Todd Elik

Todd Sloan Elik (born April 15, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1989 and 1997. After leaving the NHL he spent several years in Europe, retiring in 2010.

Biography

Elik grew up in Bolton, Ontario and played Midget hockey with the St. Michael's Midgets. He was granted a walk-on try out with the OHL's Kingston Canadians in 1983 and made the club.

Elik played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Kingston Canadians and North Bay Centennials before turning professional. He made his pro debut with the International Hockey League's Colorado Rangers, and he scored 100 points (44 goals and 56 assists) in his first season.

Elik made his NHL debut with the Kings in the 1989–90 season. In a season and a half with the Kings, Elik scored 31 goals and added 60 assists. The Minnesota North Stars acquired Elik before the 1991–92 season, giving up Randy Gilhen, Jim Thomson, and a fourth-round draft pick (which became Alexei Zhitnik) for him.

After a season and a half with Minnesota, Elik joined the Edmonton Oilers. After playing in 18 games with the Oilers, Elik was placed on waivers and claimed by the San Jose Sharks. In the 1993–94 season, he scored 25 goals and added 41 assists for the Sharks.

After a brief stint with the St. Louis Blues and two seasons with the Boston Bruins organization, Elik left North America to play professionally in Europe. He played for seven seasons in Switzerland's Nationalliga A and, in the 2005–06, 2006–2007 seasons, he went to Austria to play for Innsbruck EV. On December 13, 2007, Elik signed to play for HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, a Slovenian team playing in the Erste Bank Hockey League. He is signed to play for Tilia Olimpija also in 2008–09. He joined on 30 January 2009 from Slovenian capital city Ljubljana club HDD Olimpija Ljubljana of the Erste Bank Hockey League to SCL Tigers.

Elik appeared in 448 NHL games in his career, scoring 111 goals and adding 218 assists. He also appeared in 52 Stanley Cup playoff games, scoring 15 goals and recording 27 assists.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1982–83 St. Michael's Buzzers MJBHL 35 25 26 51 55 — — — — — 1983–84 Kingston Canadiens OHL 64 5 16 21 17 — — — — — 1984–85 Kingston Canadiens OHL 34 14 11 25 6 — — — — — 1984–85 North Bay Centennials OHL 23 4 6 10 2 4 2 0 2 0 1985–86 North Bay Centennials OHL 40 12 34 46 20 10 7 6 13 0 1986–87 University of Regina CIAU 27 26 34 60 137 — — — — — 1986–87 Canadian National Team Intl 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1987–88 Colorado Rangers IHL 81 44 56 100 83 12 8 12 20 9 1988–89 Denver Rangers IHL 28 20 15 35 22 — — — — — 1988–89 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 43 11 25 36 31 17 10 12 22 44 1989–90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 48 10 23 33 41 10 3 9 12 10 1989–90 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 32 20 23 43 42 — — — — — 1990–91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 74 21 37 58 58 12 2 7 9 6 1991–92 Minnesota North Stars NHL 62 15 31 46 125 5 1 1 2 2 1992–93 Minnesota North Stars NHL 46 13 18 31 48 — — — — — 1992–93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 14 1 9 10 8 — — — — — 1993–94 Edmonton Oilers NHL 4 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 1993–94 San Jose Sharks NHL 75 25 41 66 89 14 5 5 10 12 1994–95 San Jose Sharks NHL 22 7 10 17 18 — — — — — 1994–95 St. Louis Blues NHL 13 2 4 6 4 7 4 3 7 2 1995–96 Boston Bruins NHL 59 13 33 46 40 4 0 2 2 16 1995–96 Providence Bruins AHL 7 2 7 9 10 — — — — — 1996–97 Boston Bruins NHL 31 4 12 16 16 — — — — — 1996–97 Providence Bruins AHL 37 16 29 45 63 10 1 6 7 33 1997–98 HC Lugano NLA 39 30 36 66 222 7 6 5 11 12 1998–99 SC Langnau NLA 36 14 46 60 169 — — — — — 1999–00 SC LAngnau NLA 41 19 35 54 176 — — — — — 1999–00 Canadian National Team Intl 4 4 0 4 0 — — — — — 2000–01 EV Zug NLA 37 16 42 58 140 3 2 1 3 16 2001–02 EV Zug NLA 41 16 36 52 104 2 0 2 2 4 2002–03 SC Langnau NLA 39 13 35 48 193 — — — — — 2003–04 SC Langnau NLA 3 1 2 3 2 — — — — — 2003–04 HC Davos NLA 37 15 35 50 70 6 1 2 3 48 2004–05 SC Langnau NLA 12 9 17 26 24 9 3 12 15 52 2005–06 HC Innsbruck EBEL 48 21 53 74 150 7 1 9 10 18 2006–07 HC Innsbruck EBEL 53 21 77 98 182 — — — — — 2007–08 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 8 6 9 15 6 14 3 15 18 56 2007–08 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana SLO — — — — — 6 2 3 5 46 2008–09 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 43 12 35 47 76 — — — — — 2008–-9 SC Langnau NLA 6 1 6 7 8 — — — — — 2009–10 HC Thurgau NLB 13 7 11 18 40 — — — — — 2009–10 HK Jesenice EBEL 29 4 33 37 82 — — — — — 2009–10 HK Jesenice SLO 3 1 4 5 8 6 3 8 11 22 2010–11 ATSE Graz AUT-2 14 2 14 16 26 — — — — — NHL totals 448 111 218 329 453 52 15 27 42 48