Ryan Kraft

Ryan Kraft (born November 7, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey Winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks. He is currently the head coach for the Moorhead Spuds girls hockey team.

Playing career Kraft played collegiate hockey with the University of Minnesota in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) before he was selected in the eighth round, 194th overall, in the 1995 NHL entry draft by the San Jose Sharks.

As a member of the Sharks' ECHL affiliate, the Richmond Renegades, Kraft was named to the ECHL All-Star Team during the 1998–99 season and the 1999–2000 season. Kraft would finish his rookie season as a point-per-game player, scoring 64 points in 63 games during the regular season. Kraft would also go on to score 20 points in 18 post-season games in that same season. Richmond would go on to lose to eventual Kelly Cup Champion Mississippi in overtime of the seventh and deciding game of the Finals.

Kraft had previously played for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL, scoring one assist in seven games.

Coaching career On January 29, 2013, it was announced that Kraft would serve as assistant coach of the Minnesota Magicians in the North American Hockey League. On June 24, 2019 Kraft was named head coach of the Moorhead Minnesota High School girls varsity hockey team.

Personal Kraft was born in Bottineau, North Dakota and raised and currently resides in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1991–92 Moorhead High School HS-MN — — — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Moorhead High School HS-MN 25 40 45 85 — — — — — — 1994–95 University of Minnesota WCHA 44 13 33 46 44 — — — — — 1995–96 University of Minnesota WCHA 41 13 24 37 24 — — — — — 1996–97 University of Minnesota WCHA 42 25 21 46 37 — — — — — 1997–98 University of Minnesota WCHA 32 11 26 37 16 — — — — — 1998–99 Richmond Renegades ECHL 63 28 36 64 35 18 10 10 20 4 1999–2000 Richmond Renegades ECHL 44 32 35 67 32 — — — — — 1999–2000 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 15 7 6 13 2 5 3 1 4 0 1999–2000 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2000–01 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 77 38 50 88 36 3 2 0 2 0 2001–02 Cleveland Barons AHL 63 19 41 60 42 — — — — — 2002–03 San Jose Sharks NHL 7 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2002–03 Cleveland Barons AHL 53 14 27 41 12 — — — — — 2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 74 15 21 36 20 6 2 2 4 0 2004–05 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 38 9 9 18 12 — — — — — 2005–06 Kassel Huskies DEL 49 17 31 48 34 — — — — — 2006–07 Kassel Huskies DEU.2 50 18 22 40 60 10 4 8 12 12 2007–08 Kassel Huskies DEU.2 49 23 30 53 36 14 3 5 8 12 2008–09 Kassel Huskies DEL 47 14 20 34 38 — — — — — 2009–10 Kassel Huskies DEL 52 12 14 26 28 — — — — — AHL totals 320 102 154 256 124 14 7 3 10 0 NHL totals 7 0 1 1 0 — — — — — DEL totals 148 43 65 108 100 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2001 United States WC 4th 9 0 2 2 0 Senior totals 9 0 2 2 0

Awards and honors Award Year College All-WCHA Rookie Team 1994–95 WCHA All-Tournament Team 1995, 1997 All-WCHA Third Team 1996–97 AHL All-Star Game 2001, 2002 All-Rookie Team 2001 Red Garrett Memorial Award 2001 Second all-star team 2001