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 would also spend 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. Kravchuk has two sons; Ilya and Christopher. ==Career statistics==