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.
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]