The Newfie Gretzky-Eldon Escobar’s Junior review

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                   Eldon Escobar 

Born in: Newfoundland Canada

height: 6’0

weight: 194 

 

Being a hockey player is hard especially if your family is from Mexico where hockey isn’t popular with only 18 rinks, but the path for Eldon Escobar was made even harder when his family moved to Newfoundland before he was born. Growing up Escobar first found his love for hockey when his dad took him to a Newfoundland Growlers game when he was 5 his passion for the sport only grew from there.

 

Growing up Eldon had to work 10 times harder than his peers because his family didn’t have a lot of money he grew up using wood sticks until he was 16 when Eldon turned 16 a Newfoundland Junior team took a chance on him when they saw him play in his U18 finals where he had a hat trick and 5 points including the overtime winner to give him U18 team there first ever championship.

 

That night the coach offered him a tryout as a walk on for the St John’s Shamrocks of the MJHL (Maritimes Junior hockey league) it decided to be a blessing for Escobar and the Shamrocks they took a shot on a home grown talent in the first year he had 25 point tallying 12 goals in the process in 58 games he noticed after his rookie he wasn’t strong enough to held of the big defence of the MJHL so he returned for his final year with the Shamrocks adding 20 pounds.

 

Eldon returned for his last year with the Shamrocks a new and improved player in the summer he worked on his foot speed and strength he finished off the year with 92 points 42 goals in 58 games the league record was 85 points but Escobar smashed that record and the hockey fans of Newfoundland where calling him the Newfie Gretzky and with his contributions the Shamrocks won the MJHL Championship with Eldon Escobar being named league MVP and playoff MVP and after that incredible year he decided to take his talents to the VHL joining the VHLM for the upcoming season.

 

he signed a one year 1.5 million dollar contract with the Houston Bulls of the VHLM so far this season he’s put up 6 points in 16 games played with 2 goals he hopes to bring the bulls to glory and is more than excited to see where his career goes from here only one way he’s going and that’s to the top.

 

Edited December 2, 2021 by TeeJay11