Shot Left Weight 91 kg Playing career Career start 1980 | Name Mike Krushelnyski Career end 1996 Height 1.88 m Positions Centerman | |
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Mike krushelnyski goal in 2ot kings vs flames 4 14 90 bob miller call
Michael Krushelnyski (born April 27, 1960) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre / Left winger who played 14 yrs in the NHL. He is a 4 time Stanley Cup Champion. Winning 3 Stanley Cups as a player with the Edmonton Oilers and 1 Stanley Cup as an Assistant Coach with the Detroit Red Wings. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, but grew up in LaSalle, Quebec. He is the father of Binghamton Senators ice hockey forward Alexander Krushelnyski.
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- Mike krushelnyski goal in 2ot kings vs flames 4 14 90 bob miller call
- Ray neufeld vs mike krushelnyski dec 15 1983
- Playing career
- Post retirement
- Awards and achievements
- References
Ray neufeld vs mike krushelnyski dec 15 1983
Playing career
Krushelnyski was selected by the Boston Bruins in the 6th round, 120th overall, in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. He and Marty McSorley were part of the 1988 trade in which Wayne Gretzky (who had personally requested McSorley and Krushelnyski to be part of the trade) was sent to the Los Angeles Kings for two players, draft picks and cash. He played on three Stanley Cup winners with the Edmonton Oilers in 1985, 1987, and 1988. In a career of 897 games, Krushelnyski recorded 241 goals and 328 assists for 569 career points; his single best season was 1984-85, in which he scored 43 goals and 88 points while often playing as a winger on a line with Gretzky and Jari Kurri. He played for Detroit Red Wings, retiring after the 1995 season.
Post-retirement
After retiring, Krushelnyski was an assistant coach with Detroit when they won the Cup in 1997, but left after winning his fourth championship to become head coach of the Central Hockey League's Fort Worth Fire, a post he held until the team folded in 1999.
He coached in the KHL in 2006-07 and from November 2008 to December 2009.
In between his two stints with the KHL, he was coach of the Ingolstadt Panthers in Germany, the DEL
Hyundai Hockey Nation Celebrity Coach across Canada 2014
Competed in the 4th season of CBC's Battle of the Blades in 2013
NHL Alumni Ambassador, Toronto Ontario 2010-2017