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Brian Leetch

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: March 3, 1968 in Corpus Christi, Texas

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.

* Complete sweater numbers are currently available for the 1998-99 through 2007-08 seasons.
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New York Rangers
1999-2004		 2
Toronto Maple Leafs
2004		 22
Boston Bruins
2006

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1987-88 19 New York Rangers NHL 17 2 12 14 0.82 4 0.26 35 16 14 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 40 2.35 5.0
1988-89 20 New York Rangers NHL 68 23 48 71 1.04 25 0.37 155 62 110 25 8 50 12 8 3 1 268 3.94 8.6
1989-90 21 New York Rangers NHL 72 11 45 56 0.78 19 0.26 128 65 104 23 -18 26 6 5 0 2 222 3.08 5.0
1990-91 22 New York Rangers NHL 80 16 72 88 1.10 30 0.38 178 87 116 27 2 42 10 6 0 4 206 2.58 7.8
1991-92 23 New York Rangers NHL 80 22 80 102 1.28 35 0.44 193 79 114 25 25 26 11 10 1 3 245 3.06 9.0
1992-93 24 New York Rangers NHL 36 6 30 36 1.00 12 0.34 84 40 58 16 2 26 3 2 1 1 150 4.17 4.0
1993-94 25 New York Rangers NHL 84 23 56 79 0.94 28 0.34 187 86 118 45 28 67 5 17 1 4 328 3.90 7.0
1994-95 26 New York Rangers NHL 48 9 32 41 0.85 14 0.30 84 38 71 25 0 18 6 3 0 2 182 3.79 4.9
1995-96 27 New York Rangers NHL 82 15 70 85 1.04 28 0.34 158 78 125 57 12 30 8 7 0 3 276 3.37 5.4
1996-97 28 New York Rangers NHL 82 20 58 78 0.95 27 0.33 166 59 115 39 31 40 11 9 0 2 256 3.12 7.8
1997-98 29 New York Rangers NHL 76 17 33 50 0.66 18 0.23 117 58 120 25 -36 32 6 11 0 2 230 3.03 7.4
1998-99 30 New York Rangers NHL 82 13 42 55 0.67 19 0.23 142 68 111 30 -7 42 9 4 0 1 184 2.24 7.1 2449 29:52
1999-00 31 New York Rangers NHL 50 7 19 26 0.52 9 0.18 70 23 77 14 -16 20 4 3 0 2 124 2.48 5.6 1347 26:57
2000-01 32 New York Rangers NHL 82 21 58 79 0.96 28 0.34 148 58 157 49 -18 34 10 10 1 3 241 2.94 8.7 2407 29:21
2001-02 33 New York Rangers NHL 82 10 45 55 0.67 18 0.22 121 38 114 45 14 28 9 1 0 3 202 2.46 5.0 2121 25:52
2002-03 34 New York Rangers NHL 51 12 18 30 0.59 12 0.23 62 24 52 11 -3 20 7 5 0 2 150 2.94 8.0 1331 26:06
2003-04 35 2 Teams NHL 72 15 36 51 0.71 18 0.25 101 39 88 32 6 34 9 5 1 2 206 2.86 7.3 1893 26:17
2003-04 35 New York Rangers NHL 57 13 23 36 0.63 13 0.23 72 26 75 24 -5 24 8 4 1 1 165 2.89 7.9 1496 26:15
2003-04 35 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 15 2 13 15 1.00 5 0.31 29 13 13 8 11 10 1 1 0 1 41 2.73 4.9 397 26:26
2005-06 37 Boston Bruins NHL 61 5 27 32 0.52 11 0.17 75 28 78 21 -10 36 1 4 0 0 130 2.13 3.8 1435 23:31
Career NHL 1205 247 781 1028 0.85 355 0.29 2204 946 1742 509 25 571 128 111 8 38 3640 3.02 6.8 12983 27:03

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1988-89 20 New York Rangers NHL 4 3 2 5 1.25 -4 2 1 2 0 0 25 6.25 12.0
1990-91 22 New York Rangers NHL 6 1 3 4 0.67 -2 0 1 0 0 0 13 2.17 7.7
1991-92 23 New York Rangers NHL 13 4 11 15 1.15 -5 4 2 1 1 0 67 5.15 6.0
1993-94 25 New York Rangers NHL SC 23 11 23 34 1.48 19 6 7 4 0 4 88 3.83 12.5
1994-95 26 New York Rangers NHL 10 6 8 14 1.40 -1 8 3 3 0 1 46 4.60 13.0
1995-96 27 New York Rangers NHL 11 1 6 7 0.64 -11 4 0 1 0 0 34 3.09 2.9
1996-97 28 New York Rangers NHL 15 2 8 10 0.67 5 6 1 1 0 1 56 3.73 3.6
2003-04 35 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 13 0 8 8 0.62 1 6 0 0 0 0 23 1.77 0.0 370 28:29
Career NHL 1 95 28 69 97 1.02 2 36 15 12 1 6 352 3.71 8.0 370 28:29

