Yevgeni Koreshkov


Yevgeni Gennadievich Koreshkov is a Kazakhstani former ice hockey player of Russian descent and a Russian ice hockey coach. He is a younger brother of Alexander Koreshkov.

Playing career

He is a 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. He also played for the Kazakhstan men's national [ice hockey team|Kazakhstan national team] in the 1998 and 2006 Winter Olympics. In the 2006 Olympics, he scored five goals in five games before Kazakhstan were eliminated in the preliminary round of the tournament.
Koreshkov is currently the head coach of Stalnye Lisy in the Junior Hockey League (JHL) in Russia.

Personal

He also holds Russian citizenship.