Vanguard Head Coach Mikhail Kravets in a conversation with , he said that he appreciates the honesty and straightforwardness of hockey players, and also said that he himself was the same during his playing career.
San Jose selected the SKA Kravets forward in the 1991 NHL Rookie Draft in the twelfth round, 243rd overall. In the NHL, he only played two games, while playing 222 games in the East Coast League (ECHL), where he scored 232 (71+161) points with 425 penalty minutes, as well as 259 games in the International Hockey League (191 (50 + 141) points, 529 penalty minutes).
Kravets has been leading Avangard since November 2022, having served as interim head coach for a month following the dismissal of Dmitry Ryabykin.
Would it be difficult for you to find a common language with him? After all, player Mikhail Kravets cut the truth in the face of the coaches.
– You know, that’s exactly what helps me now as a coach. I appreciate and understand these players. I could see everything in my face. If they changed me, then my face immediately changed the wrong way. It was immediately obvious that I was dissatisfied.
Know that I was not a gift. But, going out on the ice, he did his job. I could say something to the coach. But it happened one by one, when we looked into each other’s eyes. I have had such incidents in North America. Analyzing my actions now, I understand that somewhere I had to hold back, behave differently. But now I know that such a player helps the team more. Therefore, as a coach, I can endure certain things, because I understand why they happen.
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