Nikolay Epshtein
Encyclopedia
Nikolay Semenovich Epshtein (December 27, 1919 – August 27, 2005) was a Soviet ice hockey
coach.
, Russia.
He was also head coach of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team and the Soviet Junior National Team that won a European Championship.
He died from Alzheimers.
in 2001.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
coach.
Ice hockey coaching career
He coached from 1953 to 1975 in the Soviet National League, he was head coach of “Chimik” in VoskresenskVoskresensk
Voskresensk is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located southeast from Moscow, on the shores of the Moskva River. Population: Town status was granted to Voskresensk in 1938.-Notable athletes:...
, Russia.
He was also head coach of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team and the Soviet Junior National Team that won a European Championship.
He died from Alzheimers.
Halls of Fame
He was an inaugural inductees to the Russian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of FameInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was opened July 7, 1981, in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around the world....
in 2001.
See also
- List of select Jewish coaches