Blaine Down

Blaine Down (born July 16, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with EC VSV in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).

Blaine Down
Born	(1982-07-16) July 16, 1982 (age 42) Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
EBEL team Former teams	EC VSV Bridgeport Sound Tigers Ritten-Renon Herning IK SC Langenthal ZSC Lions Straubing Tigers Iserlohn Roosters
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2002–present

Playing career

Down played major junior hockey with the Barrie Colts in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) where he was active from 1999 to 2002, winning in 2000 the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHL champions. He then played three years for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL), before joining Ritten Sport in Italy's Serie A in 2005. Then he played for two years in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen with the Herning Blue Fox, helping the team win the 2007 and 2008 Danish championship. He signed with the ZSC Lions organization of the Swiss National League A starting with the 2008-09 season, also playing at Zurich's farm team, the GCK Lions of the National League B. He won the Champions Hockey League with the ZSC Lions in 2009.^[1] In four years, he saw the ice in 74 NLA and 87 NLB contests, capturing the Swiss national championship with the ZSC Lions in 2012.^[2]

On June 10, 2012, the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga announced the signing of Down to a one-year contract.^[3] He would end up staying four years in Straubing, before being picked up by fellow DEL side Iserlohn Roosters prior to the 2016–17 season.^[4]

On May 19, 2018, Down left the DEL after 6 seasons to sign a one-year contract in the neighbouring EBEL with Austrian club, EC VSV.^[5]

References

1. "Down klettert aus dem NLB-Tal auf Europas Olymp" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
2. "Blaine Down verlässt die ZSC Lions". tagesanzeiger.ch/. June 11, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
3. "Straubing holt Kanadier Blaine Down vom Schweizer Meister ZSC Lions". Eishockeynews.de. June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
4. gmbh, aliaz werbeagentur (April 15, 2016). "Iserlohn Roosters sign Blaine Down" (in German). Retrieved April 16, 2016.
5. "DEL power for EC VSV" (in German). EC VSV. May 19, 2018. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database