Description
James Corsi is a Canadian-born Italian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently 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 and spent the majority of his career with Varese. He also played for HC Gherd�ina, 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 USA at the same tournament relegating them to the B-Pool for 1983.
A notable accomplishment during his tenure as a goaltending coach is the development of the "Corsi Rating". This indicator is essentially a plus-minus statistic that measures shot attempts.
Other Names
- Peter James Corsi
Born
June 19th, 1954 in Montreal (Age 70)
Teams
Last Changes
2024/05/14
New Response (Success): 2 signed ic's.
2022/06/05
New Response (Success): He signed my Trading Card.
2022/06/05
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)