| Mikhail Kravets | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 12, 1963, St. Petersburg |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) |
| Position | Right winger |
| Shot | Left |
| team F. teams |
retired Class B Izhorets Leningrad Soviet Class B Izhorets Leningrad Soviet Championship League SKA Leningrad NHL San Jose Sharks IHL Kansas City Blades Detroit Vipers Minnesota Moose Milwaukee Admirals AHL Syracuse Crunch CHL Wichita Thunder ECHL Louisiana IceGators Baton Rouge Kingfish New Orleans Brass Mississippi Sea Wolves Arkansas RiverBlades Superliga SKA St. Petersburg Vysshaya Liga Spartak St. Petersburg |
| Ntl. team |  Belarus
|
| NHL Draft | 243rd overall, 1991 San Jose Sharks |
| Playing career | 1982–2003 |
Mikhail Grigor'yevich Kravets Sr. (born November 12, 1963 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian retired professional ice hockey right wing who played mostly in the Soviet Championship League and lower American leagues. He also played two games in the National Hockey League. He is currently the head coach of the Vityaz Podolsk and the assistant coach of the Belarusian National Team.
Player career[]
Kravets began his career in 1982 with Izhorets Leningrad of the Class B. In 1983, they were promoted to Soviet Class B.
He played with SKA Leningrad from 1985 to 1991. The San Jose Sharks chose him 243rd overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. That year Kravets came to North America to try his luck.
He got into two games for the Sharks, one in 1991-92 and one in 1992-93. Other than that he had an extensive career in the minor pros, mostly in the International League and the ECHL. In 2000 Kravets returned to Russia and played for three seasons in his native St. Petersburg. He retired in 2003.
Coach career[]
| Role | Team | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Player-assistant coach | Spartak St. Petersburg | 2001 - 2003 |
| Assistant coach | Spartak St. Petersburg | 2003 - 2004 |
| Head coach | Spartak St. Petersburg | 2004 - 2006 |
| Head coach | SKA St. Petersburg-2 | 2008 - 2009 |
| Head coach | SKA-1946 St. Petersburg | 2009, 2011 - 2012 |
| Assistant coach | SKA St. Petersburg | 2009 - 2010, 2012 - 2014 |
| Head coach | Serebryanye Lvy St. Petersburg | 2010 - 2011 |
| Head coach | SKA St. Petersburg | 2012 |
| Assistant coach | HK Sochi | 2014 - 2017 |
| Head coach | KRS Heilongjiang | 2017 - 2018 |
| Head coach | SKA-Varyagi im. Morozova | 2018 |
| Head coach | SKA-Neva St. Petersburg | 2018 - 2019 |
| Head coach | Vityaz Podolsk | 2019 - present |
| Assistant coach | Belarusian National Team | 2019 - present |