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Brian Leetch

#22 · Defence · Boston Bruins · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Mar 3, 1968 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 9th overall in 1986 by NYR (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1993-94
×2 James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 1996-97, 1991-92
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 2006-07
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1993-94
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1988-89

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sandis Ozolinsh COL · 68 P in 80 GP Nicklas Lidstrom DET · 57 P in 79 GP Oleg Tverdovsky PHX · 55 P in 82 GP Kevin Hatcher PIT · 54 P in 80 GP Dmitri Mironov ANA · 52 P in 77 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0501001987-88: 14 points1487-881988-89: 71 points711989-90: 56 points5689-901990-91: 88 points881991-92: 102 points10291-921992-93: 36 points361993-94: 79 points7993-941994-95: 41 points411995-96: 85 points8595-961996-97: 78 points781997-98: 50 points5097-981998-99: 55 points551999-00: 26 points2699-002000-01: 79 points792001-02: 55 points5501-022002-03: 30 points302003-04: 51 points5103-042005-06: 32 points32

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1987-88 NYR 17 2 12 14 5 0 40 0 0.82
1988-89 NYR 68 23 48 71 8 50 268 0 1.04
1989-90 NYR 72 11 45 56 -18 26 222 0 0.78
1990-91 NYR 80 16 72 88 2 42 206 0 1.10
1991-92 NYR 80 22 80 102 25 26 245 0 1.28
1992-93 NYR 36 6 30 36 2 26 150 0 1.00
1993-94 NYR 84 23 56 79 28 67 328 0 0.94
1994-95 NYR 48 9 32 41 0 18 182 0 0.85
1995-96 NYR 82 15 70 85 12 30 276 0 1.04
1996-97 NYR 82 20 58 78 31 40 256 0 0.95
1997-98 NYR 76 17 33 50 -36 32 230 114 0.66
1998-99 NYR 82 13 42 55 -7 42 184 173 0.67
1999-00 NYR 50 7 19 26 -16 20 124 82 0.52
2000-01 NYR 82 21 58 79 -18 34 241 112 0.96
2001-02 NYR 82 10 45 55 14 28 202 104 0.67
2002-03 NYR 51 12 18 30 -3 20 150 15 0.59
2003-04 NYR 57 13 23 36 -5 24 165 43 0.63
2003-04 TOR 15 2 13 15 11 10 41 26 1.00
2005-06 BOS 61 5 27 32 -10 36 130 28 0.52
18 seasons Career 1205 247 781 1028 25 571 3640 697 0.85

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1988-89 NYR 4 3 2 5 -4 2 25 0 1.25
1990-91 NYR 6 1 3 4 -2 0 13 0 0.67
1991-92 NYR 13 4 11 15 -5 4 67 0 1.15
1993-94 NYR 23 11 23 34 19 6 88 0 1.48
1994-95 NYR 10 6 8 14 -1 8 46 0 1.40
1995-96 NYR 11 1 6 7 -11 4 34 0 0.64
1996-97 NYR 15 2 8 10 5 6 56 0 0.67
2003-04 TOR 13 0 8 8 1 6 23 16 0.62
8 seasons Playoffs 95 28 69 97 2 36 352 16 1.02

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 20 58 78 31 40 256 0 0.95 7.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 1997 vs TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 10, 1997 @ PHI W 6-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1997 vs PHI W 3-2 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1997 @ BUF L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1997 vs BOS W 5-4 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1997 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1997 @ HFD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1997 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1997 vs PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1997 vs DET W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1997 vs MTL L 4-5 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1997 vs OTT L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1997 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1997 vs WSH W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1997 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1997 @ ANA L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1997 @ LAK W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1997 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1997 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1997 @ HFD L 2-7 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1997 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1997 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1997 @ CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1997 @ STL L 1-4 1 0 1 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1997 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 @ NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1997 vs HFD W 5-2 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1997 vs BOS L 2-3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1997 @ PHI W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1997 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1997 @ PIT W 7-4 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1997 @ WSH W 5-3 2 1 3 3 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1997 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) 2 2 4 2 2 6 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1997 vs NYI L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1997 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1997 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1997 vs TBL L 3-4 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1997 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1997 vs OTT W 6-4 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1997 vs NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 3 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1996 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1996 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1996 vs ANA W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1996 vs FLA W 7-3 0 4 4 6 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1996 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1996 vs LAK W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1996 vs HFD W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1996 @ BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1996 vs NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1996 vs PHX W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 @ TOR W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1996 vs TOR W 6-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1996 vs PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1996 vs MTL W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 @ COL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1996 @ PHX W 3-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1996 @ VAN L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1996 @ EDM L 2-3 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1996 @ CGY L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1996 @ PIT W 8-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1996 vs PHI L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1996 vs VAN L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1996 @ WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 @ NYI T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1996 vs TBL L 3-5 0 2 2 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 @ BOS W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1996 @ NJD W 6-1 2 1 3 0 4 4 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1996 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1996 vs BUF W 6-4 1 0 1 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1996 @ FLA L 4-6 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1996 vs WSH L 2-3 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1996 @ TBL L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1996 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1996 vs PIT W 8-1 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1996 vs CGY W 5-4 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 @ MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1996 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1996 @ FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1996 vs FLA L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 @ BOS T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00