Yevgeni Koreshkov

Yevgeni Koreshkov
Born (1970-03-11) 11 March 1970
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
Buran Voronezh
Lada Togliatti
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Sibir Novosibirsk
Severstal Cherepovets
Mechel Chelyabinsk
HC Martigny
National team  Kazakhstan
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19912007
Yevgeni Koreshkov
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Winter Games
2007 Changchun Ice hockey

Yevgeni Gennadievich Koreshkov (Russian: Евгений Геннадьевич Корешков; born 11 March 1970 in Ust Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Kazakhstani former ice hockey player of Russian descent and a Russian ice hockey coach.[1] He is a younger brother of Alexander Koreshkov.

He is the graduate of Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk ice hockey school. Koreshkov played in Russia for HC Lada Togliatti, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Sibir Novosibirsk, Severstal Cherepovets and Mechel Chelyabinsk.[2] He also played for the Kazakhstan in the 1998[3] and 2006 Winter Olympics.[4] In the 2006 tournament, he scored five goals in five games before Kazakhstan were eliminated in the preliminary round of the tournament.[2]

He also holds Russian citizenship.[5]

Koreshkov is currently employed as the head coach of MHL's Stalnye Lisy.[6]

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