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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size =
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 220
| played_for = [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|31|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cranbrook, British Columbia|Cranbrook]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| draft = Undrafted
| draft_year =
| draft_team =
| career_start = 1995
| career_end = 2004
}}
'''Corey Spring''' (born May 31, 1971) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] player<ref>https://www.nhl.com/player/corey-spring-8462434</ref> who played 16 games for the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] of the [[National Hockey League]].

==Playing career==
Born in [[Cranbrook, British Columbia|Cranbrook]], [[British Columbia]], Spring began his career in the [[British Columbia Junior Hockey League]] with the [[Vernon Lakers]] before spending four years with the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]]. He turned pro in 1995 with the [[International Hockey League (1945-2001)|International Hockey League]]'s [[Atlanta Knights]]. After two high-scoring seasons in the [[American Hockey League]] with the [[Adirondack Red Wings]], Spring made his NHL debut for the Lightning during the [[1997-98 NHL season]], playing eight games in all and scoring one goal. He played another eight games the next season for Tampa Bay, with one assist to his credit. He went on to have spells in the IHL for the [[Cleveland Lumberjacks]], [[Detroit Vipers]], and [[Manitoba Moose]]. He moved to [[Europe]] with a brief spell in [[Germany]]'s [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] for the [[Augsburger Panther]] before spending a season in the [[British Ice Hockey Superleague]] with the [[Manchester Storm (1995–2002)|Manchester Storm]]. He left the Storm mid-season to return to the United States, joining the [[Long Beach Ice Dogs]] of the [[West Coast Hockey League]]. He returned to Europe in 2001, joining German [[2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)|2nd Bundesliga]] side [[EC Bad Tölz]]. He returned to the British Superleague in 2002 with the [[Bracknell Bees]] in what turned out to be the league's final year in existence. After the Superleague folded, Spring spent one final year in Germany with [[Oberliga (ice hockey)|Oberliga]] team ERC Selb before retiring in 2004.

==Personal life==
He is the son of [[Frank Spring]] who played in the NHL in the 1970s for the [[Boston Bruins]], [[St.Louis Blues]], [[California Golden Seals]], and [[Cleveland Barons (NHL)|Cleveland Barons]].

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| 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
|-
| [[1991–92 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1991–92]]
| [[Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey|University of Alaska-Fairbanks]]
| [[Great West Hockey Conference|GWHC]]
| 35
| 3
| 8
| 11
| 30
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1992–93]]
| University of Alaska-Fairbanks
| [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]]
| 28
| 5
| 5
| 10
| 20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1993–94 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1993–94]]
| University of Alaska-Fairbanks
| CCHA
| 38
| 19
| 18
| 37
| 34
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1994–95]]
| University of Alaska-Fairbanks
| CCHA
| 33
| 18
| 15
| 33
| 56
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1995–96 IHL season|1995–96]]
| [[Atlanta Knights]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 73
| 14
| 14
| 28
| 140
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 AHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Adirondack Red Wings]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 69
| 20
| 26
| 46
| 118
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
|-
| [[1997–98 AHL season|1997–98]]
| Adirondack Red Wings
| AHL
| 57
| 19
| 25
| 44
| 120
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1998–99 IHL season|1998–99]]
| [[Cleveland Lumberjacks]]
| IHL
| 48
| 18
| 10
| 28
| 98
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| Tampa Bay Lightning
| NHL
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1999–2000 DEL season|1999–00]]
| [[Augsburger Panther]]
| [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 10
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–2000 IHL season|1999–00]]
| [[Detroit Vipers]]
| IHL
| 22
| 5
| 4
| 9
| 48
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1999–00
| [[Manitoba Moose]]
| IHL
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 8
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 ISL season|2000–01]]
| [[Manchester Storm (1995–2002)|Manchester Storm]]
| [[Ice Hockey Superleague|BISL]]
| 37
| 8
| 11
| 19
| 87
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[2000–01 WCHL season|2000–01]]
| [[Long Beach Ice Dogs]]
| [[West Coast Hockey League|WCHL]]
| 15
| 6
| 6
| 12
| 20
| 7
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 18
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02
| [[EC Bad Tölz]]
| [[2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)|2.GBun]]
| 36
| 16
| 20
| 36
| 103
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
|-
| [[2002–03 ISL season|2002–03]]
| [[Bracknell Bees]]
| BISL
| 26
| 3
| 3
| 6
| 16
| 16
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 12
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003–04
| ERC Selb
| [[Oberliga (ice hockey)|GerObl]]
| 47
| 34
| 29
| 63
| 157
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 16
! 1
! 1
! 2
! 12
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Ice hockey stats}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spring, Corey}}
[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Adirondack Red Wings players]]
[[Category:Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey players]]
[[Category:Atlanta Knights players]]
[[Category:Augsburger Panther players]]
[[Category:Bracknell Bees players]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers]]
[[Category:Cleveland Lumberjacks players]]
[[Category:Detroit Vipers players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Cranbrook, British Columbia]]
[[Category:Long Beach Ice Dogs (WCHL) players]]
[[Category:Manchester Storm (1995–2002) players]]
[[Category:Manitoba Moose (IHL) players]]
[[Category:Penticton Knights players]]
[[Category:Tampa Bay Lightning players]]
[[Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players]]
[[Category:Vernon Lakers players]]

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