Dave Craievich

Dave Craievich
Born	(1971-05-03) May 3, 1971 Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	AHL Utica Devils Hershey Bears IHL Cincinnati Cyclones Minnesota Moose Chicago Wolves ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones Birmingham Bulls Mobile Mysticks Italy HC Asiago
NHL draft	143rd overall, 1991 New Jersey Devils
Playing career	1991–2001

Dave Craievich (born May 3, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Craievich was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the seventh round (143rd overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

Craievich played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the Oshawa Generals. He went on to play ten seasons of professional hockey, including nine seasons in the ECHL where between 1991 and 2000 he played in 516 ECHL games and finished his career with 467 points to rank as the third all-time points leader among ECHL defencemen.

In 2013 Craievich was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988–89	Oshawa Generals	OHL		62	2	23	25	78		6	0	0	0	11
1989–90	Oshawa Generals	OHL		59	6	18	24	127		17	0	6	6	28
1990–91	Oshawa Generals	OHL		66	12	30	42	118		16	4	5	9	21
1991–92	Cincinnati Cyclones	ECHL		50	11	29	40	166		8	1	8	9	15
1991–92	Utica Devils	AHL		9	0	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	4
1992–93	Cincinnati Cyclones	IHL		21	0	3	3	33		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Birmingham Bulls	ECHL		56	10	35	45	139		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Cincinnati Cyclones	IHL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Birmingham Bulls	ECHL		64	18	58	76	218		10	5	10	15	14
1994–95	Birmingham Bulls	ECHL		59	20	46	66	140		7	4	4	8	10
1994–95	Minnesota Moose	IHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Mobile Mysticks	ECHL		65	23	51	74	157		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Mobile Mysticks	ECHL		65	13	25	38	125		3	0	1	1	0
1996–97	Hershey Bears	AHL		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Mobile Mysticks	ECHL		70	17	48	65	116		3	0	1	1	8
1997–98	Chicago Wolves	IHL		3	0	0	0	2		17	0	1	1	6
1998–99	Mobile Mysticks	ECHL		60	10	38	48	90		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Chicago Wolves	IHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Mobile Mysticks	ECHL		27	1	14	15	20		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	HC Asiago	Italy		38	3	7	10	72		2	2	0	2	6
AHL totals				11	0	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	4
ECHL totals				516	123	344	467	1,171		31	10	24	34	47

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database