Leland Irving

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Leland Irving
Date of birth April 11, 1988
place of birth Barrhead , Alberta , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 80 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 1st lap, 26th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
2003-2008 Everett Silvertips
2008-2009 Quad City Flames
2009-2013 Abbotsford Heat
2013-2014 Jokerit Helsinki
2014-2015 Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2015-2016 Iowa Wild
2016-2017 KooKoo
2017 Lehigh Valley Phantoms
2017-2018 San Diego Gulls
since 2018 HC Bolzano

Leland Irving (born April 11, 1988 in Barrhead , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with HC Bozen in the Austrian ice hockey league since 2018 .

Career

Leland Irving began his career as a hockey player with the Everett Silvertips , for which he was active from 2003 to 2008 in the Canadian Junior League Western Hockey League , in which he had an average of less than two goals per game in three seasons in which he was a regular goalkeeper . During his time with the Silvertips he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the first round as a total of 26th player by the Calgary Flames , for their farm team , the Quad City Flames , he made his debut in American hockey in the 2008/09 season League gave. In his rookie year in the AHL he had an average of 2.23 goals against and a catch rate of 91.2%.

Leland Irving (2014)

From 2009, the Canadian was for Calgary's new AHL farm team Abbotsford Heat between the posts, where he also played eight games for the Victoria Salmon Kings in the ECHL in the 2009/10 season . In the 2010/11 season , Irving, who completed 61 games in the regular season and achieved a personal record with eight shutouts , prevailed as a regular goalkeeper in Abbotsford after being between the posts by David Shantz and Matt Keetley several times in the previous season had been represented. During the following season Irving made his debut for the Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League . After Henrik Karlsson was transferred to the Chicago Blackhawks in January 2013 , the Canadian rose to become the Flames' back-up goalkeeper behind regular goalkeeper Miikka Kiprusoff .

After the 2012/13 season his contract with the Flames expired and Irving moved to Europe to Jokerit Helsinki from the Liiga in August 2013 . Between September 2014 and May 2015 he played for Salawat Yulayev Ufa in the Continental Hockey League , before he took part in the training camp of the Minnesota Wild in late summer 2015 , but received no contract. Instead, his farm team, the Iowa Wild , signed him before he spent the 2016/17 season at KooKoo in the Finnish league. Then Irving returned to North America by signing an AHL deal with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms . However, the Canadian gave this to the San Diego Gulls in October 2017 in return for Dustin Tokarski .

On June 22, 2018, Irving left North America as a free agent after signing an annual contract with the Italian club HCB Südtirol , which plays in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). On March 29, 2019 Irving extended his contract with Bolzano.

International

For Canada Irving took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2007 , where he was world champion with his team. As a substitute goalkeeper, however, he remained without use, as Carey Price played all games.

Personal

Irving is married to Ashley Irving and has a daughter with her.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of season 2018/19

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp S. N U Min GT SO GTS Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS
2003/04 Everett Silvertips WHL 1 0 0 0 7th 0 0 0.00 - - - - - - -
2004/05 Everett Silvertips WHL 23 9 8th 1 1132 35 2 1.80 - - - - - - -
2005/06 Everett Silvertips WHL 67 37 22nd 4th 3792 121 4th 1.91 12 8th 3 747 21st 3 1.69
2006/07 Everett Silvertips WHL 48 34 9 3 2802 87 11 1.86 12 6th 4th 639 30th 0 2.82
2007/08 Everett Silvertips WHL 56 27 24 3 3258 133 4th 2.45 3 0 3 139 10 0 4.30
2008/09 Quad City Flames AHL 47 24 18th 2 2658 99 1 2.23 - - - - - - -
2009/10 Abbotsford Heat AHL 35 14th 17th 2 1850 85 1 2.76 1 0 1 14th 3 0 12.97
2009/10 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 8th 2 4th 2 490 25th 0 3.06 - - - - - - -
2010/11 Abbotsford Heat AHL 61 30th 26th 8th 3437 132 8th 2.30 - - - - - - -
2011/12 Calgary Flames NHL 7th 1 3 3 394 21st 0 3.19 - - - - - - -
2011/12 Abbotsford Heat AHL 39 22nd 13 2 2177 97 3 2.67 1 0 1 60 4th 0 4.02
2012/13 Calgary Flames NHL 6th 2 1 1 270 15th 0 3.33 - - - - - - -
2012/13 Abbotsford Heat AHL 12 3 7th 2 599 34 0 3.40 - - - - - - -
2013/14 Jokerite Liiga 55 23 18th 12 3193 114 3 2.14 2 0 2 99 7th 0 4.26
2014/15 Salawat Yulayev Ufa KHL 20th 2 8th 1 842 47 0 3.35 - - - - - - -
2015/16 Iowa Wild AHL 41 12 22nd 6th 2419 108 2 2.68 - - - - - - -
2016/17 KooKoo Liiga 35 11 11 12 2096 76 1 2.18 - - - - - - -
2017/18 San Diego Gulls AHL 6th 1 3 0 260 15th 0 3.47 - - - - - - -
2018/19 HC Bolzano EBEL 53 26th 20th 7th 2612 111 0 2.55 - - - - - - -
WHL overall 195 107 63 11 10991 376 21st 2.05 27 14th 10 1525 61 3 2.40
ECHL total 8th 2 4th 2 490 25th 0 3.06 - - - - - - -
AHL total 241 106 104 6th 13400 570 15th 2.55 2 0 2 74 7th 0 5.68
Liiga overall 90 34 29 24 5289 190 4th 2.16 2 0 2 99 7th 0 4.26
NHL overall 13 3 4th 4th 664 36 0 3.25 - - - - - - -

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Leland Irving  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bolzano closes the "back" - Leland Irving is the new goalkeeper - Hockey Club Bozen. Retrieved June 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ First coup on the player market - Leland Irving extends contract in Bozen - Hockey Club Bozen. Retrieved June 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Leland Irving. Retrieved June 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ TheAHL.com. Retrieved June 13, 2019 .
Squad of HC Bozen in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Irving, Leland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Barrhead , Alberta , Canada