Corey Elkins
| Corey Elkins | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
February 23, 1985 West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| AHL team Former teams |
Grand Rapids Griffins Los Angeles Kings HC Pardubice HIFK | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
Corey Alan Elkins (born February 23, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey center currently under contract to the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Playing career
Undrafted, Elkins attended Keith Elementary school in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Elkins played collegiate hockey with Ohio State University of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association before signing an entry-level contract and appearing in 3 NHL games with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL)
After just two seasons within the Kings organization, Elkins left for abroad, linking up with HC Pardubice of the Czech Extraliga (ELH).
On July 9, 2012, Elkins signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Anaheim Ducks.[1] During the 2012–13 season, Elkins was assigned to Ducks affiliates. On January 5, 2013, Elkins was granted a mutual release of his contract and returned to Europe in signing for the remainder of the year in Finland with HIFK of the SM-liiga.[2]
Elkins played 5 seasons in the Liiga with HIFK, before concluding his tenure in Finland after the 2016–17 season. As a free agent, Elkins opted to return to North America, agreeing to a one-year AHL contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins on May 2, 2017.[3]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Detroit Compuware | NAHL | 49 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | St. Louis Heartland Eagles | USHL | 57 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 58 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2005–06 | Ohio State Buckeyes | CCHA | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Ohio State Buckeyes | CCHA | 26 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Ohio State Buckeyes | CCHA | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Ohio State Buckeyes | CCHA | 42 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 73 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 76 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Pardubice | ELH | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Fort Wayne Komets | ECHL | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HIFK | SM-l | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | HIFK | Liiga | 54 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | HIFK | Liiga | 60 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | HIFK | Liiga | 58 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2016–17 | HIFK | Liiga | 41 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||
| NHL totals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Liiga totals | 223 | 42 | 87 | 129 | 125 | 43 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 18 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Ducks sign center Elkins to one-year contract". Anaheim Ducks. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ↑ "Corey Elkins To HIFK (Finnish)" (in Finnish). HIFK. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ↑ "Griffins sign Elkins". Grand Rapids Griffins. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
External links
- Corey Elkins career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Corey Elkins career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database