Corey Neilson

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Flag of Canada and the United Kingdom.png  Corey Neilson Ice hockey player
Date of birth 22nd August 1976
place of birth Oromocto , New Brunswick , Canada
size 196 cm
Weight 100 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 3rd lap, 53rd position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1993-1995 North Bay Centennials
1995-1996 Detroit Whalers
1996-1997 Barrie Colts
1997-1998 Quad City Mallards
Portland Pirates
1998-1999 EC Timmendorfer Strand
1999-2002 Louisiana IceGators
2002-2003 Elmira Jackal's
Syracuse Crunch
2003-2005 Pensacola Ice Pilots
2006 Florida Everblades
2006-2013 Nottingham Panthers

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / file type

Corey Neilson (* 22. August 1976 in Oromocto , New Brunswick ) is a former Canadian - British ice hockey player , who today and coach since 2018, the Lausitzer Foxes in the DEL2 care.

Career

Corey Neilson began his career as a hockey player in his homeland, Canada. In 1993 he was drafted in the third round of the OHL Priority Selection by the North Bay Centennials . In his first season in North Bay he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup , the championship of the Ontario Hockey League with the Centennials and was also elected to the league's First All-Rookie Team . It was then selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the third round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft , but remained in North Bay. After he was active in the following years to other teams in the OHL, but could gain no tracks, he moved in 1997 to the Quad City Mallards , with whom he immediately took Terry Cup and the Colonial Cup the United Hockey League could win . During this season he also played some games for the Portland Pirates in the American Hockey League . He then went to Europe for the first time, where he was on the ice for EC Timmendorfer Strand in the northern season of the 1st ice hockey league , which was then the third highest German league. With the team from the Baltic Sea coast, he was able to reach the qualifying round for the 2nd Bundesliga, but failed there clearly.

In 1999 he returned to North America and played the next three years with the Louisiana IceGators in the East Coast Hockey League . In the first season there he and his team made it into the playoff final for the Kelly Cup , which was lost to the Peoria Rivermen with 2-4 games. In 2002 he then moved back to the United Hockey League, where he played for a year with the Elmira Jackals , but also came to some missions with the AHL team Syracuse Crunch . After only one year he moved back to the ECHL and played there for the next three years, initially for the Pensacola Ice Pilots and in spring 2006 for the Florida Everblades . While he was elected Defender of the Year in the First All-Star Team in 2004, it was enough for election to the Second All-Star Team in 2005. In 2006 he ventured again to Europe and moved to the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League , where he played until his retirement in 2013. With the Panthers, whose player-coach he had been since 2008, he won the EIHL playoffs in 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2013 he was also British champion due to the main round win . He and his team also won the EIHL Challenge Cup in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Neilson was consistently one of the strongest offensive defenders in the British elite class: In his second season in Nottingham, he was elected as the best preparer and scorer among defenders in the EIHL in the second all-star team. In 2009, too, his performance as the best defensive goal preparer earned him a nomination for the second all-star team. In 2011 he was elected to the Second All Star Team for the third time. The basis was again his performance as the best defensive preparer and scorer in the league. In 2012 he again had the most assists among defenders and this time was even nominated for the EIHL's First All-Star Team.

International

After his naturalization, Neilson took part in the 2011 and 2012 World Championships in Division I for Great Britain . For his home country Canada he had played two international matches in the 1999/2000 season.

Coaching

Neilson had been player-coach for the Nottingham Panthers since 2008 . During this time, in addition to the British Championship in 2013 and the Playoffs of the Elite Ice Hockey League in 2011, 2012 and 2013, he won the EIHL Challenge Cup in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. After the end of his active career in 2013, he stayed as head coach with the Panthers and won the Challenge Cup again in 2014. At the World Championships in 2014 , 2017 and 2018 he was assistant coach of the British national team in Division I.

For the 2018/19 season, Neilson moved to the German ice hockey DEL2 club Lausitzer Füchse .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2011 EIHL's best defensive preparer and scorer and member of the Second All Star Team
  • 2012 Playoff winner and winner of the Elite Ice Hockey League Challenge Cup with the Nottingham Panthers
  • 2012 EIHL's best defensive preparer and member of the First All Star team
  • 2013 British champion , playoff winner and winner of the Challenge Cup of the Elite Ice Hockey League with the Nottingham Panthers
  • 2014 winning the Challenge Cup of the Elite Ice Hockey League with the Nottingham Panthers (as head coach)
  • 2016 winning the Challenge Cup of the Elite Ice Hockey League with the Nottingham Panthers (as head coach)
  • 2017 Promotion to Division I, Group A at the World Championship of Division I, Group B (as assistant coach)
  • 2018 Promotion to the top division I at the world championship of division I, group A (as assistant coach)

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
AHL regular season 2 9 0 2 2 13
AHL playoffs - - - - - -
EIHL regular season 7th 363 77 266 343 753
EIHL playoffs 6th 21st 3 12 15th 40

(Status: end of the 2012/13 season)

Web links

Squad of the Lausitzer Füchse in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Neilson, Corey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-British ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd August 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Oromocto , New Brunswick , Canada