Cory Cross

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CanadaCanada  Cory Cross Ice hockey player
Date of birth 3rd January 1971
place of birth Lloydminster , Alberta , Canada
size 196 cm
Weight 99 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Supplemental Draft 1992 , 1st round, 1st position
Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
1990-1993 University of Alberta
1993-1999 Tampa Bay Lightning
1999-2002 Toronto Maple Leafs
2002-2003 New York Rangers
2003-2006 Edmonton Oilers
2006 Pittsburgh Penguins
Detroit Red Wings
2006-2007 Hamburg Freezers

Cory Cross (born January 3, 1971 in Lloydminster , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 706 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning , Toronto Maple Leafs , New York Rangers , Edmonton Oilers , Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Cross, who was selected in first position in the 1992 NHL Supplemental Draft, celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the gold medal at the 1997 and 2003 World Championships .

Career

Cory Cross began his career in 1990 when he played for the University of Alberta's ice hockey team , the Alberta Golden Bears. After winning the Canadian College Championship with the Golden Bears in 1992, he was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in first place in the 1992 NHL Supplemental Draft . He played another year for the university and was able to improve again compared to the two previous years when, despite his defensive role, he also set offensive accents with eleven goals and 28 assists in 44 games.

After the end of the 1992/93 college season, Cross was used in seven games of the regular season and in four playoff games in the IHL for the Atlanta Knights , a farm team of the Tampa Bay Lightning. In the 1993/94 season he made his debut in the NHL for the Lightning, but spent most of the season in the IHL at Atlanta. When the start of the 1994/95 NHL season was postponed due to a lockout , Cross continued to play in the IHL, but was part of the Tampa Bay Lightning NHL squad at the start of the season in January 1995. Cross established himself in the team in the following years as a mainly defensive-oriented defender, preferred the hard game and sometimes dropped his gloves for a fist fight. With the exception of the playoff participation in 1996 , however, the time in Tampa Bay was not very successful, which was also reflected in his statistics when he had the plus / minus values ​​at -24 and - in the seasons 1997/98 and 1998/99 . 25 lay.

In October 1999 Cross was transferred from the Lightning to the Toronto Maple Leafs , where he also played with the team more successfully and each time reached the second round of the playoffs in the three years of his team membership. He experienced a high point in the 2001 playoffs when he scored the winning goal in extra time in the third game of the first round against the Ottawa Senators .

After three years in Toronto, his contract was not renewed in the summer of 2002 and he was initially unable to get a contract with another NHL team. It was not until mid-December that the New York Rangers finally signed him, but three months later, in March 2003, they sold him to the Edmonton Oilers in a transfer deal . With the Oilers he had the best NHL season of his career in 2003/04 when he came up with seven goals and 14 assists to a total of 21 points.

At the end of January 2006, the Oilers transferred him to the Pittsburgh Penguins , where he only made six missions and was handed over to the Detroit Red Wings in March . There he played the rest of the regular season, but was no longer used in the playoffs and his expiring contract was not extended. After no NHL team had signed him, he finally moved to the Hamburg Freezers in the German Ice Hockey League in the summer of 2006 , where he played one season.

In October 2009, he became assistant coach of the Calgary Dinos , the University of Calgary's ice hockey team that play in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports . After four seasons in Calgary, Cross moved to the British Columbia Hockey League team West Kelowna Warriors and acted there as an assistant coach from summer 2013 for four years until summer 2017.

International

Cory Cross was only able to celebrate great successes in international tournaments with the Canadian national team . In 1997 , when he was in the squad for the first time, he won the world title with Team Canada. After an unsuccessful participation in 1998 , he was able to take home a gold medal when he was called up for the third time in 2003 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1990/91 University of Calgary CIAU 20th 2 5 7th 16
1991/92 University of Calgary CIAU 41 4th 11 15th 82
1992/93 University of Calgary CIAU 44 11 28 39 107
1992/93 Atlanta Knights IHL 7th 0 1 1 2 4th 0 0 0 6th
1993/94 Atlanta Knights IHL 70 4th 14th 18th 72 9 1 2 3 14th
1993/94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 5 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
1994/95 Atlanta Knights IHL 41 5 10 15th 67 - - - - -
1994/95 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 43 1 5 6th 41 - - - - -
1995/96 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 75 2 14th 16 66 6th 0 0 0 22nd
1996/97 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 72 4th 5 9 95 - - - - -
1997/98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 74 3 6th 9 77 - - - - -
1998/99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 67 2 16 18th 92 - - - - -
1999/00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 71 4th 11 15th 64 12 0 2 2 2
2000/01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 41 3 5 8th 50 11 2 1 3 10
2001/02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 50 3 9 12 54 12 0 0 0 8th
2002/03 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2002/03 New York Rangers NHL 26th 0 4th 4th 16 - - - - -
2002/03 Edmonton Oilers NHL 11 2 3 5 8th 6th 0 1 1 20th
2003/04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 68 7th 14th 21st 56 - - - - -
2004/05 Edmonton Oilers NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Edmonton Oilers NHL 34 2 3 5 38 - - - - -
2005/06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
2005/06 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 1 1 2 15th - - - - -
2006/07 Hamburg Freezers DEL 48 2 7th 9 190 7th 2 2 4th 32
CIAU total 105 17th 44 61 205
IHL total 118 9 25th 34 141 13 1 2 3 20th
NHL overall 659 34 97 131 684 47 2 4th 6th 62

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1997 Canada WM 1st place, gold 11 0 2 2 49
1998 Canada WM 6th place 6th 1 0 1 2
2003 Canada WM 1st place, gold 8th 1 2 3 4th
Men overall 25th 2 4th 6th 55

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Cross, Cory
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd January 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Lloydminster , Alberta, Canada