Corey Elkins

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image = Corey Elkins HIFK.jpg

| caption = Elkins playing for HIFK Helsinki in 2016.

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Manglerud Star
HIFK
HC Pardubice
Los Angeles Kings

| position = Center

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 214

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|2|23}}

| birth_place = West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S.

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2009

| career_end = 2020

}}

Corey Alan Elkins (born February 23, 1985) is an American former ice hockey center who played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2009 to 2020, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.

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 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.{{cite web| url = http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=637538 | title = Ducks sign center Elkins to one-year contract | publisher = Anaheim Ducks | date = 2012-07-09 | accessdate = 2012-07-09}} 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.hifk.fi/uutiset/tiedote-corey-elkins | title = Corey Elkins To HIFK (Finnish) | publisher = HIFK | date = 2013-05-01 | accessdate = 2013-05-01 | language = Finnish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160311181238/http://hifk.fi/uutiset/tiedote-corey-elkins | archive-date = March 11, 2016 | url-status = dead }}

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.{{cite web | url = http://www.griffinshockey.com/news-stats/?article_id=3741 | title = Griffins sign Elkins | publisher = Grand Rapids Griffins | date = 2017-05-02 | accessdate = 2017-05-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170508064244/http://griffinshockey.com/news-stats/?article_id=3741 | archive-date = May 8, 2017 | url-status = dead }} In his return to the AHL in the 2017–18 season, Elkins did not miss a game with the Griffins, contributing with 9 goals and 20 points in 76 games.

After a first-round exit in the post-season, Elkins left Grand Rapids as a free agent, agreeing to continue his career in Germany on a one-year contract with Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the DEL on May 14, 2018.{{cite web| url = https://www.grizzlys.de/news_875.html | title = Grizzlys sign center Corey Elkins | publisher = Grizzlys Wolfsburg | date = 2018-05-14 | accessdate = 2018-05-14}} During preparation with the Grizzlys for the 2018–19 campaign, Elkins suffered a long-term injury, forcing him out for the entirety of the season.{{cite web| url = https://www.grizzlys.de/news_953.html | title = Jason Jaspers signs with Wolfsburg | publisher = Grizzlys Wolfsburg | date = 2018-10-10 | accessdate = 2018-10-10}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
2002–03 \| Detroit Compuware \| NAHL \| 49	8	11	19	37 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 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
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Ohio State University \| CCHA \| 9	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
2006–07 \| Ohio State University \| CCHA \| 26	7	7	14	10 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Ohio State University \| CCHA \| 25	2	3	5	12 \| —	—	—	—	—
2008–09 \| Ohio State University \| CCHA \| 42	18	23	41	18 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 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 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Manchester Monarchs \| AHL \| 76	18	26	44	29 \| 7	2	3	5	2
2011–12 \| HC Pardubice \| CZE \| 26	6	7	13	24 \| 5	2	2	4	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| Norfolk Admirals \| AHL \| 24	3	1	4	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
2012–13 \| Fort Wayne Komets \| ECHL \| 4	3	3	6	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| HIFK \| FIN \| 10	3	2	5	2 \| 8	3	2	5	4
2013–14 \| HIFK \| FIN \| 54	15	25	40	24 \| 2	0	1	1	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014–15 \| HIFK \| FIN \| 60	10	21	31	28 \| 1	0	0	0	0
2015–16 \| HIFK \| FIN \| 58	10	20	30	16 \| 18	7	4	11	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2016–17 \| HIFK \| FIN \| 41	4	19	23	55 \| 14	2	5	7	8
2017–18 \| Grand Rapids Griffins \| AHL \| 76	9	11	20	26 \| 5	0	1	1	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2019–20 \| Manglerud Star Ishockey \| NOR \| \|
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| FIN totals ! 223 !! 42 !! 87 !! 129 !! 125 ! 43 !! 12 !! 12 !! 24 !! 18
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 3 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —