Former HC Olimpiya defenseman Nikolai Kataev has died.

Former HC Olimpiya defenseman Nikolai Kataev has died.

      Nikolai Petrovich Kataev was a product of Kirovo-Chepetsk ice hockey. With Olimpiya he became the winner of the USSR championship among class "B" clubs in the 1966–1967 season.

      "They greeted us like heroes. We arrived at the station in Kirov, stepped out of the train cars, and right there on the platform were Volgas. They put us into the cars and drove us to Kirovo-Chepetsk, to the square by 'Druzhba.' And there a whole army of fans was already waiting for us! They had built stands for us out of two cars in advance, we climbed onto them and thanked the town for the support. And the support was colossal," the hockey player recalled about that success.

      The hockey club expresses its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Nikolai Kataev.

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Former HC Olimpiya defenseman Nikolai Kataev has died.

He passed away at the age of 84.