David Elsner

David Elsner
Date of birth	March 22, 1992
place of birth	Landshut , Germany
Nickname	Elsi
size	183 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	striker
number	# 61
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 7th round, 194th position Nashville Predators
Career stations
until 2011	EV Landshut
2011-2013	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2012-2013	Landshut cannibals
2013-2015	Nuremberg Ice Tigers Lions Frankfurt
since 2015	ERC Ingolstadt

David Elsner (born March 22, 1992 in Landshut ) is a German ice hockey player who has been under contract with ERC Ingolstadt in the German Ice Hockey League since May 2015 .

Career

David Elsner began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of EV Landshut , for which he was active in the German youth league from 2007 to 2011 . In the 2009/10 season , the attacker also made his debut for the club's professional division, the Landshut Cannibals, in the 2nd Bundesliga and scored six goals in a total of 35 games and provided three more assists. Then the German junior international was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2010 in the seventh round as a total of 194th player by the Nashville Predators . For the 2010/11 season Elsner received a support license from ERC Ingolstadt from the DEL . In his three appearances for Ingolstadt, he scored one goal.

For the 2011/12 season he moved to Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds from the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . In 2013 Elsner signed a two-year contract with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers from the DEL. With a sponsorship license, he continues to play for his home team EVL Landshut in the DEL2 . Elsner came to ERC Ingolstadt in May 2015 and extended his contract to 2019 in March 2017.

International

For Germany Elsner took part in the U18 Junior B World Championship in 2010 , where he and his team were promoted to the top division. In March 2018 he was appointed to the German men's national ice hockey team for the first time by national coach Marco Sturm .

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 Promotion to the top division at the U18 Junior World Championship in Division I.
• 2012 promotion to the top division at the U20 World Junior Championship of Division IA

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2007/08	EV Landshut	DNL		36	11	8th	19th	12		3	1	0	1	4th
2008/09	EV Landshut	DNL		36	17th	18th	35	46		9	2	8th	10	10
2009/10	EV Landshut	DNL		17th	10	7th	17th	63		5	2	4th	6th	12
2009/10	Landshut cannibals	2nd BL		29	6th	3	9	6th		6th	0	0	0	16
2010/11	EV Landshut	DNL		6th	2	4th	6th	6th		9	5	4th	9	2
2010/11	Landshut cannibals	2nd BL		31	4th	1	5	65		6th	0	1	1	6th
2010/11	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		3	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		48	7th	7th	14th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Landshut cannibals	2nd BL		47	12	20th	32	111		6th	1	1	2	10
2013/14	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		36	3	5	8th	32		3	0	1	1	4th
2014/15	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		19th	0	1	1	18th		0	0	0	0	0
2014/15	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL2		29	12	14th	26th	67		10	6th	6th	12	6th
2015/16	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		33	3	5	8th	24		2	0	0	0	0
2015/16	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		49	10	9	19th	35		2	3	0	3	0
2015/16	ESV Kaufbeuren	DEL2		8th	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		49	10	9	19th	35		2	3	0	0	0
2017/18	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		49	7th	8th	15th	31		5	1	1	2	2
2018/19	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL
DNL total				95	40	37	77	127		26th	10	16	26th	28
OHL total				48	7th	7th	14th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2. Bundesliga overall				107	22nd	24	46	182		18th	1	2	3	32
DEL total				140	18th	20th	37	109		7th	3	1	4th	4th

International

Represented Germany at:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2009
• Division I U18 Junior World Championship 2010
• Division IA U20 Junior World Championship 2012

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2009	Germany	U17-WHC		5	0	0	0	6th
2010	Germany	U18 World Championship Div. I.		5	0	4th	4th	14th
2012	Germany	U20 World Cup Div. IA		5	4th	5	9	8th
Juniors overall				15th	4th	9	13	28

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Status: April 2018

Web links

• David Elsner at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Funding license in Landshut for Elsner. del-2.org, January 2, 2014, accessed January 3, 2014 . 
2. ↑ ERC Ingolstadt has a Bavarian trio. In: ERC Ingolstadt . March 12, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017 . 
3. ↑ http://www.deb-online.de/2018/03/mit-neun-debuetanten-nach-sotschi/