Valeri Bragin

Valeri Nikolayevich Bragin (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Брагин) (born May 31, 1956) is the current assistant coach of SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Valeri Bragin started his career with HC Spartak Moscow where he played in the top Soviet league from 1978.

In 1992 and 1993 he led the Rødovre team to consecutive bronze medals in the Danish league.

Having acted as player/coach with Rødovre, Bragin became the full-time coach for the Russian Under-18 junior team which he led to a gold medal at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.

His first full-time head coach job at the club level came with HC Spartak Moscow in the Russian Superleague for the 2007-08 season.