#STEVE DOWNIE PROFESSIONAL#

He spent a chunk of his time with the Lightning, four years to be exact. He was subpar in the AHL with the Phantoms, with again only six goals and 19 assists in 25 games and an astonishing 137 penalty minutes.Īfter the 2008-09 season, Downie spent the majority of the rest of his career in the NHL. He only played 38 games as a Flyer recording six goals and six assists in those two years but recorded a high amount of penalty minutes, 84 in total.

#STEVE DOWNIE PROFESSIONAL#

Photo by Claus Anderson/Getty Imagesīetween 20, Downie then experimented with professional hockey splitting time between the AHL and NHL levels under the Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning banners. Ross Roberts Memorial Cup that season but would win it the following year with the Peterborough Petes. Downie also recorded an astronomical 179 penalty minutes in the regular season, and an additional 49 minutes in the postseason as well. In the playoffs, he played in 11 games with four goals and five assists. His most successful season in this developmental stretch was in 2004-05 with the Spitfires, with 21 goals and 52 assists in 73 games. He also played one game in the AHL for the Philadelphia Phantoms in the 2006-07 season. He played for the Windsor Spitfires, Peterborough Petes, and Kitchener Rangers. He was then promoted to the OHL for four years between 20. Downie played for the Avs between 20 but found little ice time in those three years.ĭownie started his professional career in 2002-03 in the OPJHL with 12 goals and 13 assists in 34 games. In the midst of the Joe Sacco and beginning of the Patrick Roy era of Colorado Avalanche coaching came along a bottom-six member by the name of Steve Downie.

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