Mikhail Grigorievich Kravets (November 12, 1963, Leningrad ) - Soviet and Russian hockey player; trainer. Master of Sports of the USSR . [one]
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| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 12, 1963 (55 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NHL draft | in 1991, he was selected in the 12th round under the 243rd number by the San Jose Sharks club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
The pupil of the Leningrad hockey. In 1982-1985 he played for Izhorets , in 1985-1991 - for SKA . 1991 was drafted by the new NHL San Jose Sharks team, which included two games - October 8, 1991 against Calgary Flames (Sharks first victory in history - overtime) and October 10, 1992 against Detroit Wings ". [2] Later on, he played for the teams of the lower North American leagues (1991-1994, ), (1994/95, IHL), (1994/95, IHL), Syracuse Crunch (1994/95, AHL ), (1995/96, CHL ), Milwaukee Edmirals (1995/96, IHL), (1996-1998, ECHL ), (1997/98, ECHL), (1997/98, ECHL), (1998-2000, ECHL), (1999/2000, ECHL). Returning to St. Petersburg, he played for Spartak (2000-2002) and SKA (2001 - 8 matches in the transition tournament).
He worked as a coach in SKA-1946 (☎) and SKA (2012-2014). At the end of November 2012, he acted as SKA head coach, under his leadership, the team won the home game against Vityaz 4-3 and lost away matches to Donbass 2-3 and Spartak 1-6. [3] In 2014–2017, he was the coach of HC Sochi, and from the 2017/18 season, he was the head coach of the Kunlun Red Star Heilongjiang VHL team.
On May 4, 2019 he was appointed head coach of Vityaz HC , acting in the KHL . [four]