Career
He is currently playing with Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Kruchinin made his Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with SKA Saint St. Petersburg during the 2011-2012 KHL season. During the 2014-2015 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.