Oleg Tolmachev
Oleg Vasilyevich Tolmachev () (August 19, 1919 – January 1, 2008) was a Soviet ice hockey player and coach. Early life. Tolmachev was born in Novosibirsk (called Novonikolayevsk in 1919). He served in the Red Army from 1939 to 1946, and saw action in World War II during 1942–44. He was decorated twice, with the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree and medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". Hockey career. HC Dynamo Moscow - 1946–56 as player, 1957–62 as coach.