Yevgeni Gennadievich Koreshkov (russian: Евгений Геннадьевич Корешков; born 11 March 1970 in

Ust Kamenogorsk Oskemen ( kk, Өскемен, translit=Öskemen ), or Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian: Усть-Каменого́рск), is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Population: Name The city has two official names. In the ...

, Kazakh SSR,

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) is a Kazakhstani former

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

Playing career

He is the graduate of

Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo Hockey Club ( kk, «Торпедо» хоккей клубы, ''«Torpedo» hokkeı klýby''; russian: Хоккейный клуб «Торпедо»), commonly referred to as Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, formerly known as Kazzinc-Torpedo (1999 ...

ice hockey school. Koreshkov played in Russia for HC Lada Togliatti, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Sibir Novosibirsk,

Severstal Cherepovets Hockey Club Severstal is a professional ice hockey team based in Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. History Founded in 1956, the club was originally known as Stroitel ...

and

Mechel Chelyabinsk Chelmet Chelyabinsk is a professional ice hockey team in the VHL. Based in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and affiliated with the Kontinental Hockey League`s Traktor Chelyabinsk, Chelmet plays its home games at Yunost Sports Palace. History The team was ...

. He also played for the

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in the

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and

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. In the 2006 tournament, he scored five goals in five games before Kazakhstan were eliminated in the preliminary round of the tournament. Koreshkov is currently employed as the

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of MHL's Stalnye Lisy.

Personal

He also holds Russian citizenship.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koreshkov, Yevgeni 1970 births Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia HC Lada Togliatti players HC Mechel players HC Sibir Novosibirsk players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Kazakhstani ice hockey centres Kazakhstani ice hockey coaches Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Kazzinc-Torpedo players Living people Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Metallurg Magnitogorsk players Olympic ice hockey players of Kazakhstan Severstal Cherepovets players Soviet ice hockey centres Sportspeople from Oskemen