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 15 Cheshire High School High-CT 28 52 49 101 3.61 24
1984-85 16 Avon Old Farms High-CT 26 30 46 76 2.92 15
1984-85 16 United States WJC-A 7 0 0 0 0.00 2
1985-86 17 Avon Old Farms High-CT 28 40 44 84 3.00 18
1985-86 17 United States WJC-A 7 1 4 5 0.71 2
1986-87 18 Boston College Eagles H-East 37 9 38 47 1.27 10
1986-87 18 United States WJC-A 7 1 2 3 0.43 8
1986-87 18 United States WEC-A 10 4 5 9 0.90 4
1987-88 19 United States Nat-Tm 50 13 61 74 1.48 38
1987-88 19 United States Olympics 6 1 5 6 1.00 4
1988-89 20 United States WEC-A 10 3 4 7 0.70 4
1991-92 23 United States Can-Cup 7 1 3 4 0.57 2
1996-97 28 United States W-Cup 7 0 7 7 1.00 4
1997-98 29 United States Olympics 4 1 1 2 0.50 0
2001-02 33 United States Olympics 6 0 5 5 0.83 0
2004-05 36 United States W-Cup 5 0 1 1 0.20 -1 6
Career Can-Cup 7 1 3 4 0.57 2
Career H-East 37 9 38 47 1.27 10
Career High-CT 82 122 139 261 3.18 57
Career Nat-Tm 50 13 61 74 1.48 38
Career Olympics 16 2 11 13 0.81 4
Career W-Cup 12 0 8 8 0.67 -1 10
Career WEC-A 20 7 9 16 0.80 8
Career WJC-A 21 2 6 8 0.38 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1994 NHL
1996 NHL
1997 NHL
1998 NHL
2001 NHL
2002 NHL

Awards

1988-89 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1991-92 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1993-94 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1996-97 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy

Honors

1988-89 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1990-91 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1991-92 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1993-94 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1995-96 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1996-97 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1990-91 NHL 80 (3)
1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1993-94 NHL 84 (5)
1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 1998-99 NHL 82 (2)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
Career NHL 1205 (73)

Assists

1990-91 NHL 72 (6)
1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1995-96 NHL 70 (7)
1996-97 NHL 58 (9)
2000-01 NHL 58 (8)
Career NHL 781 (31)

Assists Per Game

1990-91 NHL 0.90 (9)
1991-92 NHL 1.00 (3)
Career NHL 0.65 (35)

Points

1991-92 NHL 102 (9)
Career NHL 1028 (64)

Goals Created

Career NHL 355.3 (81)

Total Goals For

1990-91 NHL 178 (3)
1991-92 NHL 193 (1)
 1993-94 NHL 187 (1)
 1994-95 NHL 84 (8)
1995-96 NHL 158 (6)
1996-97 NHL 166 (1)
 1998-99 NHL 142 (4)
2000-01 NHL 148 (3)
2001-02 NHL 121 (5)
Career NHL 2204 (15)

Power Play Goals For

1990-91 NHL 87 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 79 (3)
1993-94 NHL 86 (1)
 1994-95 NHL 38 (6)
1995-96 NHL 78 (4)
1996-97 NHL 59 (3)
1997-98 NHL 58 (2)
1998-99 NHL 68 (3)
2000-01 NHL 58 (8)
Career NHL 946 (10)

Total Goals Against

1991-92 NHL 114 (5)
1994-95 NHL 71 (4)
1995-96 NHL 125 (3)
1996-97 NHL 115 (4)
1997-98 NHL 120 (1)
 1998-99 NHL 111 (2)
2000-01 NHL 157 (1)
 2001-02 NHL 114 (2)
Career NHL 1742 (12)

Power Play Goals Against

1993-94 NHL 45 (6)
1994-95 NHL 25 (4)
1995-96 NHL 57 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 39 (1)
 2000-01 NHL 49 (1)
 2001-02 NHL 45 (1)
 Career NHL 509 (6)

Plus/Minus

1996-97 NHL 31 (10)

Shots on Goal

1993-94 NHL 328 (7)
1994-95 NHL 182 (6)
Career NHL 3640 (24)
    

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 30, 2003: Traded to Edmonton by NY Rangers for Jussi Markkanen and Edmonton's 4th round choice (later traded to Toronto - Toronto selected Roman Kukumberg), June 30, 2003.

July 30, 2003: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, July 30, 2003.

March 3, 2004: Traded to Toronto by NY Rangers with Edmonton's 4th round choice (previously acquired, Toronto selected Roman Kukumberg) in 2004 Entry Draft for Maxim Kondratiev, Jarkko Immonen, Toronto's 1st round choice (later traded to Calgary - Calgary selected Kris Chucko) in 2004 Entry Draft and Toronto's 2nd round choice (Michael Sauer) in 2005 Entry Draft, March 3, 2004.

August 3, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Boston, August 3, 2005.

May 24, 2007: Officially announced retirement, May 24, 2007.