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John LeClair

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 226 lbs.
Born: July 5, 1969 in St. Albans, Vermont

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1990-91 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 10 2 5 7 0.70 3 0.25 8 0 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 12 1.20 16.7
1991-92 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 59 8 11 19 0.32 7 0.12 26 4 17 0 5 14 5 3 0 0 73 1.24 11.0
1992-93 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 19 25 44 0.61 17 0.23 61 6 45 1 11 33 17 2 0 2 139 1.93 13.7
1993-94 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 74 19 24 43 0.58 17 0.23 63 9 37 0 17 32 18 1 0 1 153 2.07 12.4
1994-95 25 2 Teams NHL 46 26 28 54 1.17 21 0.47 80 25 37 2 20 30 20 6 0 7 131 2.85 19.8
1994-95 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 9 1 4 5 0.56 2 0.19 8 3 8 2 -1 10 0 1 0 0 18 2.00 5.6
1994-95 25 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 37 25 24 49 1.32 20 0.53 72 22 29 0 21 20 20 5 0 7 113 3.05 22.1
1995-96 26 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 51 46 97 1.18 39 0.48 141 57 63 0 21 64 32 19 0 10 270 3.29 18.9
1996-97 27 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 50 47 97 1.18 39 0.48 153 43 66 0 44 58 40 10 0 5 324 3.95 15.4
1997-98 28 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 51 36 87 1.06 36 0.44 124 45 49 0 30 32 35 16 0 9 303 3.70 16.8
1998-99 29 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 76 43 47 90 1.18 35 0.46 131 48 47 0 36 30 27 16 0 7 246 3.24 17.5 1600 21:03
1999-00 30 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 40 37 77 0.94 31 0.38 114 47 60 1 8 36 27 13 0 7 249 3.04 16.1 1664 20:18
2000-01 31 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 16 7 5 12 0.75 5 0.31 18 8 8 0 2 0 4 3 0 2 48 3.00 14.6 306 19:06
2001-02 32 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 25 26 51 0.62 20 0.25 81 23 54 1 5 30 21 4 0 6 220 2.68 11.4 1435 17:30
2002-03 33 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 35 18 10 28 0.80 12 0.34 40 15 15 0 10 16 10 8 0 4 99 2.83 18.2 565 16:09
2003-04 34 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 23 32 55 0.73 21 0.27 80 30 30 0 20 51 15 8 0 4 182 2.43 12.6 1207 16:06
2005-06 36 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 73 22 29 51 0.70 19 0.26 74 44 55 1 -24 61 13 8 1 0 135 1.85 16.3 1150 15:45
2006-07 37 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 21 2 5 7 0.33 2 0.12 9 3 8 0 -2 12 1 1 0 0 27 1.29 7.4 249 11:51
Career 16 Seasons NHL 967 406 413 819 0.85 325 0.34 1203 407 598 6 204 501 287 118 1 65 2611 2.70 15.5 8176 17:46

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1990-91 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.00 0.0
1991-92 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 8 1 1 2 0.25 -2 4 1 0 0 0 10 1.25 10.0
1992-93 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 20 4 6 10 0.50 2 14 4 0 0 3 44 2.20 9.1
1993-94 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 7 2 1 3 0.43 -1 8 1 1 0 0 13 1.86 15.4
1994-95 25 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 15 5 7 12 0.80 7 4 4 1 0 1 37 2.47 13.5
1995-96 26 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 11 6 5 11 1.00 3 6 2 4 0 1 25 2.27 24.0
1996-97 27 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 19 9 12 21 1.11 5 10 5 4 0 3 79 4.16 11.4
1997-98 28 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 5 1 1 2 0.40 -4 8 0 1 0 1 19 3.80 5.3
1998-99 29 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 6 3 0 3 0.50 0 12 1 2 0 0 15 2.50 20.0 121 20:14
1999-00 30 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18 6 7 13 0.72 3 6 2 4 0 2 64 3.56 9.4 383 21:16
2000-01 31 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 6 1 2 3 0.50 -2 2 1 0 0 0 13 2.17 7.7 117 19:34
2001-02 32 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 -2 2 0 0 0 0 7 1.40 0.0 86 17:18
2002-03 33 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 13 2 3 5 0.38 5 10 1 1 0 0 31 2.38 6.5 223 17:09
2003-04 34 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18 2 2 4 0.22 2 8 2 0 0 0 27 1.50 7.4 287 15:57
Career 14 Seasons NHL 1 154 42 47 89 0.58 18 94 24 18 0 11 387 2.51 10.9 1218 18:28

