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Stephen Leach

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: January 16, 1966 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 2nd round (34th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 20 WSH NHL 11 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 25.0
1986-87 21 WSH NHL 15 1 0 1 1 -4 6 1 0 0 0 17 5.9
1987-88 22 WSH NHL 8 1 1 2 1 2 17 1 0 0 1 5 20.0
1988-89 23 WSH NHL 74 11 19 30 11 -4 94 7 4 0 0 145 7.6
1989-90 24 WSH NHL 70 18 14 32 14 10 104 18 0 0 2 122 14.8
1990-91 25 WSH NHL 68 11 19 30 11 -9 99 7 4 0 1 134 8.2
1991-92 26 BOS NHL 78 31 29 60 25 -8 147 19 12 0 4 243 12.8
1992-93 27 BOS NHL 79 26 25 51 21 -6 126 17 9 0 4 256 10.2
1993-94 28 BOS NHL 42 5 10 15 5 -10 74 4 1 0 1 89 5.6
1994-95 29 BOS NHL 35 5 6 11 4 -3 68 4 1 0 1 82 6.1
1995-96 30 TOT NHL 73 11 17 28 11 -7 108 10 1 0 2 157 7.0
1995-96 30 BOS NHL 59 9 13 22 9 -4 86 8 1 0 2 124 7.3
1995-96 30 STL NHL 14 2 4 6 2 -3 22 2 0 0 0 33 6.1
1996-97 31 STL NHL 17 2 1 3 1 -2 24 2 0 0 0 33 6.1
1997-98 32 CAR NHL 45 4 5 9 4 -19 42 2 1 1 2 60 6.7
1998-99 33 TOT NHL 31 1 3 4 1 -7 43 1 0 0 0 27 3.7 260 8:22
1998-99 33 OTT NHL 9 0 2 2 1 -1 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 99 11:00
1998-99 33 PHX NHL 22 1 1 2 1 -6 37 1 0 0 0 23 4.3 161 7:18
1999-00 34 PIT NHL 56 2 3 5 2 -11 24 2 0 0 1 41 4.9 372 6:39
Career NHL 702 130 153 283 112 -78 978 96 33 1 19 1415 9.2 632 7:16

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1985-86 20 WSH NHL 11 0.09 0.09 0.18 0.08 0.18 0.36 1 1 2 1 4 0 4 0 0 -0.2 0.2 -0.1
1986-87 21 WSH NHL 15 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.04 0.40 1.13 1 0 1 1 4 0 9 1 -4 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
1987-88 22 WSH NHL 8 0.13 0.13 0.25 0.10 2.13 0.63 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 -0.1 0.2 0.1
1988-89 23 WSH NHL 74 0.15 0.26 0.41 0.15 1.27 1.96 9 16 25 9 45 8 43 2 -4 0.1 0.9 1.0
1989-90 24 WSH NHL 70 0.26 0.20 0.46 0.20 1.49 1.74 15 12 27 11 47 1 38 2 10 1.0 1.2 2.2
1990-91 25 WSH NHL 68 0.16 0.28 0.44 0.16 1.46 1.97 10 17 27 10 43 14 38 0 -9 0.6 0.9 1.5
1991-92 26 BOS NHL 78 0.40 0.37 0.77 0.32 1.88 3.12 28 25 53 22 100 36 79 7 -8 4.1 0.9 5.0
1992-93 27 BOS NHL 79 0.33 0.32 0.65 0.26 1.59 3.24 21 20 41 17 80 28 58 0 -6 2.7 0.9 3.6
1993-94 28 BOS NHL 42 0.12 0.24 0.36 0.13 1.76 2.12 5 9 14 5 29 8 31 0 -10 0.1 0.3 0.4
1994-95 29 BOS NHL 35 0.14 0.17 0.31 0.13 1.94 2.34 9 10 19 8 18 4 18 1 -3 0.1 0.5 0.6
1995-96 30 TOT NHL 73 0.15 0.23 0.38 0.15 1.48 2.15 11 16 27 10 46 5 49 1 -7 0.6 0.7 1.3
1995-96 30 BOS NHL 59 0.15 0.22 0.37 0.15 1.46 2.10 9 12 21 8 36 2 38 0 -4 0.4 0.6 1.0
1995-96 30 STL NHL 14 0.14 0.29 0.43 0.16 1.57 2.36 2 4 6 2 10 3 11 1 -3 0.2 0.1 0.3
1996-97 31 STL NHL 17 0.12 0.06 0.18 0.08 1.41 1.94 2 1 3 1 7 0 9 0 -2 -0.2 0.2 0.0
1997-98 32 CAR NHL 45 0.09 0.11 0.20 0.08 0.93 1.33 5 6 11 4 11 1 36 7 -19 -0.4 -0.1 -0.5
1998-99 33 TOT NHL 31 0.03 0.10 0.13 0.04 1.39 0.87 1 3 4 1 5 0 12 0 -7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1998-99 33 OTT NHL 9 0.00 0.22 0.22 0.06 0.67 0.44 0 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 -1 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1998-99 33 PHX NHL 22 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.04 1.68 1.05 1 1 2 1 2 0 8 0 -6 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
1999-00 34 PIT NHL 56 0.04 0.05 0.09 0.03 0.43 0.73 2 3 5 2 7 2 18 2 -11 -0.3 -0.1 -0.4
Career NHL 702 0.19 0.22 0.40 0.16 1.39 2.02 121 140 261 104 449 107 443 23 -78 7.5 6.6 14.1

