Aaron Downey

Downey, 36, made some big changes in his life. He trimmed 15 pounds off his muscular frame. “For me to be able to continue my career as a banger and energy guy, I had to re-create myself,” Downey said Tuesday at City Ice Arena in Detroit. “I had to rebuild the body, had to get faster and had to work on my game.” More important, Downey worked to change his lifestyle, which he said he believes had an effect on his on-ice performance. “I wasn’t happy,” said Downey, an unrestricted...Read Full Story

So I headed over to TSN, and yes, at the 5:50 mark of a panel discussion in which Downey and Brad May share the dais with Michael Lansdberg, Downey does indeed confirm that he called Ken Holland and, after a year away from hockey, Downey has received a training camp try-out.Read Full Story

Slimmed down and quicker, enforcer Aaron Downey hopes to earn a contract with … MLive.com After the Phoenix Coyotes released him following a training camp tryout, he stayed in Scottsdale, Ariz., to train. He said he weighs 215 pounds, … Try-out Aaron Downey joins the Red Wings' JLA fold MLive.com (blog) all 2 news articles » More: continued hereRead Full Story

Known inside certain National Hockey League (NHL) circles as Aaron ‘one punch and he’s Downey’, the Honeywood native is doing anything but knocking kids off their skates. In fact, Downey, his brother Trevor Downey and friend Shawn Kilshaw of Montreal are trying to place as many youth into Canada’s minor hockey system as possible. Three years ago, the group founded the House9 Hockey Foundation, a charity which aims to help underprivileged youth pay for minor hockey registration fees and...Read Full Story

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"I don't really know. I'm going to sit down with myself and think about things," he said. "The ball's in their court. I'd love to come back and I think I can provide this team with some good energy."Read Full Story