Nikolay Epshtein
Soviet ice hockey player and coach
About Nikolay Epshtein
Lived 1919 – 2005 (aged 85). Nikolay Epshtein was a Russian association football player, ice hockey player and ice hockey coach.
Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein (; 27 December 1919 – 27 August 2005) was a Soviet ice hockey coach.
Biography Epshtein, who was Jewish, was born in Kolomna, Russian FSFR, Soviet Union. He coached from 1953 to 1975 in the Soviet National League as head coach of Khimik in Voskresensk. He was also head coach of the Soviet junior national team that won a European Championship.
He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. He was an inaugural inductee to the Russian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005. He died from Alzheimers in 2005.
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Who was Nikolay Epshtein?
Soviet ice hockey player and coach (1919-2005)
When was Nikolay Epshtein born?
Nikolay Epshtein was born on 27 December 1919 in Kolomna.
When did Nikolay Epshtein die?
Nikolay Epshtein died on 27 August 2005 in Selyatino.
What was Nikolay Epshtein's occupation?
Nikolay Epshtein was an association football player, ice hockey player and ice hockey coach.
What nationality was Nikolay Epshtein?
Nikolay Epshtein was Russian.
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