Yevgeniy Koreshkov (born March 11, 1970 in Ust Kamenogorsk

Oskemen

Oskemen and Ust-Kamennaya , is the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. It is served by the Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport.-History:...

, Soviet Union

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) is a Kazakhstani former ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player of Russian

Russians

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 descent and a Russian ice hockey coach. He is an young brother of Alexander Koreshkov

Alexander Koreshkov (ice hockey)

Alexander Koreshkov is a retired Kazakh professional ice hockey left winger who last competed at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team.-External links:...

.

Koreshkov played in Russia for HC Lada Togliatti

HC Lada Togliatti

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, Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Metallurg Magnitogorsk is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League...

, Sibir Novosibirsk

Sibir Novosibirsk

HC Sibir Novosibirsk is a Russian professional ice hockey team. They are members of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League....

, Severstal Cherepovets

Severstal Cherepovets

HC Severstal Cherepovets 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 Cherepovets...

 and Mechel Chelyabinsk. He also played for the Kazakhstan

Kazakhstani national ice hockey team

The Kazakh men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is currently ranked 16th in the world. In their first Olympic Games in 1998, the Kazakhs were able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place....

 in the 1998

1998 Winter Olympics

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 and 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

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. In the 2006 tournament, he scored 5 goals in 5 games before Kazakhstan were eliminated in the preliminary round of the tournament.

He also holds Russia

Russia

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n citizenship.

Yevgeniy Koreshkov is currently employed as the head coach

Head coach

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 of MHL' Stalnye Lisy.

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