Russell Cowley

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Russell Cowley Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 12, 1983
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 78 kg
position Defender /
Striker
number # 17
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1999-2000 Swindon Chill
2000-2001 Swindon Phoenix
Swindon Cougars
2001 Swindon Lynx
2001-2006 Coventry Blaze
2006-2007 Cardiff Devils
2007-2017 Coventry Blaze

Russell Cowley (born August 12, 1982 in Edmonton , Alberta , Canada ) is a former British ice hockey player who was under contract with Coventry Blaze for 15 years in the Elite Ice Hockey League and was three times British champion with the club . He won a fourth title with the Cardiff Devils .

Career

Russell Cowley began his career as a hockey player with Swindon Chill , where he made his debut in the English Premier Ice Hockey League at the age of 17 . In the following year, the Chills had renamed themselves Swindon Phoenix , he won the main round of the EPIHL with his team, but was eliminated in the playoff semifinals against the Romford Raiders . At the same time he also played for the Swindon Cougars youth team in the British U20 league. After he had started the 2001/02 season at his parent club now called Swindon Lynx , he moved to Coventry Blaze in late autumn 2001 , where he then spent most of his career. First he played with the team from the West Midlands in the British National League . After this could be won in 2003, he moved with his team to the Elite Ice Hockey League , the top division of the kingdom. In 2005, Cowley with Coventry Blaze as the main round winner of the EIHL became British champions for the first time and also won the EIHL playoffs and the Challenge Cup. In 2006 he moved to the Cardiff Devils for a year . With the Welsh in 2007 he was also able to win the British Championship, the Challenge Cup and, for the first time, the Knockout Cup. He then returned to Coventry and won the British Championship again in 2008 and 2010. In addition, the Knockout Cup was won in 2008. In 2015 he and his team won the playoffs of the Elite Ice Hockey League for the second time ten years after their first success. After 15 years with the West Midlands team , he retired in 2017 at the age of 35. The club said they will not be re-issuing their jersey number 17.

International

For Great Britain , Cowley took part in the junior division of Europe Division I of the U18 World Cup in 2000 and Division II of the U18 World Cup in 2001 as well as the tournaments of Division II of the U20 World Championships in 2001 , 2002 and 2003 .

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 . In 2011, he brought his colors 2-1 lead in the final game against Poland and thus kept hopes for the first promotion to the top division since relegation in 1994. In the end, however, the British failed to Kazakhstan , as the Asians were able to turn their last game against Ukraine after a 2-1 deficit. Cowley also took part in the qualifying tournaments for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 and in Pyeongchang in 2018 for Great Britain .

Achievements and Awards

International

EIHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 14th 641 96 227 323 449
Playoffs 13 51 9 16 25th 20th

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Blaze legend Cowley announces retirement as club confirm # 17 jersey will be retired" ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on newsrep.net, accessed May 29, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / newscdn.newsrep.net
personal data
SURNAME Cowley, Russell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Canada