Jim Corsi (ice hockey), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jim Corsi (ice hockey)

Italian ice hockey goaltender

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1954

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: association football manager, association football player, ice hockey player

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Jim Corsi (ice hockey)

  • James Corsi (born June 19, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and the current goaltending coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
  • He was previously the goaltender coach of the St.
  • Louis Blues.
  • Before beginning his hockey career, Corsi also played soccer at the professional level as a forward in the North American Soccer League for the Montreal Olympique.Corsi played in the World Hockey Association for the Quebec Nordiques and the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers.
  • He has dual Italian and Canadian citizenship.
  • He became the goaltender of the nazionale (Italian national ice hockey team) and spent the majority of his career with Varese.
  • He also played for HC Gherdëina, SG Cortina and HC Bolzano during his time in Italy's Serie A league.
  • Corsi played on the Italian team at the 1982 World Championship that stunned a Team Canada that had Wayne Gretzky on it by tying Canada 3-3 and went on to beat the US at the same tournament relegating them to the B-Pool for 1983. Corsi is also known as being the namesake for the development of the Corsi rating.
  • This indicator is essentially a plus-minus statistic that measures shot attempts (usually only counting those at even strength).
  • A player receives a plus for any shot attempt (on net, missed, or blocked) that his team directs at the opponent's net, and a minus for any shot attempt against his own net.
  • This indicator is widely used in most NHL teams as it has shown a strong correlation to player and team success.
  • The person credited with popularizing the statistic, Vic Ferrari, attributed the stat to then-Sabres general manager Darcy Regier, but named it after Corsi because he thought Corsi's name had a better ring to it (he was inadvertently correct since Corsi did create the statistic).He was relieved of his duties with the St.
  • Louis Blues on February 1, 2017.

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