Todd Krygier
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1965)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| image =
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| position = Left wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 180
| played_for = Hartford Whalers
Washington Capitals
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|10|12|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Chicago Heights, Illinois, U.S.
| ntl_team = United States
| draft = 1988 NHL Supplemental Draft
| draft_team = Hartford Whalers
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 2000
}}
Todd Andrew Krygier (born October 12, 1965) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Hartford Whalers, Washington Capitals, and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim between 1989 and 1997. Internationally Krygier played for the American national team at three World Championships. After finishing his playing career Krygier turned to coaching, and since 2019 has been an assistant coach for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League
Playing career
After playing for the University of Connecticut, Krygier was selected by the Hartford Whalers in the 1988 NHL Supplemental Draft. He played parts of two seasons with the Whalers before being traded to the Washington Capitals in 1991. In 1994, he was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Krygier played a season and a half in Anaheim before he was re-acquired by the Capitals during the 1995–96 NHL season. It was during his second tour with the Capitals that helped guide the Capitals to their first ever appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998. Krygier played two seasons with the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League before retiring from active play. In 543 NHL games, Krygier scored 100 goals and 143 assists.
Krygier was previously the head coach of the Compuware AAA mite hockey team, as well as the head hockey coach at Novi High School where he won the school's first and only State Title in 2011.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} In June 2013, Krygier was announced as the new coach of the Muskegon Lumberjacks United States Hockey League team{{Cite web | url=http://muskegon.wzzm13.com/news/news/145283-muskegon-lumberjacks-hire-new-owners-coach |title = Muskegon Lumberjacks get new owners, coach}} until he was released in July 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.ushl.com/news_article/show/669216?referrer_id=2650688 |title=John LaFontaine joins Muskegon Lumberjacks |publisher=USHL |date=July 13, 2016}} He is now an assistant coach with the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team.{{Cite web | url=http://wmubroncos.com/coaches.aspx?path=mhockey |title = Men's Ice Hockey Coaches}}
Personal life
Krygier has five children, all of whom are athletes: daughters Natalie, who played soccer at the University of Iowa and Grace, who currently plays soccer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and sons Brock, who played hockey at Michigan State and Arizona State, and twins Christian and Cole, who both play at Michigan State. Christian and Cole were both selected five picks apart in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers respectively.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-22|title=Natalie Krygier|url=https://hawkeyesports.com/roster/natalie-krygier/|access-date=2020-06-05|website=University of Iowa Athletics|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Grace Krygier {{!}} Women's Soccer|url=https://uwbadgers.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/grace-krygier/7029|access-date=2020-06-05|website=Wisconsin Badgers|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Talking to one means talking to both, Krygier twins take special bond to Munn Ice Arena|url=https://statenews.com/article/2019/11/seeing-double-krygier-twins-look-forward-to-a-year-as-a-defensive-duo?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest|access-date=2020-06-05|website=The State News|language=en-us}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1983–84
| Buffalo Regals | Midget | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1983–84 | RIT | NCAA-III | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85
| NCAA-III | 14 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86 | University of Connecticut | NCAA-III | 32 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 46
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87
| University of Connecticut | NCAA-III | 28 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987–88 | University of Connecticut | NCAA-III | 27 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| AHL | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | AHL | 76 | 26 | 42 | 68 | 77
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90
| NHL | 58 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 52
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1989–90 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| Hartford Whalers | NHL | 72 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 95
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1991–92 | NHL | 67 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 107
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1992–93
| Washington Capitals | NHL | 77 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 60
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 66 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 60
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1994–95
| NHL | 35 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 60 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 70
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| Washington Capitals | NHL | 16 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 47 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 37
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98
| Washington Capitals | NHL | 45 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 30
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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| 1997–98 | AHL | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99
| IHL | 65 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 82
| 17 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 16 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1999–00 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 28 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 12
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 543 !! 100 !! 143 !! 243 !! 533 ! 48 !! 10 !! 7 !! 17 !! 40 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1991
| WC | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
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| 1992 | United States | WC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997
| United States | WC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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! colspan="4"| Senior totals ! 19 !! 5 !! 5 !! 10 !! 20 |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|legends=10845}}
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