Bryan Leitch Explained

Bryan Leitch
Played For:ECHL
Cincinnati Cyclones
Alaska Aces
Florida Everblades
Kalamazoo Wings
Toledo Walleye
Victoria Salmon Kings
Position:Left wing
Birth Date:17 June 1984
Birth Place:Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:190
Shoots:Left
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:2009
Career End:2010

Bryan Leitch (born June 17, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played the 2009-10 season in the ECHL.

Born in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Leitch played three seasons of junior hockey in the British Columbia Hockey League with the Coquitlam Express and Merritt Centennials before attending Quinnipiac University where he played four seasons with the Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team, which competes in NCAA's Division I in the ECAC conference. He made an immediate impact in ECAC and was named the ECAC Rookie of the Year for the 2005–06 season.

In four seasons as a Bobcat, Leitch clicked for 169 points and 124 penalty minutes in 157 games, including his senior year (2008–09) when he registered 59 points to earn the title as the top scorer in NCAA Division I in ice hockey,[1] and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award awarded to the NCAA men's top ice hockey player.

Following his standout college career, Leitch signed with the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League and was assigned to the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL where he began the 2009–10 season.[2]

Leitch currently resides in Hamden, CT.

Awards and honours

AwardYear
College
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team2005–06
All-ECAC Hockey Second team2008–09
NCAA finalist for the Hobey Baker Award2008–09

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ECACH hands out postseason hardware - troyrecord.com . www.troyrecord.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319045331/http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/03/17/sports/doc49c06f951d002295144450.txt . 2012-03-19.
  2. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3966059 Salmon Kings Assigned Bryan Leitch