The Toronto Marlies scored 223 goals in the 2013-14 season.
Early in that campaign, there’s a fair chance Spencer Abbott’s name would be read out in the arena when announcing the scorers.

The Hamilton, Ontario native began the 2013-14 season by piecing together a thirteen game point streak consisting of a single goal and eighteen assists.

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed the right-winger to a one-year entry-level contract following a tremendous season with the University of Maine.

During the 2011-12 campaign with the Black Bears, Abbott led the entire NCAA in scoring with 62 points (21 goals, 41 assists), picked up a host of awards and was named a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.

Having also signed an amateur tryout contract with the Toronto Marlies at the same time, Abbott made his professional debut on the last day of March 2012.
In the third game, Abbot recorded his first point, an assist on a goal by Matt Frattin against Abbotsford Heat.
The newest member of the Toronto organisation also suited up for five playoff games, including two in the Calder Cup final against Norfolk Admirals.

Abbott’s first full professional season was limited to 55 regular-season games in which he recorded thirteen goals and twenty assists.
During the 2013 playoffs, he netted twice and added three helpers (in five games) but Toronto would fall in the Western Conference Semi-final to Grand Raids Griffins.

The 2013-14 season would see Spencer Abbott fully endure himself to Marlies fans.
The thirteen game point was far from a flash in the pan as the right-winger ended the campaign with 69 points (17-52-69) in 64 games, good for seventh in league scoring having played fewer games than all those above him in the rankings.

The production continued into the post-season as Abbott helped himself to eleven points (4-7-11) in as many games as Toronto were only denied a second Calder Cup final appearance by the Texas Stars in an epic seven-game Western Conference Final.

The right-winger even netted a hat-trick in the series against Texas, but it wasn’t enough to halt the eventual Calder Cup Champions.

Abbott would also finally receive his shot in the NHL. It’d be his only chance to wear the Maple Leaf and it came right at the start of the season on October 5, 2013, against Ottawa.
Ten shifts with a combined 5:16 of ice-time would prove the entity of his career as a Toronto Maple Leaf.

It was clear that Abbott wasn’t in the long-term plans of Toronto having signed consecutive one-years deals and would be traded on February 26, 2015.
The 2014-15 season wasn’t proving as successful as the previous campaign offensively as the Marlies struggled in general.
After putting up 24 points (7-17-24) in 46 games, Abbott was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for T.J Brennan.

Re-assigned to the American Hockey League, the Rockford IceHogs benefited from the addition of the Canadian forward who found the net on twelve occasions and added nine assists through 21 regular-season games.
In eight playoff games, Abbott continued his fine form with three goals and as many assists.

It was a change of scenery in 2015 as Abbott opted to head overseas and sign with Swedish club Frölunda HC of the SHL.

Both player and team befitted from the decision as Frölunda HC won the Swedish national championship and the Champions Hockey League (CHL).
Abbott contributed 38 points (14-22) in 51 SHL contests, and was the CHL’s leading goal scorer with eight goals and added five assists in eleven games.

Somewhat surprisingly, Abbott’s stay in Europe ended after one very successful season as he opted to re-join the Chicago Blackhawks on a one-year, two-way contract.
There would be a second NHL appearance for the Ontario native on January 5, 2017, but his time would be mostly spent in Rockford (35 points in 53 games)

At the NHL trade deadline, Abbott was dealt by the Blackhawks, along with another former Marlie, Sam Carrick, to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Kenton Helgesen and a 7th round pick in 2019.

The west coast certainly suited the man from Ontario has he registered fourteen points in sixteen games and a further six points in eight playoff outings.

That success prompted Abbott to pen an AHL deal with the Gulls and from the outside, all seemed to be going swimmingly at the start of the 2017-18 season.

Despite recording twenty points in 17 games, Abbott was traded to the Binghamton Devils for future considerations.
The Ontario native refused to report to his new club and was subsequently suspended without pay.
On December 22, 2017, Abbott signed for Swiss club, EHC Kloten and spent the rest of the campaign there.

Since then the now 32-year-old has returned to Sweden for the past two seasons but played for two of the lesser lights in Mora IK and Leksands IF.

Spencer Abbott’s Toronto Marlies career consisted of 168 regular-season games in which he recorded 37 goals, 90 assists for 127 points.
In twenty-one playoff games, he produced six goals and ten assists for 18 points.