Gennady Fedorovich Tsygurov (russian: Геннадий Фёдорович Цыгу́ров; 14 April 1942 – 14 December 2016) was a Russian professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

coach and player. He played for

Traktor Chelyabinsk Traktor Chelyabinsk, also known as Traktor (russian: Трактор), is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). F ...

from 1959 to 1977 in the

Soviet Championship League The Soviet Hockey Championship (russian: Чемпионат СССР по хоккею) was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia, i ...

. From 1979 to 1984, he then served as head coach of Traktor. Tsygurov also served as the coach of SC Uritskogo Kazan,

Avangard Omsk Hockey Club Avangard (russian: ХК Авангард, links=no, Vanguard), also known as Avangard Omsk, is a Russian professional ice hockey team from Omsk. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental H ...

, Lada Togliatti. HK MVD Balashikha,

Kristall Saratov Kristall Saratov is an ice hockey team in Saratov, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internation ...

and

Saryarka Karaganda Hockey Club Saryarka ( kk, Saryarqa Qaraǵandy, «Сарыарқа» Қарағанды хоккей клубы), commonly referred as Saryarka Karagandy, is a professional ice hockey team based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They Currently play in the ...

. He was the father of the late professional ice hockey player

Denis Tsygurov Denis Gennadievich Tsygurov (russian: Денис Геннадьевич Цыгуров; February 26, 1971 – January 10, 2015) was a Russian professional ice hockey player. Tsygurov was drafted in the second round, 38th overall, by the Buffalo S ...

(1971–2015); another son also played at a high level.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsygurov, Gennady 1942 births 2016 deaths Russian ice hockey coaches Soviet ice hockey coaches Soviet ice hockey defencemen Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Traktor Chelyabinsk players Russian ice hockey defencemen Russian expatriate ice hockey people Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan