Drew LeBlanc

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LeBlanc (left) winning the Hobey Baker Memorial Award (2013)

LeBlanc (left) winning the Hobey Baker Memorial Award (2013)

Date of birth June 29, 1989
place of birth Hermantown , Minnesota , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
number # 19
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2006-2008 Chicago Steel
2008-2013 St. Cloud State University
2013-2015 Rockford IceHogs
since 2015 Augsburg panther

Drew LeBlanc (born June 29, 1989 in Hermantown , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Augsburg Panthers in the German Ice Hockey League since July 2015 .

Career

LeBlanc began his career in the 2006/07 season with the Chicago Steel in the junior league United States Hockey League , where he spent a total of two seasons. Between 2008 and 2013 he was on the ice for the university team of St. Cloud State University in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , which is part of the NCAA's gaming operations . Following the previous NCAA season 2012/13, LeBlanc won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award for best college player and then received a contract with the National Hockey League - organization of the Chicago Blackhawks , for which he made his debut in April 2013 North America’s top division. In the summer of 2013, his contract with Chicago was extended by two years, but the attacker played the following two seasons exclusively with the Rockford IceHogs farm team in the American Hockey League . In his second year in Rockford in particular , he only scored six points (4 goals, 2 assists) from 41 games due to injury and consequently received no new contract offer after the end of the season.

In the summer of 2015, LeBlanc decided to move to Europe and joined the Augsburg Panthers from the German Ice Hockey League , where he has been playing since the 2015/16 season .

In the 2019/20 season , the American scored the most goals in the DEL with 38 assists.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2006/07 Chicago Steel USHL 14th 0 5 5 20th 5 0 2 2 4th
2007/08 Chicago Steel USHL 58 19th 35 54 36 7th 3 1 4th 4th
2008/09 St. Cloud State University NCAA 38 8th 7th 15th 18th
2009/10 St. Cloud State University NCAA 43 6th 25th 31 10
2010/11 St. Cloud State University NCAA 38 13 26th 39 18th
2011/12 St. Cloud State University NCAA 10 2 10 12 4th
2012/13 St. Cloud State University NCAA 42 13 37 50 14th
2012/13 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2013/14 Rockford IceHogs AHL 76 7th 15th 22nd 18th - - - - -
2014/15 Rockford IceHogs AHL 41 4th 2 6th 8th - - - - -
2015/16 Augsburg panther DEL 45 15th 31 46 18th - - - - -
2016/17 Augsburg panther DEL 49 11 23 34 18th 7th 1 4th 5 4th
2017/18 Augsburg panther DEL 48 11 32 43 22nd - - - - -
2018/19 Augsburg panther DEL 52 11 34 45 40 14th 5 5 10 10
2019/20 Augsburg panther DEL 42 11 38 49 8th - - - - -
USHL total 72 19th 40 59 56 12 3 3 6th 8th
NCAA overall 171 42 105 147 64
AHL total 117 11 17th 28 26th - - - - -
DEL total 236 59 158 217 106 21st 6th 9 15th 14th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2013 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 6th 0 3 3 0
Men overall 6th 0 3 3 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. nhl.com St. Cloud State's LeBlanc wins Hobey Baker Award
  2. blackhawks.nhl.com Blackhawks agree to terms with 2013 Hobey Baker Winner LeBlanc
  3. espn.go.com Sharp back, LeBlanc to make debut
  4. blackhawks.nhl.com Blackhawks agree to terms with LeBlanc, Peckham and Kostka
  5. ^ Prospects Drew Leblanc , Hockey's Future, 2015, accessed January 17, 2016
  6. Out of the deep: Drew Leblanc wants a new start far from home , Augsburger Allgemeine , August 14, 2015, accessed on January 17, 2016
  7. aev-panther.de Panther secure services from Center Drew LeBlanc
  8. Elite Prospects - Award - DEL Most Assists. Retrieved April 19, 2020 (English).