Hockey world mourns another untimely passing
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The hockey world has once again been thrust into mourning, as former Washington Capitals draft pick Miika Elomo has died at 47 years of age.
It's the latest example of what has been too many of these stories in recent weeks, but the hockey world is once again in mourning after another untimely loss.
Former Washington Capitals draft pick Miika Elomo has passed away at the age of 47.
Selected 23rd overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the Capitals, Elomo played several years in the American Hockey League and scored 75 points (30G, 45A) in 216 games before eventually returning to his native Finland.
He would play the remainder of his professional career in the SM-Liiga playing with the Kiekko-Espoo Blues.
Upon hanging up his skates, he continued his career by getting into the world of coaching.
Puck Empire has released the following statement on Elomo's passing.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Miika Elomo 🇫🇮, former NHL first-round draft pick and current head coach of Cergy-Pontoise 🇫🇷 in the top-flight French league.
Elomo was selected 23rd-overall by the Washington Capitals 🇺🇸 in 1995. He had zero goals, one point through two games played in the NHL with Washington in 1999-2000.
He also had a professional career from 1994-2005 with TPS (Liiga) 🇫🇮, Kiekko-67 (Finland3) 🇫🇮, Portland Pirates (AHL) 🇺🇸, Saint Johns Flames (AHL) 🇨🇦, and Blues (Liiga) 🇫🇮
He had coaching stints with:
- TPS (Liiga) 🇫🇮 / assistant coach from 2012-2015
- TUTO Hockey (Finland2) 🇫🇮 / head coach from 2015-2019
- Storhamar (Norway) 🇳🇴 / head coach from 2019-2020
- Finland U20 national team 🇫🇮 / assistant coach from 2020-2022, head coach in 2022
- STS Sanok (Poland) 🇵🇱 / head coach from 2022-2023
- Cergy-Pontoise (France) 🇫🇷 / head coach from 2023-2025
Elomo was selected 23rd-overall by the Washington Capitals 🇺🇸 in 1995. He had zero goals, one point through two games played in the NHL with Washington in 1999-2000.
He also had a professional career from 1994-2005 with TPS (Liiga) 🇫🇮, Kiekko-67 (Finland3) 🇫🇮, Portland Pirates (AHL) 🇺🇸, Saint Johns Flames (AHL) 🇨🇦, and Blues (Liiga) 🇫🇮
He had coaching stints with:
- TPS (Liiga) 🇫🇮 / assistant coach from 2012-2015
- TUTO Hockey (Finland2) 🇫🇮 / head coach from 2015-2019
- Storhamar (Norway) 🇳🇴 / head coach from 2019-2020
- Finland U20 national team 🇫🇮 / assistant coach from 2020-2022, head coach in 2022
- STS Sanok (Poland) 🇵🇱 / head coach from 2022-2023
- Cergy-Pontoise (France) 🇫🇷 / head coach from 2023-2025
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