Jordan Leopold

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Position Defence
Shoots Left
Height
Weight		 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 Colorado Avalanche
Calgary Flames
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
Born August 3, 1980 (1980-08-03) (age 27),
Golden Valley, MN, US
NHL Draft 44th overall, 1999
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Pro career 2002 – present

Jordan Leopold (born August 3, 1980 in Golden Valley, Minnesota) is an American professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche in the NHL.

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[edit] Playing career

Leopold was drafted in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft 44th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and is considered to be a solid offensive defenceman. In 1999, the year in which he was drafted, he scored 23 points in the regular season playing for the University of Minnesota. In 2002, he won the Hobey Baker Award for being the season's outstanding player in college hockey. He also played for the USA in the World Championships that year.

Although he was drafted in 1999, he would not begin his NHL career until 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 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.

On June 24, 2006, during the NHL draft, he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche with a 2nd round pick in the 2006 draft (Codey Burki) and a conditional second round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft (Trevor Cann) in exchange for Alex Tanguay.

[edit] 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
  • West First All-American Team - 2002
  • Hobey Baker Award - 2002
  • Played in NHL YoungStars Game - 2003

[edit] Career statistics

    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 - - - - -
NHL totals 229 17 55 72 118 33 0 11 11 10

[edit] International play

Played for the United States in:

[edit] International statistics

Year Team Comp   GP G A Pts PIM
1999 USA WJC 7 1 2 3 0
2002 USA WC 7 0 1 1 4
2003 USA WC 6 1 3 4 2
2005 USA WC 7 0 1 1 0
2006 USA Oly 6 1 0 1 4
Senior Int'l Totals 26 2 5 7 10

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