Nikolai Georgievich Puchkov (, 30 January 1930 – 8 August 2005) was a Russian ice hockey goaltender. He was part of the Soviet teams that won two Olympic and seven world championship medals between 1954 and 1960, including three gold medals. He was named the best goaltender of the 1959 World Championships and won the European title in 1954–56 and 1958–60. In 1954 he was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame. Domestically Puchkov won nine Soviet titles with VVS Moscow and CSKA Moscow. In 1962 he moved to Saint Petersburg and after retiring next year coached SKA Leningrad until 1980. In the 1970s he also assisted Vsevolod Bobrov with the Soviet national team. In 1980–1990 he trained Izhorets Leningrad, and from 1990 to 2002 coached Swedish and Finnish clubs. In his last three years he worked with the junior team of SKA Leningrad until his sudden death on the way to a training session. In 2007 a goaltender school named after Puchkov has been opened in Saint Petersburg. References 1930 births 2005 deaths HC CSKA Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic ice hockey players of the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in ice hockey SKA Saint Petersburg players Soviet ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey people from Moscow