Murray Craven

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CanadaCanada  Murray Craven Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 20, 1964
place of birth Medicine Hat , Alberta , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 94 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 1st lap, 17th position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1980-1982 Medicine Hat Tigers
1982-1984 Detroit Red Wings
1984-1991 Philadelphia Flyers
1991-1993 Hartford Whalers
1993-1994 Vancouver Canucks
1994-1997 Chicago Blackhawks
1997-2000 San Jose Sharks

Murray Dean Craven (born July 20, 1964 in Medicine Hat , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current official who played 1189 games for the Detroit Red Wings , Philadelphia Flyers , Hartford Whalers during his active career between 1980 and 2000 , Vancouver Canucks , Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Since August 2016, Craven has been Vice President of the Vegas Golden Knights .

Career

Craven first played from 1980 to 1984 for four years for the Medicine Hat Tigers from his hometown in the Western Hockey League . During this time he was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft in the first round in 17th position. They used him in the 1982/83 season in the NHL, but decided, despite Craven's eleven points in 31 games, that he should continue to develop in the WHL for the time being. After the Canadian had dominated the WHL with 94 points in 48 games in the 1983/84 season, the Red Wings finally brought him back to the NHL during the season.

Before the 1984/85 season, the Red Wings transferred Joe Paterson and him to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Darryl Sittler . With the Flyers, the center quickly established itself in the team roster and twice reached the final of the Stanley Cup , where Philadelphia was defeated by the Edmonton Oilers in five and seven games respectively. Craven stayed in Philadelphia until November 1991 and had his best year in the NHL in the 1987/88 season with 76 points in 72 games before he was given up for Kevin Dineen to the Hartford Whalers .

The Canadian stayed with the Whalers in New England for two years before moving to the Vancouver Canucks at the end of the transfer window in March 1993 , as Hartford had missed the playoffs. In Vancouver he only stayed until the end of the 1993/94 season and was transferred to the Chicago Blackhawks after the lockout ended before the start of the 1994/95 season . With the Blackhawks he reached the final of the Western Conference in the first season , from which his ex-club from Vancouver emerged as the winner. After the 1996/97 season , the Canadian moved to the San Jose Sharks , where he spent the last three years of his career. After a hernia operation and a poor start to the 1999/2000 game year with only two goal preparations in 19 games, the Sharks dismissed him, whereupon Craven ended his career.

In August 2016, Craven officially returned to the NHL stage when he was named vice president of the Vegas Golden Knights . In the previous months, he had already acted in an unofficial role as a consultant to team owner Bill Foley and had a decisive influence on the successful candidacy of the city of Las Vegas .

International

Craven took part with the Canadian national team in the 1990 and 1991 World Championships . In addition to a fourth place in 1990, he was able to win a silver medal in 1991.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1980/81 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 69 5 10 15th 18th 5 0 0 0 2
1981/82 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72 35 46 81 49 - - - - -
1982/83 Detroit Red Wings NHL 31 4th 7th 11 6th - - - - -
1982/83 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 28 17th 29 46 35 - - - - -
1983/84 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 48 38 56 94 53 4th 5 3 8th 4th
1983/84 Detroit Red Wings NHL 15th 0 4th 4th 6th - - - - -
1984/85 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 26th 35 61 30th 19th 4th 6th 10 11
1985/86 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 21st 33 54 34 5 0 3 3 4th
1986/87 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 19th 39 49 38 12 3 1 4th 9
1987/88 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 72 30th 46 76 58 7th 2 5 7th 4th
1988/89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 51 9 28 37 52 1 0 0 0 2
1989/90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 76 25th 50 75 42 - - - - -
1990/91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 19th 47 66 53 - - - - -
1991/92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 12 3 3 6th 8th - - - - -
1991/92 Hartford Whalers NHL 61 24 30th 54 38 7th 3 3 6th 6th
1992/93 Hartford Whalers NHL 67 25th 42 67 20th - - - - -
1992/93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 10 0 10 10 12 12 4th 6th 10 4th
1993/94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 15th 40 55 30th 22nd 4th 9 13 18th
1994/95 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 4th 3 7th 2 16 5 5 10 4th
1995/96 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 66 18th 29 47 36 9 1 4th 5 2
1996/97 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 75 8th 27 35 12 2 0 0 0 2
1997/98 San Jose Sharks NHL 67 12 17th 29 25th 6th 1 1 2 0
1998/99 San Jose Sharks NHL 43 4th 10 14th 18th - - - - -
1999/00 San Jose Sharks NHL 19th 0 2 2 4th - - - - -
WHL overall 217 95 141 236 155 9 5 3 8th 6th
NHL overall 1071 266 493 759 524 118 27 43 70 66

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1990 Canada WM 4th Place 9 1 5 6th 6th
1991 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 1 1 2 10
Men overall 18th 2 6th 8th 16

( 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 Craven, Murray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Craven, Murray Dean (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Medicine Hat , Alberta , Canada