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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rob Blake LAK · 50 P in 81 GP Al MacInnis STL · 49 P in 71 GP Teppo Numminen PHX · 51 P in 82 GP Sandis Ozolinsh COL · 51 P in 66 GP Kevin Hatcher PIT · 48 P in 74 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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 17 33 50 -36 32 230 114 0.66 7.4 26:37

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 @ PHI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 30:10
Apr 15, 1998 vs NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 6 0 29:02
Apr 4, 1998 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 28:14
Apr 1, 1998 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 4 27:03
Mar 30, 1998 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 30:16
Mar 28, 1998 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 29:37
Mar 26, 1998 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27:37
Mar 25, 1998 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 30:34
Mar 22, 1998 @ PHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 29:25
Mar 21, 1998 vs DET L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 27:45
Mar 18, 1998 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 32:17
Mar 16, 1998 vs OTT W 5-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 25:55
Mar 14, 1998 @ BOS L 1-5 1 0 1 -3 2 2 1 23:07
Mar 12, 1998 @ MTL L 1-4 0 1 1 -3 0 3 0 27:47
Mar 11, 1998 vs SJS W 5-3 0 2 2 -1 0 1 2 28:46
Mar 9, 1998 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 4 2 30:31
Mar 7, 1998 @ NJD L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 30:55
Mar 4, 1998 @ FLA W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 6 0 30:12
Mar 2, 1998 vs BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 31:02
Feb 28, 1998 vs PHI L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 4 2 29:39
Feb 26, 1998 @ TOR W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 27:05
Feb 7, 1998 @ PHX T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 29:54
Feb 5, 1998 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 3 4 29:26
Feb 4, 1998 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16:06
Feb 2, 1998 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 28:03
Jan 31, 1998 @ BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 0 1 3 27:21
Jan 24, 1998 vs NJD T 3-3 (OT) 0 3 3 0 0 3 4 17:40
Jan 22, 1998 vs PHI L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 5 27:53
Jan 20, 1998 vs STL W 3-1 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 16:48
Jan 14, 1998 @ NJD L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 3 27:32
Jan 12, 1998 vs TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 31:54
Jan 8, 1998 vs WSH L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 16:10
Jan 6, 1998 vs CAR W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 5 3 29:35
Jan 3, 1998 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 28:13
Dec 31, 1997 @ TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 29:52
Dec 28, 1997 vs BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 3 2 2 6 16:26
Dec 26, 1997 @ BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:03
Dec 23, 1997 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 31:24
Dec 21, 1997 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 31:54
Dec 20, 1997 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 32:51
Dec 17, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 25:17
Dec 16, 1997 @ NJD L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 29:20
Dec 12, 1997 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 16:31
Dec 10, 1997 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 28:10
Dec 8, 1997 vs PHX W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 30:58
Dec 6, 1997 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33:07
Dec 5, 1997 vs PHI T 4-4 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 17:49
Dec 2, 1997 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 28:40
Nov 30, 1997 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 30:21
Nov 28, 1997 @ BUF T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 33:57
Nov 26, 1997 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1997 vs VAN L 2-4 0 1 1 -3 0 1 2 30:04
Nov 22, 1997 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 25:32
Nov 21, 1997 @ CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 28:49
Nov 19, 1997 @ TBL L 3-6 0 1 1 -4 2 2 1 27:38
Nov 18, 1997 @ FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 29:33
Nov 16, 1997 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 27:43
Nov 14, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 26:25
Nov 12, 1997 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 27:41
Nov 7, 1997 @ DAL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 33:07
Nov 5, 1997 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 27:18
Nov 3, 1997 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 32:19
Oct 30, 1997 @ NYI L 3-5 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 17:11
Oct 28, 1997 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -3 0 7 0 23:06
Oct 26, 1997 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 33:24
Oct 24, 1997 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 28:07
Oct 22, 1997 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 29:43
Oct 20, 1997 vs CAR W 4-2 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 19:27
Oct 18, 1997 @ STL L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 17:41
Oct 15, 1997 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 5 2 24:20
Oct 14, 1997 vs PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 28:45
Oct 11, 1997 @ VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:54
Oct 9, 1997 @ CGY T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 28:39
Oct 8, 1997 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 17:59
Oct 5, 1997 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 32:51
Oct 3, 1997 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:02