Gary Leeman

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Gary Leeman
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Leeman in 2008
Born (1964-02-19) February 19, 1964 (age 59)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Calgary Flames
Montreal Canadiens
Vancouver Canucks
St. Louis Blues
NHL Draft 24th overall, 1982
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 1983–1999

Gary Spencer Leeman (born February 19, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the NHL. In 1990, he became the second Toronto Maple Leaf player ever to score 50 goals or more in a single NHL season, after Rick Vaive did it in 1981-82.

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Playing career

As a youth, Leeman played in the 1977 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Wexford, Toronto. [1]

Leeman played for the Notre Dame Hounds Junior A team in Wilcox, Saskatchewan and was a standout defenceman for two seasons with the WHL's Regina Pats, where he was voted the league's Top Defenceman and a First Team All-Star.

Leeman was drafted 24th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft as a defenceman, and returned to junior for a season, where he scored 86 points in 63 games.

He also represented Canada at the World Junior Championships twice, in Leningrad and in Sweden.

Leeman converted to a winger in the NHL. [2] He was best known as a speedy, gritty scoring machine and had a 50-goal season to his credit for the Maple Leafs. He formed the "Hound Line" along with Wendel Clark and Russ Courtnall while helping the Leafs come within a game of the semi-finals. Starting in 1986–87, Leeman was a top goal scorer with Toronto and had four straight 20-goal seasons.

After nearly nine seasons in Toronto, Leeman was the key player sent to the Calgary Flames in the January 2, 1992 blockbuster trade that brought Doug Gilmour to Toronto. To date, the ten-player deal is the largest in NHL history and, looking back, is seen as lopsided in favour of Toronto. [3] [4]

On January 28, 1993, Leeman was traded from the Flames to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Brian Skrudland. He won a Stanley Cup in Montreal in that season. He later played for the Vancouver Canucks and the St. Louis Blues. He played a total of 667 regular season games in the NHL, scoring 199 goals and 267 assists for 466 points.

Leeman finished his career in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Hannover Scorpions. He retired in 1999.

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1981–82 Regina Pats WHL 7219416011232240
1982–83 Regina PatsWHL632462868851564
1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL —————20000
1983–84 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL52481231—————
1984–85 St. Catharines Saints AHL 722411—————
1984–85 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL535263172—————
1985–86 St. Catharines SaintsAHL251513286—————
1985–86 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL53923322010210122
1986–87 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL8021315266501114
1987–88 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL803031616222022
1988–89 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL6132437566—————
1989–90 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL8051449563533616
1990–91 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL5217122939—————
1991–92 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL347132044—————
1991–92 Calgary Flames NHL2927927—————
1992–93 Calgary FlamesNHL30951410—————
1992–93 Montreal Canadiens NHL206121814111232
1993–94 Fredericton Canadiens AHL231882616—————
1993–94 Montreal CanadiensNHL31411151710000
1994–95 Vancouver Canucks NHL102020—————
1995–96 HC Gherdëina ITA 207121959724612
1996–97 Utah Grizzlies IHL 156172040334
1996–97 Worcester IceCats AHL24971621—————
1996–97 St. Louis Blues NHL20110—————
1997–98 Hannover Scorpions DEL 3611344512934714
1998–99 EHC Biel-Bienne CHE II 8741110—————
1998–99 HC Sierre CHE II12130—————
1998–99 Hannover ScorpionsDEL1023531420212
NHL totals667199267466531368162436

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1983 Canada WJC 71232
1984 CanadaWJC7381110
Junior totals144101412

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