Career
He coached Ufa Salavat Yulayev in the 2008-2009 and 2011-2012 seasons, and was the general manager of Lada Togliatti in the VHL. In 2006, he coached Russia men"s national junior ice hockey team to a silver medal. Mikhalev was born in Chelyabinsk, Russia. On 21 April 2015, he was killed in a head on collision with a truck on a highway in Chelyabinsk region while returning home from the funeral of Traktor Chelyabinsk coach Valery Belousov.