Matt Ellison | |||
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Born |
Duncan, BC, CAN |
December 8, 1983 ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
KHL team Former teams |
Dynamo Minsk Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) Dinamo Riga (KHL) HC MVD (KHL) Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL) EHC Biel (NLA) KHL Medveščak Zagreb (KHL) |
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NHL Draft | 128th overall, 2002 Chicago Blackhawks |
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Playing career | 2003–present |
Medal record | ||
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Ice hockey | ||
Representing Canada | ||
Spengler Cup | ||
2015 Davos |
Matt Ellison (born December 8, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for Dynamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Drafted in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), Ellison played for the Blackhawks minor teams with two stints in the NHL, before being traded in 2005 to the Philadelphia Flyers. After being traded to the Nashville Predators in 2007, Ellison played one season for the Predators AHL team before moving to play in Europe in 2008. Ellison has continued to play in the KHL since then.
He began his career with the Cowichan Valley Capitals, a junior hockey team that is a part of the BCHL, in 1999–00. He played there for three years and received several honors, and led the team in scoring with 66 points in 2000–01 and again with 117 points in 2001–02. He was then drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the fourth round (128th overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.
He proceeded to play with the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL during the 2002–03 season before joining the Norfolk Admirals for the 2003–04 season of the AHL. He played two seasons with the Norfolk Admirals and was promoted to the Blackhawks to start the 2005–06 season.