Chase De Leo

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Chase De Leo
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De Leo in 2014
Born (1995-10-25) October 25, 1995 (age 29)
La Mirada, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Left
NL team
Former teams		free agent
Winnipeg Jets
New Jersey Devils
Anaheim Ducks
Barys Astana
ZSC Lions
NHL draft 99th overall, 2014
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 2015–present

Chase De Leo (born October 25, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently a free agent. He last played with the ZSC Lions. He has previously played for the Winnipeg Jets, Anaheim Ducks, and New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League and Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League.

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Personal life

De Leo was born on October 25, 1995, in La Mirada, California, U.S. [1] to parents John and Janie who own a wholesale plumbing supply company. [2] De Leo originally played baseball before being convinced to take up roller hockey due to his mom finding the former sport boring. [3]

De Leo played roller hockey for the Orange County Blades before transitioned to ice hockey. He began playing as a goaltender for the Norwalk Knights before switching positions. [4] As a youth, De Leo played for the Los Angeles Selects minor ice hockey team, where he was a teammate of Eric Comrie. [5] While playing with this team, De Leo competed in the 2008 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. [6] After meeting Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, and Patrick Roy, De Leo chose to pursue ice hockey as a career. [2]

Playing career

De Leo played junior ice hockey for the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Portland Winterhawks from 2011 to 2015. During those four seasons, his showed consistent improvement each season and finished his junior career with 251 points in 279 regular season games, which included back-to-back 39-goal seasons. He also tallied 58 points in 81 playoff games and was part of the Winterhawks 2013 WHL championship team that advanced to the Memorial Cup final. [7]

The Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL) selected De Leo in the fourth round of the 2014 NHL entry draft. After completing his junior career in 2015, De Leo was assigned to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League (AHL), the Jets' top minor league affiliate. He spent most of his first professional season with the Moose, but was briefly recalled by the Jets on March 20, 2016, to make his NHL debut on March 20 against the Anaheim Ducks. De Leo played one more game for the Jets before being returned to the AHL. [8] De Leo spent the following two seasons entirely with the Moose in the AHL. [9]

As an impending restricted free agent following the 2017–18 season, De Leo was traded by the Jets to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Nic Kerdiles on June 30, 2018. [9] De Leo was assigned to their AHL affiliate, the San Diego Gulls to start the 2018–19 season, but was recalled in March 2019 and made his Ducks debut on March 30, 2019 against the Edmonton Oilers. [10] That season with the Gulls, he set career-highs in goals (20) and points (55) while appearing in 66 games. [11] During the 2019–20 season, De Leo set a new career-high three shorthanded goals and served as an alternate captain, a role he continued into the 2020–21 season with the Gulls. [12]

Following three years within the Ducks organization, De Leo left as a free agent and was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the New Jersey Devils on July 29, 2021. [11] He was assigned to the Devils' AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets and led the team in scoring, with 21 goals and 56 points in 55 games. [13] He was recalled in November and made his Devils debut on November 24, 2021 in a 3–2 loss to the Minnesota Wild. [14]

After a lone season with the Devils, De Leo as a free agent opted to return to his former club, the Anaheim Ducks, by signing a two-year, two-way contract on July 14, 2022. [13] He was assigned to the Gulls and was named the team's captain for the 2022–23 season. He scored nine goals and 23 points in 22 games for the Gulls. [10] During the 2023–24 preseason, De Leo suffered a knee injury that kept him out until November 22. On that day, he was placed on waivers by Anaheim and after going unclaimed, was assigned to San Diego. [15]

On September 7, 2024, De Leo went overseas, signing a one-year contract with Barys Astana in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). [16] After finding themselves in last place in the KHL, Barys Astrana began releasing expensive foreign-born players from their contracts in an attempt to cut costs. De Leo had his contract terminated by the club after playing nine games with the team. [17]

On October 28, 2024, De Leo joined the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL) for the remainder of the 2024–25 season. The "Zett" signed De Leo as a replacement for injured forward Rūdolfs Balcers and to occupy their seventh import spot. [18] De Leo played four NL games (0 points) and two Champions Hockey League games (1 assist) with the team before being released on November 28. [19]

International play

De Leo was a member of Team USA at the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. [9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2011–12 Portland Winterhawks WHL 6914163025220112
2012–13 Portland WinterhawksWHL7118385624215121715
2013–14 Portland WinterhawksWHL723942813621109196
2014–15 Portland WinterhawksWHL6739458430177121910
2015–16 Manitoba Moose AHL 7319214034—————
2015–16 Winnipeg Jets NHL 20000—————
2016–17 Manitoba MooseAHL6914183212—————
2017–18 Manitoba MooseAHL691223353192680
2018–19 San Diego Gulls AHL6620355512165052
2018–19 Anaheim Ducks NHL10000—————
2019–20 San Diego GullsAHL5110152516—————
2019–20 Anaheim DucksNHL10000—————
2020–21 San Diego GullsAHL371520351830000
2020–21 Anaheim DucksNHL10000—————
2021–22 Utica Comets AHL552135561851232
2021–22 New Jersey Devils NHL20000—————
2022–23 San Diego GullsAHL229142310—————
2023–24 San Diego GullsAHL5215334816—————
2024–25 Barys Astana KHL 90000—————
NHL totals 70000—————

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2015 United States WJC 5th51010
Junior totals51010

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References

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  2. 1 2 Kopff, Loren (May 13, 2020). "La Mirada Native Chase De Leo Living The Dream Playing For Hometown Anaheim Ducks". Los Cerritos Community News . Retrieved September 12, 2021.
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  4. ↑ Teaford, Elliott (April 9, 2021). "Ducks lose to Avs in Chase De Leo's long-awaited Honda Center debut". The Orange County Register. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ Billeck, Scott (July 9, 2014). "California Dreamin': Chase De Leo Pursues Passion for Hockey All the Way to Winnipeg". My Toba. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ Wiebe, Ken (July 15, 2015). "Versatile Winnipeg Jets prospect Chase De Leo had strong drive to succeed at next level". Winnipeg Sun.
  8. ↑ "Jets re-assign De Leo & Kosmachuk to Manitoba Moose". Winnipeg Jets. March 24, 2014.[ dead link ]
  9. 1 2 3 "Ducks acquire De Leo from Winnipeg". Anaheim Ducks. June 30, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018– via NHL.com.
  10. 1 2 "Anaheim Ducks Assign Chase De Leo to San Diego". San Diego Gulls. November 23, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Devils sign four players to two-way deals". New Jersey Devils. July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021– via NHL.com.
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  13. 1 2 "Ducks sign De Leo, Gawdin, Kirkland, Strand and White to contracts". Anaheim Ducks. July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022– via NHL.com.
  14. ↑ "Wild arrive late due to traffic, beat Devils 3-2 in shootout". ESPN. Associated Press. November 25, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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  16. ↑ O'Brien, Derek (September 7, 2024). "Ex-Jet, Duck, Devil heads to KHL". The Hockey News. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  17. ↑ O'Brien, Derek (October 26, 2024). "Exodus From Astana Continues". The Hockey News. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Verpflichtung von Chase De Leo" [Signing of Chase de Leo]. ZSC Lions (in German). October 28, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Chase De Leo verlässt die ZSC Lions" [Chase de Leo leaves the ZSC Lions]. ZSC Lions (in German). November 28, 2024. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
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