 18th
1987/88 Edmonton Oilers NHL 76 20th 27 47 64 19th 4th 6th 10 12
1988/89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 26th 36 62 110 11 1 4th 5 4th
1989/90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 16 25th 41 50 10 1 3 4th 12
1990/91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 15th 1 5 6th 10 - - - - -
1990/91 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 17th 22nd 39 48 - - - - -
1991/92 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 9 15th 24 72 - - - - -
1992/93 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 84 19th 20th 39 62 16 3 7th 10 8th
1993/94 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 54 5 6th 11 28 6th 0 0 0 0
1994/95 Detroit Red Wings NHL 20th 2 3 5 6th 8th 0 0 0 0
1995/96 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 50 16 25th 41 78 - - - - -
1996/97 HC Milano 24 Series A1 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 118 54 89 143 118 17th 5 7th 12 10
AHL total 192 72 105 177 169 7th 1 1 2 29
NHL overall 897 241 328 569 699 139 29 43 72 106

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Krushelnyski, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krushelnyski, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec, Canada