Coreau's path to the NHL included stops in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, United States Hockey League, Central Collegiate Hockey Association, ECHL and American Hockey League.

He spent one season with Peterborough in the OJHL, going 8-1-1 with a 2.16 goals-against average and .930 save percentage in 2008-09. However, the following season he had seven wins in 38 games (7-22-4) with a 3.62 GAA and .882 save percentage with Lincoln of the USHL.

Coreau went on to play at Northern Michigan, where he spent three seasons including playing in all 38 games of his final season in 2012-13, going 15-19-4.

Undrafted, Coreau signed a three-year contract with the Red Wings on April 3, 2013. He did not win in five games with Grand Rapids in the AHL (0-4-0) and went 1-12-6 in 20 games with Toledo in the ECHL.

However, things turned around in 2014-15 when he was 16-8-1 with a 2.20 GAA and .927 save percentage. Coreau made the bulk of the starts for Grand Rapids the following two seasons and helped them to the Calder Cup championship in 2017.

During the 2016-17 season, Coreau was recalled by the Red Wings and made 14 starts. He made 31 saves to earn his first NHL win, a 4-3 shootout victory against the Florida Panthers on Dec. 23.

Coreau made seven appearances with the Red Wings in 2017-18 and did not have a win, going 0-5-1 with a 4.26 GAA in seven starts.

NOTES & TRANSACTIONS

• Signed as a free agent by Detroit, April 3, 2013.
• Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, July 2, 2018.