Dave Craievich

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 1171 31 10 24 34 47