Brendan Telker Scouting Report

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Brendan Telker

The Journey

            Brendan Telker has had a very short but sweet career in the VHLM. It started when he signed for Minnesota late into S75 when he became and eligible free agent. Telker said he was just about to head home from hockey practice when he got the call that a couple of teams would be interested in signing him. Minnesota intrigued Telker because they were the first team to offer him third line minutes. That is when Telker made an impressive showing with 11 points in the final 10 games for the Storm. Luckily for Telker, he was drafted back to the Storm going 10th overall. The off-season is where he did a lot of work in an attempt to get as many minutes as possible for S76, and so far that's working out. Telker has been on the first line for the Storm and has so far flourished with 18 points (11G, 7A) in the first 8 games. Telker's best on paper performance was probably his first game this season when he put up 4 goals and 2 assists.  "Things have been going really well here for me in Minnesota. I was watching the live stream and I was super happy to be drafted by the team that gave me a chance in the first place." Said Telker. 

Strengths

              Passing- Telker has had the odd blip game here and there for pass accuracy, but his worst game has only been 69% pass accuracy. He still has had plenty of games with 80%+ pass accuracy. Telker has 7 assists through his first 8 games.

           Scoring- Lighting the lamp has been a breeze for Telker so far. With 11 goals through his first 8 games, shooting is probably Telker's greatest strength. 

           Defending- This would be Telker's 2nd biggest strength in general. 75 defending is his 2nd highest attribute. It shows on the ice as well, he will often get his pass interception numbers into double digits more games then not.

Weaknesses

          Checking- Telker struggles to really throw around his 6'3, 190 pound body mass. While he hits less often, he is better at using his skating ability to intercept passes or get to lose pucks, rather then get them by hitting a player. 

          Faceoffs- While he doesn't normal sign up to be at the faceoff dot, Telker finds himself there a decent amount from time to time. This is due to the amount of minutes he has to play in general, making him more likely to be thrown in the dot. His faceoffs have been very patchy this year, either having decent games, or not so good ones.