Curtis McElhinney

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Curtis McElhinney
Date of birth May 23, 1983
place of birth London , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 84 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 35
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 6th lap, 176th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
2001-2005 Colorado College
2005-2007 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights
2007-2010 Calgary Flames
2010-2011 Anaheim Ducks
2011 Ottawa Senators
2011–2012 Portland Pirates
2012-2017 Columbus Blue Jackets
2017-2018 Toronto Maple Leafs
2018-2019 Carolina Hurricanes
since 2019 Tampa Bay Lightning

Robert Curtis McElhinney (born May 23, 1983 in London , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League since July 2019 .

Career

Curtis McElhinney began his career in the team of Colorado College in 2001. There he played until 2005 for a total of four years in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a league in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The Canadian was selected by the Calgary Flames as the 176th player during the 2002 NHL Entry Draft .

In the summer of 2005, McElhinney was appointed to the squad of the Calgary farm team , the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights of the American Hockey League , after he had signed his first professional contract in advance. For the Knights he played for a total of two years until the team disbanded. In the summer of 2007 McElhinney received a contract with the new farm team of the Flames, the Quad City Flames , for which he played 41 games in the AHL. On October 22, 2007, the Canadian made his debut in the National Hockey League as a replacement for Miikka Kiprusoff for the Flames in a game against the San Jose Sharks . In the 2007/08 season McElhinney completed a total of five games before Curtis Joseph was signed as a replacement. After his departure in the summer of 2008, McElhinney was again number 2 in the Calgary goalkeeper hierarchy. In March 2010 he was given in an exchange deal with the Anaheim Ducks , in return Vesa Toskala went to the Calgary Flames.

His goalkeeper mask, January 2013

After McElhinney was temporarily promoted to the goalkeeper in Anaheim after the injury-related loss of Jonas Hiller , he was noticeable after good performances due to inconsistent appearances and had contributed to three defeats in a row for the Californians. On February 24, 2011, the management of the Ducks decided to give the goalkeeper in an exchange deal to the Tampa Bay Lightning and received Dan Ellis in return . Shortly before the trade deadline , he was put on the Bolts' waiver list from which the Ottawa Senators selected him.

On July 4, 2011, McElhinney signed a two-way contract for one year with the Phoenix Coyotes , which gave him a second-round vote in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and a five-round vote in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft in an exchange in exchange for Antoine Vermette to Columbus Blue Jackets .

After nearly five years in the organization of the Blue Jackets, McElhinney was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs in January 2017 when he was about to be sent to the AHL via the waiver.

After the 2017/18 season, he made his debut in the 2018 World Cup for the Canadian national team , where he finished fourth with the team. As part of the preparation for the 2018/19 season, he lost his place in the Maple Leafs squad to Garret Sparks and was subsequently signed again by the Carolina Hurricanes waiver . In early July 2019, he signed a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning as a free agent .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2003 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 2003 NCAA West Second All-American Team
  • 2005 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 2005 NCAA West First All-American Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U / OT Min. GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2001/02 Colorado College NCAA 9 6th 0 1 441 15th 1 2.04 91.8
2002/03 Colorado College NCAA 37 25th 6th 5 2147 85 4th 2.37 90.6
2003/04 Colorado College NCAA 19th 10 6th 1 1015 41 2 2.42 90.6
2004/05 Colorado College NCAA 25th 21st 3 1 1490 52 2 2.09 92.7
2005/06 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 33 9 14th 2 1619 68 3 2.52 91.2 - - - - - - - -
2006/07 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 57 35 17th 1 3181 113 7th 2.13 91.7 5 2 3 311 11 0 2.12 91.4
2007/08 Calgary Flames NHL 5 0 2 0 149 5 0 2.00 90.2 - - - - - - - -
2007/08 Quad City Flames AHL 41 20th 18th 2 2320 88 3 2.28 91.1 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 Calgary Flames NHL 14th 1 7th 0 518 31 0 3.59 88.9 1 0 0 34 1 0 1.76 90.0
2009/10 Calgary Flames NHL 10 3 4th 0 502 27 0 3.22 88.5 - - - - - - - -
2009/10 Anaheim Ducks NHL 10 5 1 2 521 24 0 2.76 91.7 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Anaheim Ducks NHL 21st 6th 9 1 996 57 2 3.43 89.0 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Ottawa Senators NHL 7th 3 4th 0 399 17th 0 2.56 91.7 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 2 1 0 0 72 2 0 1.67 94.4 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 Portland Pirates AHL 25th 10 13 0 1379 70 0 3.04 90.7 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 Springfield Falcons AHL 49 29 16 3 1349 113 9 2.32 92.3 8th 3 5 483 25th 0 3.10 89.5
2013/14 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 28 10 11 1 1423 64 2 2.70 90.9 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 32 12 14th 2 1710 82 0 2.88 91.4 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 18th 2 7th 3 836 46 0 3.31 89.0 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 7th 2 1 2 376 15th 0 2.39 92.4 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 14th 6th 7th 0 759 36 1 2.85 91.4 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 18th 11 5 1 980 35 3 2.15 93.4 1 0 1 48 4th 0 5.11 82.6
2018/19 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 33 20th 11 2 1978 85 2 2.58 91.2 5 3 2 269 9 0 2.01 93.0
NCAA overall 90 62 15th 8th 5093 193 9 2.27 91.3
AHL total 205 103 78 8th 11425 452 22nd 2.37 91.5 13 5 8th 794 36 0 2.72 89.8
NHL overall 219 82 82 15th 11219 526 10 2.81 90.9 7th 3 3 350 14th 0 2.40 91.3

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2018 Canada WM 4th Place 5 3 2 243 6th 1 1.48 93.6
Men overall 5 3 2 243 6th 1 1.48 93.6

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Curtis McElhinney  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Goalie switch: Calgary acquires Vesa Toskala from Anaheim for Curtis McElhinney
Tampa Bay Lightning logo
Squad of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME McElhinney, Curtis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McElhinney, Robert Curtis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH London , Ontario