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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Matt Ellison 2010-12-12 (5).jpg
| alt = Matt Ellison
| image_size = 230px
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 192
| played_for = [[Chicago Blackhawks]]<br>[[Philadelphia Flyers]]<br>[[Dinamo Riga]]<br>[[HC MVD]]<br>[[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod]]<br>[[EHC Biel]]<br>[[KHL Medveščak Zagreb]]<br>[[HC Dinamo Minsk]]<br>[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|12|8|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Duncan, British Columbia]], Canada
| career_start = 2003
| career_end = 2019
| draft_team = [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
| draft_year = 2002
| draft = 128th overall
}}

'''Matt Ellison''' (born December 8, 1983) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] [[Winger (ice hockey)|right winger]]. 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 most notably played abroad in the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL).

==Playing career==
Ellison began his career with the [[Cowichan Valley Capitals]], a junior hockey team that is a part of the  [[British Columbia Hockey League|BCHL]], in 1999–00. In his rookie season he was selected as the club's Co-Rookie of the Year. He played there for three years and received several honors including the Capital's Three Star Award winner and MVP, 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 [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] during the 2002–03 season before joining the [[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]] for the 2003–04 season of the [[American Hockey League|AHL]]. He played two seasons with the [[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]] and was promoted to the Blackhawks to start the [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]] season.
[[File:Matt Ellison (Torpedo) attacks SKA.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Matt Ellison playing for [[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod|Torpedo]] in 2010.]]
On December 5, 2005, he was traded to the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] for [[Patrick Sharp]] and [[Éric Meloche]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=475919|title=Blackhawks acquire Sharp, Meloche | website =[[Chicago Blackhawks]] | date = 2005-12-05 | accessdate = 2010-05-10}}</ref> He spent most of his time in Philadelphia playing for the [[Philadelphia Phantoms]] and was traded to the [[Nashville Predators]] on June 4, 2007, for future considerations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20070604_Flyers_trade_Ellison_to_Nashville.html |title=Flyers trade Ellison to Nashville |publisher=philly.com |date=2007-06-04 |accessdate=2008-11-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123452/http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20070604_Flyers_trade_Ellison_to_Nashville.html |archivedate=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>

On July 4, 2008, Ellison signed  a one-year contract in Latvia with the [[Dinamo Riga]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]]. Ellison scored 39 points in 55 games, placing second with Riga in scoring for [[2008–09 KHL season|2008–09]]. On August 4, 2009, he then signed a contract with fellow KHL team, [[HC MVD]].

After three successful seasons with [[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod]], Ellison left the KHL and signed a one-year contract with [[Switzerland|Swiss]] club, [[EHC Biel]] of the [[National League (ice hockey)|NLA]] on June 26, 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ehcb.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1630%3Amatt-ellison-komplettiert-ehcb-auslaenderquartett&catid=48%3Aslider&Itemid=298&lang=de | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130627025109/http://ehcb.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1630:matt-ellison-komplettiert-ehcb-auslaenderquartett&catid=48:slider&Itemid=298&lang=de | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-06-27 | title = Matt Ellison completes move to EHC Biel | website = [[EHC Biel]] | date = 2013-06-26 | accessdate = 2013-07-28 | language = German }}</ref> Ellison subsequently left Biel and returned to the KHL to play for Zagreb in the [[2013-14 KHL season|2013–14]] season. In 2014, Ellison signed a two-year contract with [[Belarus]]ian club, [[HC Dinamo Minsk]], starting from the [[2014-15 KHL season|2014–15]] season.

