Mikhail Kravets

{{short description|Russian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Right wing

| played_for = SKA Saint Petersburg
San Jose Sharks

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 194

| ntl_team = RUS

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1963|11|12}}

| birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| draft = 243rd overall

| draft_year = 1991

| draft_team = San Jose Sharks

| career_start = 1982

| career_end = 2003

| halloffame =

}}

Mikhail Grigorevich Kravets ({{langx|ru|Михаил Григорьевич Кравец}}; born November 12, 1963) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and 2 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently serving as the head coach of Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

He played for the SKA St. Petersburg and San Jose Sharks, as well as a season on loan to the Manitoba Moose from the Detroit Vipers in 1995.{{cite news | last = Powers | first = Tom | title = Kravets Likes to Play Old-Fashioned Hockey | newspaper = Saint Paul Pioneer Press | pages = 1F | date = January 9, 1995 }}{{cite news | title = Moose Sends Humeniuk, Kravets to Teams in AHL | newspaper = Saint Paul Pioneer Press | pages = 7D | date = March 22, 1995 }} In the years he was playing for the Sharks, he played in every game of the season, but in 2000 missed his third season's opening due to being denied a visa to the United States.{{cite news | last = Hammack | first = Don | title = Red tape sidelines Russian player ECHL veteran is denied entry | newspaper = Florida Times-Union | pages = D-5 | date = October 12, 2000 }}

During the 2012-13 season, Kravets was named interim head coach from November until December for SKA St. Petersburg before returning to his assistant coaching duties.{{cite news | title = Russia's SKA ice hockey club dismisses its head coach | newspaper = ITAR-TASS | date = November 25, 2012 }}

Career statistics

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1982–83

| Izhorets Leningrad

| Soviet3

| 62

20123253

| —

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| 1983–84

| Izhorets Leningrad

| Soviet2

| 60

34175144

| —

1984–85

| Izhorets Leningrad

| Soviet2

| 52

39115043

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1985–86

| SKA Leningrad

| Soviet

| 38

1472120

| —

1986–87

| SKA Leningrad

| Soviet

| 36

16112737

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987–88

| SKA Leningrad

| Soviet

| 44

951436

| —

1988–89

| SKA Leningrad

| Soviet

| 43

8182620

| —

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| 1989–90

| SKA Leningrad

| Soviet

| 29

10142436

| —

1990–91

| SKA Leningrad

| Soviet

| 25

881628

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

| San Jose Sharks

| NHL

| 1

0000

| —

1991–92

| Kansas City Blades

| IHL

| 74

103242172

| 15

681412
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1992–93

| San Jose Sharks

| NHL

| 1

0000

| —

1992–93

| Kansas City Blades

| IHL

| 71

194968153

| 10

25755
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Kansas City Blades

| IHL

| 63

144458171

| —

1994–95

| Detroit Vipers

| IHL

| 7

0004

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1990–91

| Minnesota Moose

| IHL

| 37

7152225

| —

1994–95

| Syracuse Crunch

| AHL

| 7

2248

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Wichita Thunder

| CHL

| 37

14577189

| —

1995–96

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 7

0114

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| Louisiana IceGators

| ECHL

| 57

22456793

| 17

491318
1997–98

| Baton Rouge Kingfish

| ECHL

| 11

291137

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Louisiana IceGators

| ECHL

| 28

8182641

| —

1997–98

| New Orleans Brass

| ECHL

| 4

1012

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Mississippi Sea Wolves

| ECHL

| 10

4101425

| —

1998–99

| Mississippi Sea Wolves

| ECHL

| 59

174259136

| 18

581310
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| 1999–00

| Arkansas RiverBlades

| ECHL

| 30

10172764

| —

1999–00

| Mississippi Sea Wolves

| ECHL

| 23

7202727

| 7

1678
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| SKA St. Petersburg

| Russia

| 8

00020

| —

2000–01

| Spartak St. Petersburg

| Russia2

| 18

591462

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Spartak St. Petersburg

| Russia2

| 51

11172886

| —

2002–03

| Spartak St. Petersburg

| Russia2

| 8

01130

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! ALIGN="center" | 2

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References

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