Corey Down
Date of birth | 18th February 1979 |
size | 180 cm |
Weight | 95 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
2005-2006 | South Auckland Swarm |
2007 | Southern Stampede |
2008-2009 | West Auckland Admirals |
2010-2011 | Botany Swarm |
Corey Down (born February 18, 1979 ) is a former New Zealand ice hockey player and today's coach. He played most of his active career with Auckland teams . From 2011 to 2014 he was the head coach of the New Zealand women's national team .
Career
Corey Down started his career with an amateur team in Auckland . When the semi-professional New Zealand Ice Hockey League was founded in 2005, he moved to the newly formed South Auckland Swarm , for whom he played for two years. The 2007 season he spent on the South Island in Southern Stampede of Queenstown . However, he returned to Auckland in 2008 and initially played for the West Auckland Admirals for two years . In 2010 he returned to his first NZIHL club, which was now called Botany Swarm , and won the title with him in 2010 and 2011. Then he ended his career.
International
His debut in the New Zealand national team was Down at the D World Championship in 2000 , where he and his team were promoted to the C group, which was now called Division II due to the change to the current division system. There, New Zealand only finished last in 2001 and so he had to qualify for Division II in 2002 and since only last place was reached there, he then had to compete in Division III in 2003 . At the tournament held in Auckland , Down succeeded with his team promotion to Division II. He subsequently played in Division II in 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 and 2011 when he was voted the best player on his team Intermittent relegations he had to compete with New Zealand in 2007 , when he achieved the best plus / minus balance of the tournament, and in 2009 in Division III, but achieved immediate promotion in each case.
Coaching
At the 2011 , 2012 , 2013 and 2014 World Championships , Down was the head coach of the New Zealand women's national team . In 2011 they won the title in Division IV, whereby the New Zealanders were classified in the A group of Division II when they switched to the system used by the men, in which they played in the three following tournaments.
Achievements and Awards
- 2010 New Zealand Champion with the Botany Swarm
- 2011 New Zealand Champion with the Botany Swarm
International
- 2000 Promotion to the C group at the D World Championship
- 2003 Promotion to Division II at the World Championship Division III
- 2007 Promotion to Division II at the Division III World Championship
- 2007 Best plus / minus balance at the World Championship of Division III
- 2009 Promotion to Division II at the Division III World Championship
As a trainer
- 2011 Promotion to Division II at the Division IV Women's World Championship
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
2005 | South Auckland Swarm | NZIHL | 6th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2006 | South Auckland Swarm | NZIHL | 6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
2007 | Southern Stampede | NZIHL | 10 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2008 | West Auckland Admirals | NZIHL | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009 | West Auckland Admirals | NZIHL | 15th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010 | Botany Swarm | NZIHL | 14th | 2 | 16 | 18th | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2011 | Botany Swarm | NZIHL | 8th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
NZIHL total | 71 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th |
International
year | team | event | Sp | T | A. | Pt | SM | |
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2000 | New Zealand | D-WM | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
2001 | New Zealand | WM-Div. II | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | |
2002 | New Zealand | WM-Div. II (qualification) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | |
2003 | New Zealand | WM-Div. III | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
2004 | New Zealand | WM-Div. II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
2005 | New Zealand | WM-Div. II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | |
2006 | New Zealand | WM-Div. II | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2007 | New Zealand | WM-Div. III | 4th | 1 | 5 | 6th | 2 | |
2008 | New Zealand | WM-Div. II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
2009 | New Zealand | WM-Div. III | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6th | |
2010 | New Zealand | WM-Div. II | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
2011 | New Zealand | WM-Div. II | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Men overall | 50 | 6th | 17th | 23 | 44 |
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Corey Down at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Corey Down at eurohockey.com
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ list of New Zealanders at the 2000 World Cup , showing that Down was already playing in Auckland at that time, accessed on September 27, 2015.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Down, Corey |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 18th February 1979 |