After three prolific seasons with Minsk, leading the club in scoring in his final two, Ellison left as a free agent to sign a lucrative two-year contract with larger Russian club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, on June 7, 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://rsport.ria.ru/hockey/20170607/1121454678.html | title = Magnitogorsk sign Ellison under two-year contract | website = rsport.ru | date = 2017-06-07 | accessdate = 2017-06-07 | language = Russian}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]] 
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]] 
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! [[Season (sports)|Season]] 
! Team 
! League 
! GP 
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] 
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] 
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] 
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]] 
! GP
! G 
! A 
! Pts 
! PIM 
|-
| 1998–99
| [[Kerry Park Islanders]]
| [[Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League|VIJHL]]
| 38
| 40
| 47
| 87
| 110
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99
| [[Cowichan Valley Capitals]]
| [[British Columbia Hockey League|BCHL]]
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| 1999–2000
| Cowichan Valley Capitals
| BCHL
| 60
| 11
| 23
| 34
| 95
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01
| Cowichan Valley Capitals
| BCHL
| 60
| 22
| 44
| 66
| 102
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| 2001–02
| Cowichan Valley Capitals
| BCHL
| 60
| 42
| 75
| 117
| 76
| 9
| 5
| 6
| 11
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 WHL season|2002–03]]
| [[Red Deer Rebels]]
| [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
| 72
| 40
| 56
| 96
| 80
| 22
| 7
| 13
| 20
| 28
|-  
| [[2003–04 AHL season|2003–04]]
| [[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 71
| 14
| 21
| 35
| 115
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[2004–05 AHL season|2004–05]]
| Norfolk Admirals
| AHL
| 71
| 14
| 37
| 51
| 44
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 26
| 3
| 9
| 12
| 17
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-   
| 2005–06
| [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| NHL
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005–06 AHL season|2005–06]]
| [[Philadelphia Phantoms]]
| AHL
| 48
| 12
| 13
| 25
| 35
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[2006–07 AHL season|2006–07]]
| Philadelphia Phantoms
| AHL
| 62
| 12
| 27
| 39
| 43
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- 
| [[2007–08 AHL season|2007–08]]
| [[Milwaukee Admirals]]
| AHL
| 75
| 26
| 32
| 58
| 55
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008–09 KHL season|2008–09]]
| [[Dinamo Riga]]
| [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]	
| 55
| 15
| 22
| 37
| 84
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|-  
| [[2009–10 KHL season|2009–10]]
| [[HC MVD]]
| KHL
| 52
| 16
| 18
| 34
| 102
| 22
| 4
| 5
| 9
| 10
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11]]
| [[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod]]
| KHL	
| 53
| 21
| 29
| 50
| 28
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[2011–12 KHL season|2011–12]]
| Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
| KHL	
| 25
| 10
| 10
| 20
| 14
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]]
| Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
| KHL	
| 33
| 3
| 14
| 17
| 10
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[2013–14 NLA season|2013–14]]
| [[EHC Biel]]
| [[National League A|NLA]]
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]]
| [[KHL Medveščak Zagreb]]
| KHL	
| 38
| 8
| 7
| 15
| 28
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
|- 
| [[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]]
| [[HC Dinamo Minsk]]
| KHL	
| 58
| 24
| 33
| 57
| 38
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2015–16 KHL season|2015–16]]
| HC Dinamo Minsk
| KHL	
| 54
| 26
| 29
| 55
| 54
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- 
| [[2016–17 KHL season|2016–17]]
| HC Dinamo Minsk
| KHL	
| 54
| 16
| 33
| 49
| 85
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2017–18 KHL season|2017–18]]
| [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
| KHL	
| 55
| 20
| 25
| 45
| 24
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 27
|-  
| [[2018–19 KHL season|2018–19]]
| Metallurg Magnitogorsk
| KHL	
| 62
| 20
| 35
| 55
| 34
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals
! 327
! 78
! 130
! 208
! 292
! 17
! 0
! 2
! 2
! 8
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 43
! 3
! 11
! 14
! 19
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | KHL totals
! 539
! 179
! 255
! 434
! 501
! 55
! 14
! 10
! 24
! 41
|}

==Awards and honours==
{{MedalTableTop|name=no}} 
{{Medal|Sport|[[Ice hockey]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Spengler Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2015 Spengler Cup|2015 Davos]]|}}
{{MedalBottom}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
!
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
|-
| [[Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy]]
| [[2002-03 WHL season|2003]] 
|
|- 
| East Second All-Star Team
| 2003
|
|-
| [[Canadian Hockey League|CHL]] All-Rookie Team
| 2003
|
|-
| CHL Rookie of the Year
| 2003
|
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]
|-
| [[Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game|All-Star Game]]
| [[2016 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game|2016]], [[2017 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game|2017]]
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{Ice hockey stats}}
* {{KHL profile}}

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