Brad Leeb
| Brad Leeb | |
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| Born | August 27, 1979 Red Deer, AB, CAN |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) |
| Position | Right Wing |
| Shot | Right |
| NHL team | Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Canucks |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1999–2013 |
Bradley Leeb (born August 27, 1979) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player.
Leeb started his career playing for the Red Deer Midget Chiefs in the Alberta Midget Hockey League. He played 3 games for his hometown Red Deer Rebels as a 15 year old, then went on to play 4 full seasons with the Rebels. He also played in the 1998-1999 WHL All-Star game.
Leeb played for Team Canada at the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canada won silver after losing to the Russians in triple overtime. Leeb finished tied for second in team scoring with Simon Gagne, Kyle Calder, and Brendan Morrow, all had 8 points in 7 games.
In 1999–2000, Leeb signed with the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent. He was with the Canucks organization for three seasons, appearing in 4 games with the Canucks while playing in the minor league system with the (Syracuse Crunch (AHL), Kansas City Blades) (IHL), and Manitoba Moose (AHL).
In 2002–03, Leeb was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Tomas Mojzis. Leeb played one game for the Maple Leafs, and mainly played in the Maple Leafs minor league system with the St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL) and the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
Leeb played the 2007–08 season in Germany for ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
In 2008-2009, he went to play for the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers (DEL) in the city of Nuremberg, Germany.
Leeb played in Nuremberg on the same team as his older brother Greg Leeb for 4 seasons, from 2008-2012. It was the first time the brothers had ever played on the same team. Growing up they played against each other in the WHL, IHL, AHL, and the DEL leagues.
Leeb was the creator of the website , a hockey handicapping website with prediction picks from the world's top professional NHL handicappers.[1] He no longer owns the website.
Leeb has handicapped NHL games for , and .
On July 16th, 2012 BetOnHockey.com broke the story that Leeb signed on to play hockey in the regulated UK gambling market with the Coventry Blaze of the EIHL. [2]
On July 17th 2012 it was announced that Leeb had signed to play for the Coventry Blaze for the 2012/13 Elite League campaign, following his brother who signed earlier in the month. [3]
On April 8, 2013 Brad announced his retirement from a 14 year professional hockey career via his Twitter account. [4]
Leeb holds a Masters degree in Sports Management from Coventry University.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 38 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 1996–97 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 70 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 76 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1997–98 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 63 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 64 | 32 | 47 | 79 | 84 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | ||
| 1999–00 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 61 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 53 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 60 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 79 | 35 | 26 | 61 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 77 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 48 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 79 | 34 | 24 | 58 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 34 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Ingolstadt ERC | DEL | 55 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Nuermberg Sinupret Ice Tigers | DEL | 50 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2009–10 | Nuermberg Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 56 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 80 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2010-11 | Nuermberg Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 50 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2011-12 | Nuermberg Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 44 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012-13 | Coventry Blaze | EIHL | 57 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||