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Spencer Elsby [Player Profile]


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Elsby is most well known for his talent that has mastered the elements of speed and decision-making. He is calculated in his handling of the puck and well-versed in his ability to limit time and space for the opposition without the puck. It's almost taken for granted, now, that he is a highly skilled offensive player, simply due to his individual ability to carry plays. His creativity and vision is what sets him apart from many other defenders, and he plays that exciting style of hockey that punishes opponents mistakes making them look foolish.

 

As he gets more comfortable on the ice, Elsby’s coaches seem to be gaining more confidence in him. Elsby’s ice time has been going up. Over the past 5 games his TOI exceeded 22 minutes. While Jason Goeson Johnson and Ziarie Anigbogu log the big minutes as the top defensive pair in Philadelphia, Elsby’s ice time is creeping up. Playing 2nd line D pairing and on the 1st PP unit, the rookie is proving himself as the undisputed number three on the blue line as he works his way through the few hiccups we’ve seen in his game.

 

Elsby is quickly climbing the ranks not only on the Reapers but in the draft boards as well most recently ranked at 17th Ovr. The improvements in Elsby’s base skills over the past few weeks has been nothing shy of incredible and continues to grow at an exponential rate. Elsby has expressed his frustrations early in the season about the lack of number on his part however he was finally able to rip that monkey off this back (from the replay it looks like he hit someone in standing room) and finally score his first of many VHLM goals. Following that up in the next 5 games Elsby would go on to light the lamp again as well as three helpers a long the way.

In an interview with VHSPN Elsby was quoted after the game “That was the most surreal feeling I’ve had since landing in north American last year and now this tops that feeling x100, I couldn’t be more proud than to have scored my first VHLM goal after my life hard work leading up to this and to be able to do it in a Reapers jersey made it just that much more amazing, we’ve got the best fans in the league.”

 

Thanks to the presence of Goesen, Anigbogu and Harrison, the Reapers don’t need Elsby to play a shutdown role but when he’s called on to do so, he’s shown that he’s more than capable to do so, continuing to improve on that in his most recent games. Small sample size be damned, Spencer Elsby is on the verge of becoming a legitimate star in the VHLM. Elsby has been focusing hard on his position and getting his body in the shooting lanes and the stat sheets prove that’s evident. With a big spike in recent games his contribution defensively blocking shots and is now 2nd on the team in Shots Blocked ony behind star VHLM defenceman Jason Goesen. Pretty impressive for a rookie, and considering the majority of those blocks are from his last 7games. All-in-all, a complete defenceman that understands how to open a game and take it over.

Edited by Spence King
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