Miika Elomo (21 April 1977 – 9 February 2025) was a Finnish professional
ice hockey
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player.
Drafted 23rd overall by the
Washington Capitals
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in the
1995 NHL entry draft, Elomo played just two games for the Capitals before he was traded in 2000 to the
Calgary Flames
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, although he never played for the organization. He returned to Finland for the
Espoo Blues
Kiekko-Espoo is a Finnish professional ice hockey club founded in 2018 as a continuation of the Kiekko-Espoo team originally founded in 1984. Kiekko-Espoo men's team plays in the Liiga, where they were promoted for the 2024–25 Liiga season, 20 ...
. He retired after the 2004–05 season due to a wrist injury.
Elomo died at his home in
Val d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.[< ...]
on 9 February 2025, at the age of 47, while he was serving as the coach of
Ligue Magnus
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side
Jokers.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
External links
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References
1977 births
2025 deaths
Espoo Blues players
Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Finnish ice hockey coaches
Finnish ice hockey left wingers
HC TPS players
HIFK (ice hockey) players
Ice hockey people from Turku
NHL first-round draft picks
Portland Pirates players
Saint John Flames players
Washington Capitals draft picks
Washington Capitals players
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