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 |  United States |
| Born | August 3, 1980 , 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:
- 1999 World Junior Championships
- 2002 World Championships
- 2003 World Championships
- 2005 World Championships
- 2006 Winter Olympics
[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 | |||
[edit] External links
- Jordan Leopold's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Jordan Leopold's U.S. Olympic Team bio
