Nikolay Epshtein
Nikolay Epshtein | |
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Born | Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein 17 December 1919 |
Died | 27 August 2005 Selyatino, Russia | (aged 85)
Resting place | Vostryakovsky Cemetery, Moscow |
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[]
- List of select Jewish coaches
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Nikolay Epshtein". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "Hiring Kuperman Paying Off for Jets". The Jewish Post & News. February 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2011. |author=n
- ^ "The Soviets Have Their Stars, Too". The Windsor Star. May 13, 1975. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ a b "2005 Hockey Deaths". Sihrhockey.org. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "Universal Game". The Leader-Post. October 23, 1969. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ Jack Olsen (January 16, 1961). "The U.S. National Hockey Team didn't score many goals". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 2005 deaths
- Jewish ice hockey players
- People from Kolomna
- Russian Jews
- Soviet ice hockey coaches
- Soviet Jews