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NEWS STORY
Steel Add Downey To Scouting
Staff
Bensenville, IL (August 1st, 2007)
-- The Chicago Steel have announced that the team has
added Bill Downey to their scouting staff for the
2007-2008 season.
Downey played his youth hockey for the Pittsburgh
Hornets and was drafted by the Chicago Freeze of the
NAHL. After playing with the Freeze, Bill went on to be
a four-year standout forward at Penn State University.
While at Penn State, Bill was a member of three ACHA
National Championship teams and was team captain his
senior year. During his junior year, Downey represented
the United States on Team USA at the 2003 World
University Games in Tarvisio, Italy. After concluding
his senior season at Penn State, Bill signed his first
professional contract with the Johnstown Chiefs of the
ECHL where he played out the 2004 season. Downey was
then invited to the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL training
camp and eventually split time in the ECHL and UHL over
the next three seasons.
Downey is currently the Head Coach of the Team Comcast
Bantam Major '93 team and serves as the Hockey Director
at the Flyers Skate Zone in Pennsauken, NJ. He has also
assisted the coaching staffs at the Pennsylvania
Keystone State Games.
"Adding Bill Downey to an already impressive staff,
gives us another experienced hockey operations member
that is young and aspires to greater things in this game
and business, which is what we're all about," said Steel
GM Jason Koehler. "He's had success at various levels
and comes highly recommended by his former coaches. Bill
will help us cover the Atlantic District area and
provide reports and insight on the top players in New
Jersey and Philadelphia as well as other teams and
players that visit his region through the season."
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