Exelby was born in
Toronto,
Ontario. His father,
Clare Exelby, is a former
Canadian Football League player. His nephew
Kyle Capobianco is also a professional ice hockey player. As a youth, Exelby played in the 1978
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Shopsy's
minor ice hockey team with future NHL goalie
Bob Essensa. Exelby made his NHL debut on January 27, 1989, against the
Buffalo Sabres. He entered the game in the second period when the starting goalie,
Patrick Roy, had to go to the
washroom. He won the Rob Capellupo Award while playing for the
Phoenix Roadrunners. In 1994, he started a chain of hockey equipment shops in the
Phoenix, Arizona area called "Behind the Mask". It currently operates in three full-service retail stores. He had three team shops at all three Polar Ice locations and all three rinks are under the new ownership of AZ Ice and the Chandler location now the Peoria and Gilbert locations are now operated by Ice Den of Chandler. ==Career statistics==