Yevgeni Nikolaevich Groshev (April 3, 1937 – January 1, 2013) was an

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 ...

player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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. He played for

Krylya Sovetov Moscow HC Krylya Sovetov (russian: link=no, ХК Крылья Советов; ''Soviet Wings'') is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. The team played in the top divisions of Soviet and Russian hockey. In 2008, the team was expell ...

. He was inducted into the

Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

in 1991.

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Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio
1937 births 2013 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Moscow Krylya Sovetov Moscow players Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in ice hockey {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub