Nikolay Epshtein Explained

Nikolay Epshtein
Birth Name:Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein
Birth Date:17 December 1919
Birth Place:Kolomna, Soviet Union
Death Place:Selyatino, Russia
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 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]

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Notes and References

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