Jim Corsi

James Corsi (born June 19, 1954) is a Canadian-Italian 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 and the Buffalo Sabres. 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. The following season he played in the National Soccer League with the Quebec Selects.

Playing career 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.

Post-playing career 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). Corsi himself has stated he is flattered to be associated with the statistic.

He was relieved of his duties with the St. Louis Blues on February 1, 2017.

Teams Soccer Montreal Olympique 1971, 1973 Quebec Selects 1974

Hockey Maine Nordiques 1976–77 Quebec Nordiques 1977–78 Binghamton Dusters 1978–79 Quebec Nordiques 1978–79 Houston Apollos 1979–80 Oklahoma City Stars 1979–80 Edmonton Oilers 1979–80 HC Gardena Finstral Ortisei 1980–1982 SG Cortina 1982–1983 HC Bolzano Würth 1983–1984 Varese HC 1987–92

Coaching Goaltending coach: Buffalo Sabres 2001–2014 Goaltending Coach: St. Louis Blues 2014–2017

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1973–74 Loyola College CIAU 11 — — — 660 30 1 2.73 — — — — — — — — — 1974–75 Loyala College CIAU 40 — — — 2359 109 2 2.72 — — — — — — — — — 1975–76 Concordia University CIAU 20 19 0 1 1200 36 2 1.80 — — — — — — — — — 1976–77 Maine Nordiques NAHL 54 — — — 2988 181 1 3.57 .896 12 7 5 714 46 1 3.87 — 1977–78 Quebec Nordiques WHA 23 10 7 0 1089 82 0 4.52 .873 — — — — — — — — 1978–79 Quebec Nordiques WHA 40 16 20 1 2291 126 3 3.30 .899 2 0 1 66 7 0 6.36 — 1978–79 Binghamton Dusters AHL 4 1 2 0 211 7 0 1.99 — — — — — — — — — 1979–80 Edmonton Oilers NHL 26 8 14 3 1360 83 0 3.66 .874 — — — — — — — — 1979–80 Houston Apollos CHL 17 8 5 2 959 57 0 3.57 .880 — — — — — — — — 1979–80 Oklahoma City Stars CHL 11 5 6 0 645 28 1 2.60 .916 — — — — — — — — 1980–81 SG Cortina ITA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1981–82 HC Gherdëina ITA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982–83 HC Gherdëina ITA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983–84 HC Bolzano ITA 18 16 1 1 1080 60 — 3.33 — 6 4 2 360 28 0 4.67 — 1984–85 AS Varese Hockey ITA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985–86 AS Varese Hockey ITA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1986–87 AS Varese Hockey ITA 36 — — — 2134 103 1 2.90 — — — — — — — — — 1987–88 AS Varese Hockey ITA 36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1988–89 AS Varese Hockey ITA 42 — — — 2520 116 0 2.76 — 5 — — 300 8 1 1.60 — 1989–90 AS Varese Hockey ITA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990–91 AS Varese Hockey ITA 44 — — — 2610 165 0 3.79 — — — — — — — — — 1991–92 AS Varese Hockey AL 18 — — — — — — — — 10 — — — — — — — WHA totals 63 26 27 1 3380 208 3 3.69 .890 2 0 1 66 7 0 6.36 — NHL totals 26 8 14 3 1360 83 0 3.66 .874 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1981 Italy WC B 7 6 0 1 420 18 0 2.57 .932 1982 Italy WC 7 1 5 1 390 38 0 5.84 .879 1983 Italy WC 10 1 8 1 568 50 0 5.28 .876 1985 Italy WC B 7 5 0 2 420 22 0 3.14 .904 1986 Italy WC B 7 4 3 0 420 16 1 2.29 .918 1987 Italy WC B 7 2 4 1 420 29 0 4.14 .885 1989 Italy WC B 7 5 1 1 420 16 2 2.29 .871 1990 Italy WC B 5 2 2 1 299 14 0 2.81 .897 Senior totals 57 26 23 8 3357 203 3 3.63 —