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 20 WSH NHL 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1987-88 22 WSH NHL 9 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 6 33.3
1988-89 23 WSH NHL 6 1 0 1 -1 12 0 1 0 0 9 11.1
1989-90 24 WSH NHL 14 2 2 4 4 8 2 0 0 0 22 9.1
1990-91 25 WSH NHL 9 1 2 3 3 8 1 0 0 0 17 5.9
1991-92 26 BOS NHL 15 4 0 4 -2 10 4 0 0 1 30 13.3
1992-93 27 BOS NHL 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 18 5.6
1993-94 28 BOS NHL 5 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1995-96 30 STL NHL 11 3 2 5 4 10 2 1 0 1 11 27.3
1996-97 31 STL NHL 6 0 0 0 -2 33 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1998-99 33 PHX NHL 7 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 25.0 81 11:38
Career NHL 92 15 11 26 5 87 13 2 0 3 134 11.2 81 11:38

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 17 Matignon Warriors High-MA 23 17 21 38
1983-84 18 Matignon Warriors High-MA 21 27 22 49 49
1984-85 19 U. of New Hampshire H-East 41 12 25 37 53
1984-85 19 United States WJC-A 7 2 0 2 12
1985-86 20 U. of New Hampshire H-East 25 22 6 28 30
1985-86 20 United States WJC-A 7 6 5 11 4
1986-87 21 Binghamton Whalers AHL 54 18 21 39 39
1987-88 22 United States Nat-Tm 49 26 20 46 30
1987-88 22 United States Olympics 6 1 2 3 0
1998-99 33 Detroit Vipers IHL 4 0 0 0 2
1998-99 33 Springfield Falcons AHL 13 5 3 8 0 10 4 1 0 1 50 10.0
1999-00 34 Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens AHL 4 2 3 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 12 16.7
2000-01 35 Louisville Panthers AHL 2 0 1 1 0
Career 4 Seasons AHL 73 25 28 53 1 53 6 1 0 1 62 11.3
Career 2 Seasons H-East 66 34 31 65 83
Career 2 Seasons High-MA 44 44 43 87 49
Career 1 Season IHL 4 0 0 0 2
Career 1 Season Nat-Tm 49 26 20 46 30
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 1 2 3 0
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 8 5 13 16

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 21 Binghamton Whalers AHL 13 3 1 4 6
Career 1 Season AHL 13 3 1 4 6

Similarity Scores

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Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Stephen Leach 5.0 3.6 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5
Josef Vasicek 87.5 5.0 3.6 2.8 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.7
Steve Ott 84.9 4.8 3.5 2.1 1.9 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.0
Stan Weir 83.6 5.4 3.7 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.9 -0.2 -0.4
Eddie Johnstone 80.3 5.0 3.8 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.4 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Chuck Kobasew 78.0 4.9 4.6 3.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.5
Sergei Krivokrasov 77.9 5.3 3.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.7 0.9 0.2 -0.1 -0.1
Chris Clark 77.4 5.9 3.9 2.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 -0.1 -0.4
Gerry Ehman 77.1 4.2 3.6 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.2 0.2 0.2 -0.1
Peter Ihnacak 76.8 5.0 2.7 2.5 2.5 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.1
Larry Patey 76.5 4.3 3.1 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.6
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Stephen Leach 5.0 3.6 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5
Josef Vasicek 87.5 5.0 3.6 2.8 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.7
Steve Ott 84.9 4.8 3.5 2.1 1.9 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.0
Stan Weir 83.6 5.4 3.7 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.9 -0.2 -0.4
Eddie Johnstone 80.3 5.0 3.8 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.4 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Chuck Kobasew 78.0 4.9 4.6 3.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.5
Sergei Krivokrasov 77.9 5.3 3.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.7 0.9 0.2 -0.1 -0.1
Chris Clark 77.4 5.9 3.9 2.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 -0.1 -0.4
Gerry Ehman 77.1 4.2 3.6 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.2 0.2 0.2 -0.1
Peter Ihnacak 76.8 5.0 2.7 2.5 2.5 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.1
Larry Patey 76.5 4.3 3.1 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.6

Transactions

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June 21, 1991: Traded to Boston by Washington for Randy Burridge, June 21, 1991.

March 8, 1996: Traded to St. Louis by Boston for Kevin Sawyer and Steve Staios, March 8, 1996.

June 27, 1997: Traded to Carolina by St. Louis for Alexander Godynyuk and Carolina's 6th round choice (Brad Voth) in 1998 Entry Draft, June 27, 1997.

October 4, 1998: Signed as a free agent by Ottawa, October 4, 1998.

December 3, 1998: Signed as a free agent by Phoenix, December 3, 1998.

October 19, 1999: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, October 19, 1999.

November 15, 2000: Signed as a free agent by Louisville (AHL), November 15, 2000.

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