Vitaly Yuryevich Kravtsov

Vitaly Kravtsov
Date of birth	December 23, 1999
place of birth	Vladivostok , Russia
size	188 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2018 , 1st round, 9th position New York Rangers
Career stations
2016-2019	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
since 2019	Hartford Wolf Pack

Vitaly Jurjewitsch Kravzow ( Russian Виталий Юрьевич Кравцов ; * December 23, 1999 in Vladivostok ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League since May 2019 and also for their farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack , plays in the position of right winger in the American Hockey League .

Career

Vitaly Kravzov began his career as a hockey player in the youth team of Belyje Medvedi Chelyabinsk in the Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaya League . The winger made his debut in the Continental Hockey League (KHL) for his home club, HK Traktor Chelyabinsk , during the 2016/17 season . There he established himself in the following season 2017/18 and reached the semi-finals with the team in the playoffs, but was defeated there by the later champions Ak Bars Kazan . In total, he completed 16 playoff games, recorded eleven points and became the third best scorer on his team. Then, in the first round of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft , Krawzow was selected as the ninth player by the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). This provided him with an entry-level contract in May 2019 after he had spent another season in Chelyabinsk. During the following pre-season he was initially given to the Rangers farm team , the Hartford Wolf Pack from the American Hockey League (AHL).

At the beginning of the 2019/20 season, Krawzow played five competitive games in Hartford before returning to Chelyabinsk on loan at the end of October. However, this loan deal was terminated in December 2019, so that the Russian from then on again ran for the Wolf Pack.

International

Kravzov played his first major international tournament as part of the 2019 U20 World Cup , where he won the bronze medal with Russia's U20 national team .

Achievements and Awards

• 2018 KHL rookie of the month March
• 2018 KHL rookie of the month April
• 2019 bronze medal at the U20 World Cup

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2016/17	HK tractor Chelyabinsk	KHL		3	0	0	0	0		6th	1	0	1	4th
2016/17	HK Chelmet Chelyabinsk	VHL		6th	2	2	4th	0		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Belyje Medvedi Chelyabinsk	MHL		41	13	23	36	18th		5	2	4th	6th	0
2017/18	HK tractor Chelyabinsk	KHL		35	4th	3	7th	6th		16	6th	5	11	8th
2017/18	HK Chelmet Chelyabinsk	VHL		9	4th	3	7th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Belyje Medvedi Chelyabinsk	MHL		1	1	2	3	0		2	1	3	4th	0
2018/19	HK tractor Chelyabinsk	KHL		50	8th	13	21st	6th		4th	0	2	2	0
2019/20	HK Chelmet Chelyabinsk	VHL		3	0	2	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	HK tractor Chelyabinsk	KHL		11	2	1	3	2		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		39	6th	9	15th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
KHL total				99	14th	17th	31	14th		26th	7th	7th	14th	12

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Witali Krawzow at eliteprospects.com (English)