Alexei Kruchinin


Alexei Dmitrievich Kruchinin is a Russian professional ice hockey Forward. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played with Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Playing career

Kruchinin made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with SKA Saint Petersburg during the 2011–12 KHL season.
During the 2014–15 season, Kruchinin was traded by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, along with Yegor Martynov, to Traktor Chelyabinsk in exchange for the rights to Petri Kontiola on November 23, 2014.
After four years with Traktor Chelyabinsk, Kruchinin was traded after the 2017–18 season, to his original club, SKA Saint Petersburg in exchange for financial compensation on June 6, 2018.
Kruchinin played one season with SKA, before returning at the conclusion of the 2018–19 season, to Traktor Chelyabinsk on a one-year contract on 11 May 2019.