{{short description|Soviet ice hockey coach}} {{Family name hatnote|Semyonovich|Epshtein|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Nikolay Epshtein | honorific_suffix = | native_name = Николай Эпштейн | native_name_lang = ru | image = Nickolay_Epsteyn.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|12|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Kolomna, Soviet Union | disappeared_date = | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2005|08|27|1919|12|17}} | death_place = Selyatino, Russia | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = Vostryakovsky Cemetery, Moscow | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = Russian | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Ice hockey coach | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | height = <!-- {{height|m=}} --> | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge = <!-- Criminality parameters should be supported with citations from reliable sources --> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = }} '''Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein''' ({{langx|ru|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, Soviet Union.<ref name="jewishsports1">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/NikolayEpshtein.htm |title=Nikolay Epshtein |publisher=Jewishsports.net |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7jghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_mAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1603,1370582&dq=nicolai+epstein+hockey+soviet&hl=e |title=Hiring Kuperman Paying Off for Jets |publisher=The Jewish Post & News |date=February 19, 1992 |access-date=August 15, 2011}} |author=n</ref> He coached from 1953 to 1975 in the Soviet National League as head coach of Khimik in Voskresensk.<ref name="jewishsports1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2ORYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W1IMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1616,4319644&dq=nicolai+epstein+hockey+soviet&hl=en |title=The Soviets Have Their Stars, Too |publisher=The Windsor Star |date= May 13, 1975 |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name="sihrhockey1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sihrhockey.org/public_2005_hockey_deaths.cfm |title=2005 Hockey Deaths |publisher=Sihrhockey.org |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref> He was also head coach of the Soviet junior national team that won a European Championship.<ref name="jewishsports1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4ONUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bDwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3308,4190532&dq=epshtein+hockey&hl=en |title=Universal Game |publisher=The Leader-Post |date= October 23, 1969|access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Jack Olsen |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072181/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203044841/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072181/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2012 |title=The U.S. National Hockey Team didn't score many goals |publisher=Sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=January 16, 1961 |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref>
He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.<ref name="jewishsports1"/> He was an inaugural inductee to the Russian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.<ref name="jewishsports1"/> He died from Alzheimers in 2005.<ref name="sihrhockey1"/>
==See also== *List of select Jewish coaches
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/NikolayEpshtein.htm International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame bio]
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