Pascal Leclaire

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Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Nickname(s) Pazzy
Height
Weight		 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb)
NHL Team Columbus Blue Jackets
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born November 7, 1982 (1982-11-07) (age 25),
Repentigny, QC, CAN
NHL Draft 8th overall, 2001
Columbus Blue Jackets
Pro career 2002 – present

Pascal Leclaire (born November 7, 1982 in Repentigny, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League.

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[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.

Leclaire warming up prior to a game during the 2006-07 season.
Leclaire warming up prior to a game during the 2006-07 season.

On June 30, 2006, Denis was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Leclaire was promoted to primary goalie. However, during the season, Leclaire suffered from a leg injury and backup goaltender Fredrik Norrena took over and eventually played 55 games out of 82. In the 2007-2008 NHL Season, Leclaire set new team records with an NHL-leading 9 shutouts as of February 23rd, 2008. He also ranked second in the league for goals-against-average, and 3rd in save percentage. He has now re-taken over the number one job. Leclaire finished second in fan voting among Western Conference goaltenders for the 56th NHL All-Star Game, but was not named to the final team.[1]


[edit] Career statistics

Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SA SV SV% G A PIM
1998-99 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 33 19 11 1 -- 1828 96 2 3.15 -- -- -- -- -- --
1999-00 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 31 16 8 4 -- 1729 103 1 3.57 -- -- -- -- -- --
2000-01 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 33 14 16 5 -- 2111 126 1 3.58 -- -- -- -- -- --
2001-02 Montreal Rocket QMJHL 45 15 23 4 -- 2513 138 1 3.29 1312 1174 .895 0 1 6
2002-03 Syracuse Crunch AHL 36 8 21 3 -- 1886 112 0 3.56 1016 904 .890 0 0 0
2003-04 Syracuse Crunch AHL 44 21 16 3 -- 2447 125 2 3.06 1476 1351 .915 0 2 0
2003-04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 2 0 2 0 -- 119 7 0 3.53 69 62 .899 0 0 0
2004-05 Syracuse Crunch AHL 14 5 6 3 -- 844 33 2 2.34 446 413 .926 0 0 0
2005-06 Syracuse Crunch AHL 7 3 3 -- 0 340 16 1 2.82 200 184 .920 0 2 0
2005-06 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 33 11 5 -- 3 1804 97 0 3.23 1084 987 .911 0 1 2
2006-07 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 24 6 15 -- 2 1315 65 1 2.97 629 564 .897 0 0 2
2007-08 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 54 24 17 -- 6 2986 112 9 2.25 1379 1267 .919 0 2 2
NHL Totals 113 41 49 0 11 6224 281 10 2.71 3161 2880 .911 0 3 6

[edit] Playoffs

Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SA SV SV% G A PIM
1998-99 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 1 0 0 17 2 0 7.06 -- -- -- 0 0 0
1999-00 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 5 1 2 198 12 0 3.64 106 94 .887 0 0 0
2000-01 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 2 0 2 109 10 0 5.50 75 65 .867 0 0 0
2001-02 Montreal Rocket QMJHL 7 3 4 441 15 0 2.04 219 204 .932 0 0 2
2003-04 Syracuse Crunch AHL 3 1 2 142 12 0 5.07 88 76 .864 0 0 0
2005-06 Syracuse Crunch AHL 5 2 3 288 11 1 2.29 181 170 .939 0 0 4
NHL Playoff Totals -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

[edit] International play

Played for Canada in:

[edit] International statistics

Year Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2008 WC
Senior Int'l Totals

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Final NHL All-Star Voting", NHL, 8 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-29. 

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