Jay Leach (ice hockey)
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Born | Syracuse, NY, USA |
September 2, 1979 ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
Weight | 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Defense | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | Boston Bruins Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey Devils Montreal Canadiens San Jose Sharks |
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NHL Draft | 115th overall, 1998 Phoenix Coyotes |
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Playing career | 2001–2013 |
Jay Christopher Leach (born September 2, 1979 in Syracuse, New York) is an American former professional ice hockey player and the current associate coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League. He is a former captain of the Albany Devils.
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Playing career
Leach was drafted in the fifth round (115th overall) by the Phoenix Coyotes. After spending several years in minor hockey leagues, he signed as a free agent with the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins on September 26, 2003. While with the Bruins he appeared in his first two NHL games during the 2005–06 season, collecting no points and seven penalty minutes. Leach spent most of his time in the Bruins organization with their AHL affiliate in Providence. On July 3, 2007, he was signed as a free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning. He played in two games for the Lightning during the 2007–08 season but spent most of the season in the AHL. On February 26, 2008 he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks. Later, during the summer of 2008 he signed with the New Jersey Devils. On November 6, 2009, Leach was claimed by the Montreal Canadiens on re-entry waivers from the Devils. On November 28, 2009, due to a high number of injuries to Canadiens forwards, Leach played forward instead of his usual defense position.[1]
Leach was claimed off waivers by the San Jose Sharks on December 1, 2009, and he played 28 games for the Sharks during the season. He recorded his first NHL goal in an 8 to 5 victory over the visiting Nashville Predators on March 11, 2010. He began the 2010–11 season playing for the AHL's Worcester Sharks, but on February 9, 2011, he was traded back to the New Jersey Devils along with Steven Zalewski in exchange for Patrick Davis and Mike Swift.[2]
Coaching career
Leach became an assistant coach with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 2014, helping the team in winning their sixth DEL Championship.[3] [4] On July 7, 2015, Leach was appointed as assistant coach to Mike Sullivan for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL.[5] Leach was named interim head coach in December 2015 after Sullivan was promoted to be the head coach at Pittsburgh before settling into his current position of associate head coach on a permanent basis to new Wilkes-Barre/Scranton head coach Clark Donatelli.[6] [7]
Personal life
Leach is the nephew of both former NHL forward Stephen Leach and University of Maine hockey coach Jay Leach.[8]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1997–98 | Providence College | HE | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Providence College | HE | 33 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–00 | Providence College | HE | 37 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Providence College | HE | 40 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Mississippi Sea Wolves | ECHL | 70 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 116 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
2002–03 | Augusta Lynx | ECHL | 65 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 162 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Trenton Titans | ECHL | 31 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
2004–05 | Trenton Titans | ECHL | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2004–05 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 62 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 92 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
2005–06 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 71 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||
2005–06 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 73 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 128 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||
2007–08 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 55 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
2008–09 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 24 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 50 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Albany Devils | AHL | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | Albany Devils | AHL | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | Albany Devils | AHL | 60 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 70 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1998 | United States | WJC | 5th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
Junior totals | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
References
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- ↑ Dougherty, Peter "Leach signs on as assistant coach in Germany" Albany Times-Union August 20, 2014
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- ↑ Television interview with Scranton coach Jay Leach, WQMY-TV, 12 December 2015
External links
- Articles with dead external links from November 2012
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Albany Devils players
- American ice hockey defensemen
- Augusta Lynx players
- Boston Bruins players
- Bridgeport Sound Tigers players
- Ice hockey people from New York
- Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL) players
- Lowell Devils players
- Mississippi Sea Wolves players
- Montreal Canadiens players
- New Jersey Devils players
- Norfolk Admirals players
- Sportspeople from Syracuse, New York
- Arizona Coyotes draft picks
- Portland Pirates players
- Providence Bruins players
- Providence Friars men's ice hockey players
- San Jose Sharks players
- Springfield Falcons players
- Tampa Bay Lightning players
- Trenton Titans players
- Worcester Sharks players