Jordan Leopold
| Jordan Leopold | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
August 3, 1980 Golden Valley, MN, USA | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Buffalo Sabres Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Florida Panthers Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
| National team |
 United States | ||
| NHL draft |
44th overall, 1999 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | ||
| Playing career | 2002–present | ||
Jordan "Butters" Leopold (born August 3, 1980) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman, currently playing with the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League.
Playing career
Prior to joining the NHL, Leopold played US college hockey with the University of Minnesota from 1998 until 2002 where he helped the Gophers win 2 NCAA national championships despite pressure to leave early to the NHL. After his first year with Minnesota, scoring 23 points, Leopold was drafted in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft 44th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a prospective offensive defenseman. After completing his sophomore season with the Gophers, Leopold became the property of the Calgary Flames, traded by the Ducks for Andrei Nazarov and a second-round draft pick.[1] In 2001-02, his final season with Minnesota, he won the Hobey Baker Award for being the season's outstanding player in college hockey.[2] He also played for the USA in the World Championships that year.
Leopold started his professional career in the NHL in the 2002–03 NHL season. He played 58 games for the Calgary Flames and scored 4 goals and 14 points. In his second season, Leopold would look like a seasoned veteran, playing in all 82 regular season games and scoring 33 points as well as contributing to the Flames' playoff run to the 2004 Stanley Cup Final, play which earned him a spot in the defense of the American national team for the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics.
After one more season with the Flames, Leopold was traded to the Colorado Avalanche at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.[3] Leopold's first season with the Avalanche, in 2006–07, was all but wiped out due to injury. Having missed the first 25 games of the season recovering from hernia surgery[4], he then suffered a groin injury on December 11, 2006, ruling him out for another 17 games.[5] Just a month later Leopold was injured again, fracturing his wrist on February 17, 2007, effectively missing the rest of the season, and playing in just 15 games.[6] At season's end Leopold was re-signed by the Avalanche to a two-year contract on May 22, 2007.[7]
In the 2007–08 season, Leopold was again struck down with another injury-plagued season. Throughout the course of the season Jordan missed 35 games with a hip ailment, lacerated leg and pneumonia.[8] Jordan also suffered a concussion when he was hit high by Steve Ott on March 9, 2008.[9] Ott was subsequently suspended for three games.
Leopold recovered to full health in time for the 2008–09 season. He played in every game with the Avalanche until the NHL trade deadline, when he was traded back to the Flames for Lawrence Nycholat, prospect Ryan Wilson and a second-round pick.[10] Leopold then played all 19 games for the Flames becoming the only NHL player to play 83 games of the 82 game season.[11]
On June 27, 2009, as an impending Free Agent, Leopold's negotiation rights were traded by the Flames to the Florida Panthers, for the negotiation rights of Jay Bouwmeester, at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.[12] After testing free-agency, Leopold signed a one-year contract with the Panthers on July 2, 2009.[13]
In the 2009–10 season, Leopold scored 7 goals and 18 points in 61 games with the Panthers. On March 1, 2010, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2nd round draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.[14] On April 16, 2010, in Game 2 of a playoff series between the Penguins and the Ottawa Senators, Leopold's series was ended by a hit from Senators' defenceman Andy Sutton. Leopold, who had a history of concussion injuries, remained unconscious on the ice for several minutes.[15] He returned to the lineup in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinal matchup against the Montreal Canadiens
On July 1, 2010, Leopold left the Penguins as a free agent and signed a three-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres.[16]
Awards
- WCHA All-Rookie Team - 1999
- WCHA Third All-Star Team - 1999
- WCHA Second All-Star Team - 2000
- WCHA First All-Star Team - 2001
- WCHA Defensive Player of the Year - 2001
- NCAA West First All-American Team - 2001
- WCHA First All-Star Team - 2002
- WCHA Defensive Player of the Year - 2002
- NCAA West First All-American Team - 2002
- NCAA Hobey Baker Award - 2002
- Played in NHL YoungStars Game - 2003
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | U. of Minnesota | WCHA | 39 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | U. of Minnesota | WCHA | 39 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | U. of Minnesota | WCHA | 42 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | U. of Minnesota | WCHA | 44 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 58 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 82 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 74 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 43 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 64 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 61 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 436 | 40 | 95 | 135 | 190 | 54 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 20 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | United States | WJC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | United States | WJC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | United States | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | United States | WC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | United States | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | United States | OG | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | United States | WC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Junior int'l totals | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Senior int'l totals | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||
Transactions
- September 26, 2000 - Traded to Calgary by Anaheim Ducks for Andrei Nazarov and Calgary's second-round choice (later traded to Phoenix later traded back to Calgary Calgary selected Andrei Taratukhin) in 2001 Entry Draft.
- June 24, 2006 - Traded to Colorado Avalanche by Calgary with Calgary's second-round choice (Codey Burki) in 2006 Entry Draft and Calgary's second-round choice (Trevor Cann) in 2007 Entry Draft for Alex Tanguay.
- March 4, 2009 - Traded to Calgary Flames by Colorado for Lawrence Nycholat, prospect Ryan Wilson and Montreal's second-round pick (Stefan Elliot) in the 2009 Entry Draft.
- June 27, 2009 - Rights traded to Florida Panthers by Calgary with Phoenix's third round pick (Josh Birkholz) in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft for rights to Jay Bouwmeester.
- March 1, 2010 - Traded to Pittsburgh Penguins by Florida for Pittsburgh's second round pick (Conner Brickley) in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
References
- ^ "Flames trade Nazarov to Ducks for Leopold". cbc.ca. 2000-09-26. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Gopher's Leopold named 2002 Hobey Baker winner". USCHO.com. 2002-04-05. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Avs send Tanguay to Flames for Leopold". ESPN.com. 2006-06-24. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
- ^ "Leopold might miss opener". rockymountainnews.com. 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Avs' Leopold feeling fine after return from groin injury". ESPN.com. 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Fractured wrist to sideline Leopold for four weeks". ESPN.com. 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Avalanche sign Leopold, three others". ESPN.com. 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Avalanche defenseman Jordan Leopold finally feeling healthy again". thehockeynews.com. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "League hands Ott three-game suspension for hit to leopold's head". ESPN.com. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Avs send Leopold back to Calgary". denverpost.com. 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ^ "NHL.com - Players: Jordan Leopold, Flames - Stats". nhl.com. 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ^ "Flames get 1st dibs on Bouwmeester". CBC.ca. 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Panthers get Leopold...Randy Sexton "ecstatic"". miamiherald.com. 2009-07-02. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ^ "Panthers trade defenceman Leopold to Penguins". tsn.ca. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ^ Anderson, Shelly (2010-04-17). "Senators' Sutton delivers crushing hit on Penguins' Leopold". Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Buffalo Sabres sign defensman Jordan Leopold". WGRZ.com. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
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External links
- 1980 births
- American ice hockey defencemen
- Calgary Flames players
- Colorado Avalanche players
- Florida Panthers players
- Hobey Baker Award winners
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim draft picks
- Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey players
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- People from Golden Valley, Minnesota
- Pittsburgh Penguins players