Nikolay Epshtein

Nikolay Epshtein
Born Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein
17 December 1919
Kolomna, Soviet Union
Died 27 August 2005(2005-08-27) (aged 85)
Selyatino, Russia
Resting place Vostryakovsky Cemetery, Moscow
Ethnicity Jewish
Citizenship Russian
Occupation Ice hockey coach

Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein (Russian: Николай Семёнович Эпштейн) (27 December 1919 – 27 August 2005) was a Soviet ice hockey coach.

Biography

Epshtein, who was Jewish, was born in Kolomna, Russian FSFR.[1][2] He coached from 1953 to 1975 in the Soviet National League as head coach of Chimik in Voskresensk.[1][3][4] He was also head coach of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team and the Soviet Junior National Team that won a European Championship.[1][5][6]

He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.[1] He was an inaugural inductee to the Russian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.[1] He died from Alzheimers in 2005.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nikolay Epshtein". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Hiring Kuperman Paying Off for Jets". The Jewish Post & News. February 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2011. |author=n
  3. ↑ "The Soviets Have Their Stars, Too". The Windsor Star. May 13, 1975. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "2005 Hockey Deaths". Sihrhockey.org. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Universal Game". The Leader-Post. October 23, 1969. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ Jack Olsen (January 16, 1961). "The U.S. National Hockey Team didn't score many goals". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved August 15, 2011.

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