College Elaine Chuli was a member of the
UConn Huskies women's ice hockey team during 2012 to 2016. In her
senior year, she was named to the 2016 CCM/AHCA All-American Second Team.
CWHL She was drafted by the
Vanke Rays in the second round of the
2017 CWHL Draft and signed with the Rays for the
2017–18 season. In her first season, she played 1516 minutes in net, more than any other goalie in the league, though the team missed the playoffs. After the Rays were merged with the Kunlun Red Star WIH to become the
Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays, Chuli signed with the
Toronto Furies, where she would play for the
2018–19 season before the CWHL folded.
PWHPA In May 2019, Chuli joined over 200 women's ice hockey players in forming the
PWHPA. She played for Team Knox at the Unifor Showcase in Toronto in September 2019, the first showcase of the PWHPA's Dream Gap Tour, and then for Team Spooner at the Secret Women's Hockey Showcase in January 2020.
NWHL/PHF In April 2020, she signed with the first Canadian expansion team of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), the Toronto Six. Starting in the Six's first game, a January 23, 2021 affair versus the
Metropolitan Riveters, Chuli was recognized as the Second Star of the Game in a 3–0 loss. Against the eventual Isobel Cup champion
Boston Pride, the Six enjoyed their first win. Opposing the Pride on January 26, 2021, Chuli recorded 24 saves in the win., a 2–1 final with third period goals by
Brooke Boquist and Mikyla Grant-Mentis, whose goal stood as the game-winner.
PWHL Chuli was selected in the thirteenth round, 78th overall by
PWHL Montreal in the
2023 PWHL Draft and signed a one-year contract with the team. She made her PWHL debut on January 10, 2024 with a 5–2 win over
PWHL New York. On June 17, 2025, she signed a one-year contract with the
Toronto Sceptres. == International play ==