Valery Viktorovich Postnikov

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Soviet UnionSoviet Union  Valery Postnikov Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 19, 1945
place of birth Stavropol , Russian SFSR
date of death 3rd February 2016
Place of death Magnitogorsk , Russia
position goalkeeper
Career stations
1963-1964 Vodnik Gorky
1966-1969 Trud Sterlitamak
1969-1971 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
RussiaRussia  Valery Postnikov
Coaching stations
1971-1976 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
1978-1979 Metallist Petropavlovsk
1979-1996 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
1997-1999 Molot-Prikamje Perm
1999-2001 HK Lada Tolyatti
2002-2004 Molot-Prikamje Perm
2007-2009 Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Valery Viktorovich Postnikow ( Russian Валерий Викторович Постников ; born July 19, 1945 in Stavropol ; † February 3, 2016 in Magnitogorsk ) was a Soviet-Russian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach who was head coach at HK Metallurg for many years . Most recently he was the club's general manager between 2010 and 2012. His grandson Viktor Postnikow is also an ice hockey player and began his career at HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

Career

Valery Postnikov began playing ice hockey in Gorky . There he played in the 1963/64 season for Wodnik , later for Trud Sterlitamak and between 1969 and 1971 for Metallurg Magnitogorsk. At the age of 24 he had to end his career due to an injury. He studied at the Institute for Physical Education in Chelyabinsk and after graduating there began his coaching career at Metallurg.

In 1973 the team won the regional championship of the Oblast, in 1974 Metallurg took second place in the finals of the championship of the RSFSR. This was linked to promotion to Class B of the USSR championship. In 1976 he left Metallurg and became the head coach of the U20 Juniors at Traktor Chelyabinsk . In 1978 he moved to Metallist Petropavlovsk as a trainer before returning to Magnitogorsk in 1979. There he first worked as the head of the Metallurg football team and later again as the head coach of the club's ice hockey team. In 1981 he won the Class B championship with Metallurg and rose to the second group of Class A under Postnikov's leadership . In 1990, as champions of the Eastern Group of the Wtoraja League, the team was promoted to the then second-class Perwaja League, followed two years later by promotion to the top division of the CIS , the International Hockey League .

Postnikow led this until 1996 and took third place in the 1994/95 season as the best placement in the club's history . In 1996 Metallurg made it to the final of the CIS Cup competition, after this success Postnikov left the club and in 1997 became head coach of the second division Molot-Prikamje Perm . In November 1999 he became head coach at HK Lada Tolyatti , where he was under contract until 2001. Between 2002 and 2004 he was again responsible for Molot-Prikamje Perm. In 2005 he returned to Metallurg Magnitogorsk and, as a game analyst, was initially part of the extended coaching staff and later became part of the club's management. In December 2007, after Fjodor Kanareikin's dismissal, he took over the coaching position at Metallurg again and led his team to win the IIHF European Champions Cup . At the same time, he was in charge of the Metallurg U17 juniors between 2007 and 2009 and was assistant coach of the Russian U17 national team at the 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge .

Overall, Postnikow led the Metallurg Magnitogorsk team in 1016 games in the Russian and Soviet championships, 12 cup games and 4 games in the IIHF European Champions Cup. Between 2010 and 2012 he was also General Manager of Metallurg.

Achievements and Awards

(all as coach of Metallurg Magnitogorsk )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Скончался Валерий Постников. In: khl.ru. February 3, 2016, accessed March 17, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b 2005-7-19: Валерий ПОСТНИКОВ: "МНЕ НЕ ВЕРИЛИ, КОГДА Я ГОВОРИЛ, ЧТО В МАГНИТОГОРСКЕ БУДЕТ СУПЕРЛУБ". In: sport-express.ru. Retrieved March 17, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Скончался Валерий Викторович Постников. In: metallurg.ru. February 3, 2016, accessed March 17, 2017 .
  4. ^ Postnikov new Metallurg head coach. In: iihf.com. December 24, 2007, accessed March 16, 2017 .
  5. ^ Died a famous Russian coach, winner of the European Champions Cup. In: en.israel-today.ru. Retrieved March 17, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Postnikow, Valeri Viktorovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Postnikow, Valeri; Postnikov, Valery; Постников, Валерий Викторович
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet-Russian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Stavropol , Russian SFSR
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 2016
Place of death Magnitogorsk , Russia