Guy Leveque Explained

Played For:Los Angeles Kings
Position:Center
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:161
Shoots:Right
Birth Date:1972 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Draft:42nd overall
Draft Year:1991
Career Start:1992
Career End:1998

Guy Scott Leveque (December 28, 1972 – September 27, 2005) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He played 17 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons.

Playing career

Leveque played for the Cornwall Royals of the Ontario Hockey League from 1989 until 1992. He was drafted 42nd overall in the second round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings. Leveque split 1992–93 and 1993–94 between the Kings and the IHL's Phoenix Roadrunners. He spent much of 1994–95 with the Canada national men's ice hockey team, but also spent some time with the Roadrunners and the St. John's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League. He spent the entire 1995–96 season with the Manitoba Moose, the 1996–97 season with the San Antonio Dragons, and 1997–98 with the Phoenix Mustangs of the West Coast Hockey League before finally retiring from professional hockey.

Leveque was a member of the Los Angeles Kings during the 1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Led by Wayne Gretzky, the Kings made the final against the Montreal Canadiens. Leveque was forced to sit out the final with an injury.

Death

Leveque was found drowned to death in a pool of water in St. Catharines, Ontario on October 2, 2005. Police estimated his date of death as September 27. Police have remained baffled by the death, but it was known by family that Leveque suffered from an OxyContin addiction that developed through usage for back pain that had plagued him since junior hockey and that he suffered from bouts with depression.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1988–89Kingston Lions U18U18 AAA47 55 29 84 52
1989–90Cornwall RoyalsOHL62 10 15 25 303 0 0 0 4
1990–91Cornwall RoyalsOHL66 41 52 93 34
1991–92Cornwall RoyalsOHL37 23 36 59 406 3 5 8 2
1992–93Los Angeles KingsNHL12 2 1 3 19
1992–93Phoenix RoadrunnersIHL56 27 30 57 71
1993–94Los Angeles KingsNHL5 0 1 1 2
1993–94Phoenix RoadrunnersIHL39 10 16 26 47
1994–95Phoenix RoadrunnersIHL2 0 0 0 15
1994–95St. John's Maple LeafsAHL37 8 14 22 313 0 0 0 0
1994–95Canadian National TeamIntl31 17 17 34 14
1995–96Minnesota MooseIHL12 1 4 5 2
1996–97San Antonio DragonsIHL3 0 1 1 0
1997–98Phoenix MustangsWCHL48 24 32 56 416 2 3 5 2
IHL totals112 38 51 89 135
NHL totals17 2 2 4 21

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