Mikhail Kravets

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
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