Pascal Leclaire

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Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Height
Weight
ft 2 in (1.88 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
NHL Team Columbus Blue Jackets
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born November 7, 1982,
Repentigny, QC, CA
NHL Draft 8th overall, 2001
Columbus Blue Jackets
Pro Career 2002 – present

Pascal Leclaire (born November 7, 1982 in Repentigny, Quebec) is an ice hockey goaltender currently playing in the National Hockey League for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

[edit] Playing career

Leclaire played junior hockey in the QMJHL for the Halifax Mooseheads and the Montreal Rocket between 1998 and 2002. In the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Leclaire was selected 8th overall by the Blue Jackets and spent 2 seasons playing for their AHL affiliate the Syracuse Crunch, but did play 2 regular season games for the Blue Jackets in the 2003-04 NHL season. After the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Leclaire returned to Columbus in the 2005-06 NHL season to serve as backup to Marc Denis. On June 30, 2006, Denis was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Leclaire was promoted to primary goalie.

[edit] Career statistics

As of June 25, 2006

   
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SA SO GAA Sv%
1998-99 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 33 19 11 1 1828 96 956 2 3.15 .900
1999-00 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 31 16 8 4 1729 103 965 1 3.57 .893
2000-01 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 35 14 16 5 2111 126 1153 1 3.58 .891
2001-02 Montreal Rocket QMJHL 45 15 23 4 2513 138 1313 1 3.29 .895
2002-03 Syracuse Crunch AHL 36 8 21 3 1886 112 1016 0 3.56 .890
2003-04 Syracuse Crunch AHL 44 21 16 3 2447 125 1476 2 3.06 .915
2003-04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 2 0 2 0 119 7 69 0 3.53 .899
2004-05 Syracuse Crunch AHL 14 5 6 3 845 33 446 2 2.34 .926
2005-06 Syracuse Crunch AHL 7 3 3 0 340 16 200 1 2.82 .920
2005-06 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 33 11 15 3 1804 97 1084 0 3.23 .911
NHL totals 35 11 17 3 1923 104 1153 0 3.24 .910

[edit] Playoffs

   
Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SA SO GAA Sv%
1998-99 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 1 0 0 17 2 -- 0 7.05 --
1999-00 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 5 1 2 198 12 106 0 3.63 .887
2000-01 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 2 0 2 109 10 75 0 5.50 .867
2001-02 Montreal Rocket QMJHL 7 3 4 441 15 219 0 2.04 .932
2003-04 Syracuse Crunch AHL 3 1 2 142 12 88 0 5.07 .864
2005-06 Syracuse Crunch AHL 5 2 3 288 11 181 1 2.29 .939
NHL totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.-- 0
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