Valery Viktorovich Postnikov (; 19 July 1945 â 3 February 2016) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and coach including (1992).
As a hockey player he finished his career at 24 years due to injury, and was a graduate of the Chelyabinsk Institute of Physical Education.
As a coach he led the team Metallurg Magnitogorsk (1971âÂÂ76; 2007âÂÂ08), farm club Traktor Chelyabinsk (1976âÂÂ78), Metallist Petropavlovsk (1978-1979), Molot-Prikamye Perm (1997âÂÂ99; 2002âÂÂ04) and HC Lada Togliatti (1999-2001).