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1985-86 16 Bellows Free Academy High-VT 22 41 28 69 3.14 14
1986-87 17 Bellows Free Academy High-VT 23 44 40 84 3.65 14
1987-88 18 University of Vermont ECAC 31 12 22 34 1.10 62
1987-88 18 United States WJC-A 7 4 2 6 0.86 12
1988-89 19 University of Vermont ECAC 18 9 12 21 1.17 40
1988-89 19 United States WJC-A 7 6 4 10 1.43 12
1989-90 20 University of Vermont ECAC 10 10 6 16 1.60 38
1990-91 21 University of Vermont ECAC 33 25 20 45 1.36 58
1991-92 22 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 8 7 7 14 1.75 10
1996-97 27 United States W-Cup 7 6 4 10 1.43 6
1997-98 28 United States Olympics 4 0 1 1 0.25 0
2001-02 32 United States Olympics 6 6 1 7 1.17 2
Career 1 Season AHL 8 7 7 14 1.75 10
Career 4 Seasons ECAC 92 56 60 116 1.26 198
Career 2 Seasons High-VT 45 85 68 153 3.40 28
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 10 6 2 8 0.80 2
Career 1 Season W-Cup 7 6 4 10 1.43 6
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 10 6 16 1.14 24

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1991-92 22 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 4
Career 1 Season AHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1996 NHL
1997 NHL
1998 NHL
1999 NHL
2000 NHL

Honors

1994-95 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1995-96 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1996-97 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1997-98 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1998-99 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
1999-00 NHL 82 (2)
2001-02 NHL 82 (2)

Goals

1994-95 NHL 26 (10)
1995-96 NHL 51 (5)
1996-97 NHL 50 (3)
1997-98 NHL 51 (3)
1998-99 NHL 43 (5)
1999-00 NHL 40 (7)
Career NHL 406 (76)

Goals Per Game

1995-96 NHL 0.62 (9)
1996-97 NHL 0.61 (7)
1997-98 NHL 0.62 (3)
1998-99 NHL 0.57 (2)
Career NHL 0.42 (77)

Points

1994-95 NHL 54 (9)
1996-97 NHL 97 (4)
1997-98 NHL 87 (5)
1998-99 NHL 90 (9)

Points Per Game

1994-95 NHL 1.17 (10)
1996-97 NHL 1.18 (8)
1998-99 NHL 1.18 (8)

Goals Created

1994-95 NHL 21.5 (7)
1996-97 NHL 39.1 (3)
1997-98 NHL 36.0 (4)
1998-99 NHL 35.1 (8)
1999-00 NHL 31.4 (10)

Goals Created Per Game

1994-95 NHL 0.47 (7)
1996-97 NHL 0.48 (7)
1997-98 NHL 0.44 (5)
1998-99 NHL 0.46 (7)

Total Goals For

1996-97 NHL 153 (3)
1997-98 NHL 124 (3)
1998-99 NHL 131 (7)

Power Play Goals For

1999-00 NHL 47 (9)

Plus/Minus

1994-95 NHL 20 (9)
1996-97 NHL 44 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 30 (4)
1998-99 NHL 36 (2)
Career NHL 204 (55)

Even Strength Goals

1994-95 NHL 20 (4)
1995-96 NHL 32 (5)
1996-97 NHL 40 (2)
1997-98 NHL 35 (3)
1998-99 NHL 27 (5)
1999-00 NHL 27 (4)
Career NHL 287 (57)

Power Play Goals

1995-96 NHL 19 (5)
1997-98 NHL 16 (2)
1998-99 NHL 16 (4)
1999-00 NHL 13 (4)
Career NHL 118 (89)

Game-Winning Goals

1994-95 NHL 7 (2)
1995-96 NHL 10 (3)
1997-98 NHL 9 (4)
1998-99 NHL 7 (9)
1999-00 NHL 7 (8)
Career NHL 65 (43)

Shots on Goal

1996-97 NHL 324 (5)
1997-98 NHL 303 (2)

Transactions

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January 20, 1990: Missed majority of 1989-90 season recovering from knee surgery, January 20, 1990.

February 9, 1995: Traded to Philadelphia by Montreal with Eric Desjardins and Gilbert Dionne for Mark Recchi and Philadelphia's 3rd round choice (Martin Hohenberger) in 1995 Entry Draft, February 9, 1995.

October 7, 2000: Missed majority of 2000-01 season recovering from back injury suffered in game vs. Boston, October 7, 2000.

November 27, 2002: Missed majority of 2002-03 season recovering from shoulder injury suffered in game vs. St. Louis, November 27, 2002.

August 15, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, August 15, 2005.

December 14, 2006: Released by Pittsburgh, December 14, 2006.