Keaton Ellerby | |||
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Born | Strathmore, Alberta, Canada | November 5, 1988||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||
Weight | 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | Florida Panthers Los Angeles Kings Winnipeg Jets Barys Astana HC Fribourg-Gottéron Lukko Mora IK Iserlohn Roosters Dornbirn Bulldogs Ferencvárosi TC Sheffield Steelers | ||
NHL draft | 10th overall, 2007 Florida Panthers | ||
Playing career | 2008–2022 |
Keaton Ellerby (born November 5, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He last played under contract with the Sheffield Steelers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League for the Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings and Winnipeg Jets.
Ellerby was drafted 10th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft from the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. During the 2008 World Junior Hockey Championship, Ellerby was invited to try out for the tournament, having played for Canada at the 2007 Superseries against the Russians.
Ellerby scored his first NHL goal on January 25, 2011 against Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers. [1] During the 2012–13 season, on February 8, 2013, Ellerby was traded by the Panthers to the Los Angeles Kings for a fifth-round selection in the 2013 NHL Draft. [2] The Kings re-signed Ellerby to a one-year deal in July 2013, [3] but he was claimed off waivers by the Winnipeg Jets a month into the 2013–14 season. [4]
Ellerby signed a one-year contract with the Jets the following summer for the 2014–15 season. He spent most of the season in the minors.
On July 7, 2015, Ellerby signed his first contract abroad, agreeing to a one-year deal with Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League. [5] After 42 games with the Kazakh-based club, Ellerby sought a release and immediately signed with Swiss team HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League A on January 4, 2016, for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. Ellerby also played for Team Canada during Spengler Cup and won the championship scoring one of the goals in the final game.
The following season, Ellerby signed for the 2016–17 season with Finnish Liiga outfit, Lukko Rauma. [6] Ellerby proved to be a solid addition to Lukko's blueline, contributing steady defensive play to go along with 3 goals and 12 points in 43 games.
On July 10, 2017, Ellerby agreed to a one-year deal with top tier Swedish club, Mora IK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). [7] He contributed with a heavily defensive role, logging the most blocked shots in the SHL and playing big minutes. After one season with a struggling club, he agreed to a one-year deal with German club, Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL, on September 13, 2018. [8]
As a free agent midway into the 2019–20 season, Ellerby continued his professional career signing in the neighbouring Austrian Hockey League with the Dornbirn Bulldogs on November 18, 2019. [9]
In the 2020-21 season, Ellerby moved to Hungary to sign for Erste Liga side Ferencvárosi TC.
In August 2021, Ellerby agreed terms with UK EIHL side Sheffield Steelers for the 2021-22 season - following in the footsteps of Justin Hodgman who also moved to Sheffield from Ferencvarosi earlier in the summer. [10] Ellerby retired from hockey in the summer of 2022. [11]
In December 2015, he won the Spengler Cup with Team Canada. [12]
Upon retirement from playing in 2022, Ellerby was named an assistant coach of Western Hockey League (WHL) side Prince Albert Raiders. [13]
Ellerby is first cousins with Shane Doan, former captain of the Arizona Coyotes, and second cousin to Carey Price, goaltender of the Montreal Canadiens. [14] Ellerby's uncle, Alvin Liknes, was a Calgary businessman whose disappearance and murder garnered national attention in 2014. [15] He is married to Lauren Ellerby, with whom he has a son. Lauren joined forces with Annie Montoya, whose husband Al Montoya played with Keaton on the Jets, to create a firm based around helping the relocation of athletes and their families. [16]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2004–05 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
2005–06 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 68 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 69 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
2007–08 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 53 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||
2008–09 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 75 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 58 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
2009–10 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 54 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 40 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 51 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 41 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Barys Astana | KHL | 42 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | Lukko | Liiga | 43 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | Mora IK | SHL | 52 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 51 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | Dornbirner EC | AUT | 26 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Ferencvárosi TC | EL | 34 | 4 | 12 | 16 | — | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | ||
2021–22 | Sheffield Steelers | EIHL | 51 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
AHL totals | 191 | 14 | 49 | 63 | 118 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
NHL totals | 212 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2005 | Canada Pacific | U17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2005 | Canada | IH18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2006 | Canada | U18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
Junior totals | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
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