Corey Elkins

Corey Elkins
Date of birth	February 23, 1985
place of birth	West Bloomfield , Michigan , USA
size	193 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	center
number	# 91
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2002-2003	Detroit Compuware
2003-2004	St. Louis Heartland Eagles
2004-2005	Sioux City Musketeers
2005-2009	Ohio State University
2009	Los Angeles Kings
2009-2011	Manchester monarchs
2011–2012	HC Pardubice
2012	Norfolk Admirals
2013-2017	HIFK Helsinki
2017-2018	Grand Rapids Griffins
2018-2019	Grizzlies Wolfsburg

Corey Elkins (born February 23, 1985 in West Bloomfield , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Grizzlys Wolfsburg in the German Ice Hockey League . Elkin's brother-in-law Alex Foster is also a hockey player, his father-in-law Dwight Foster played 576 games in the National Hockey League .

Career

After four seasons with the Ohio State University team , the center moved to the American Hockey League , where he signed with the Manchester Monarchs , a farm team of the Los Angeles Kings . The Kings became aware of Elkins in their first season with the Monarchs. On December 15, 2009 he made his debut in the NHL in an away game with the Edmonton Oilers . Two days later he scored his first NHL goal in the 2-1 defeat at the Calgary Flames . In total, Elkins completed three NHL games.

Corey Elkins in the LA Kings jersey

After another season with the Manchester Monarchs, the American moved to Europe to join the Czech extra division HC Pardubice . On July 9, 2012, Elkins signed a two-way contract for a year with the Anaheim Ducks . There he was only used in the Norfolk Admirals and Fort Wayne Komets farm teams . On January 5, 2013, the contract was terminated by mutual agreement. Elkins played at HIFK Helsinki for the rest of the season . Thanks to his good performance, especially in the play-offs, his contract was extended for another year in the summer of 2013.

After the 2016/17 season, Elkins decided to return to North America and was signed by the Grand Rapids Griffins for a year. Another year later he returned to Europe when he signed a contract with the Grizzlys Wolfsburg from the German Ice Hockey League . However, Elkins was injured in the preparation for the season, so that there was no competitive game for Wolfsburg in the 2018/19 season.

Style of play

The strengths of the American lie in his stature, he plays with high intensity. He's also a good power play player who scores goals regularly. It can also be used in the numbered game.

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 Czech champion with HC Pardubice

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
2002-03	Detroit Compuware	NEAR		49	8th	11	19th	37		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	St. Louis Heartland Eagles	USHL		57	12	17th	29	36		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Sioux City Musketeers	USHL		58	19th	23	42	27		13	4th	1	5	8th
2005-06	Ohio State University	CCHA		9	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Ohio State University	CCHA		26th	7th	7th	14th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	Ohio State University	CCHA		25th	2	3	5	12		-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	Ohio State University	CCHA		42	18th	23	41	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Manchester monarchs	AHL		73	21st	22nd	43	24		14th	3	5	8th	0
2009-10	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		3	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Manchester monarchs	AHL		76	18th	26th	44	29		7th	2	3	5	2
2011-12	HC Pardubice	Extra league		26th	6th	7th	13	24		5	2	2	4th	0
2012–13	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		24	3	1	4th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2012–13	Fort Wayne Comet	ECHL		4th	3	3	6th	0		-	-	-	-	-
2012–13	Helsingfors IFK	SM-liiga		10	3	2	5	2		8th	3	2	5	4th
2013-14	Helsingfors IFK	Liiga		54	15th	25th	40	24		2	0	1	1	0
2014–15	Helsingfors IFK	Liiga		60	10	21st	31	28		1	0	0	0	0
2015–16	HIFK	Liiga		58	10	20th	30th	16		18th	7th	4th	11	6th
2016–17	HIFK	Liiga		41	4th	19th	23	55		14th	2	5	7th	8th
AHL total				173	42	48	91	57		21st	5	8th	13	2
NHL overall				3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
Liiga overall				223	42	87	129	125		43	12	12	24	18th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Corey Elkins at eurohockey.com
• Corey Elkins at hockeydb.com (English)
• Corey Elkins at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ducks.nhl.com: Ducks Sign Center Elkins to One-Year Contract
2. ↑ hifk.fi: Corey Elkins on the HIFK (Finnish) ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ hifk.fi: Elkins still for the HIFK (Finnish) ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Griffins sign Elkins . griffinshockey.com. May 2, 2017. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 25, 2017. 
5. ↑ Jens Bartels: New Center: Grizzlies get American Corey Elkins. In: regionalsport.de. May 14, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Injury bad luck for the DEL Club: Corey Elkins will be missing from the Grizzly Wolfsburg until the end of the season , Ice Hockey News , November 23, 2018, accessed on May 30, 2019