Valery Viktorovich Postnikov/Валepий Викторович Постников was born on July 19, 1945, and died on February 3, 2016.
He was a Soviet and Russian hockey player and coach hockey.
He was the Honored Coach of Russia in 1992.
The Hockey player to finish his career at only 24 years due to injury.
Valery was a graduate of the Chelyabinsk Institute of Physical Education.
Whilst he was a coach to lead the team Metallurg Magnitogorsk (1971–76; 2007–08), the farm club Traktor Chelyabinsk (1976–78), the Metallist Petropavlovsk (1978-1979), Molot-Prikamye Perm (1997–99; 2002–04), the HC Lada Togliatti (1999-2001).
Valery Postnikov passed away at 70 yrs old.