Valery Postnikov

{{short description|Soviet and Russian hockey player and coach}}

Valery Viktorovich Postnikov ({{langx|ru|Валepий Викторович Постников}}; 19 July 1945 – 3 February 2016) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and coach including Honored Coach of Russia (1992).[http://magmetall.ru/contribution/19539.htm В основе золота — железная дисциплина]

As a hockey player he finished his career at 24 years due to injury,[http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2005-07-19/10_3/ Валерий Постников: «Мне не верили, когда я говорил,что в Магнитогорске будет суперклуб»] and was a graduate of the Chelyabinsk Institute of Physical Education.

As a coach he led the team Metallurg Magnitogorsk (1971–76; 2007–08), farm club Traktor Chelyabinsk (1976–78), Metallist Petropavlovsk (1978-1979), Molot-Prikamye Perm (1997–99; 2002–04) and HC Lada Togliatti (1999-2001).