Born	August 3, 1980 (1980-08-03) (age 29), Golden Valley, Minnesota
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defense
Shoots	Left
NHL team F. teams	Florida Panthers Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche
Ntl. team	United States
NHL Draft	44th overall, 1999 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Pro career	2002 – present

Jordan Leopold (born August 3, 1980) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman, currently playing with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Career statistics 4 International play 4.1 International statistics 5 Transactions 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Playing career

Prior to joining the NHL, Leopold played US college hockey with the University of Minnesota from 1998 until 2002. After his first year with Minnesota, scoring 23 points, Leopold was drafted in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft 44th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a prospective offensive defenseman. After completing his sophomore season with the Gophers, Leopold became the property of the Calgary Flames, traded by the Ducks for Andrei Nazarov and a second-round draft pick.^[1] In 2001-02, his final season with Minnesota, he won the Hobey Baker Award for being the season's outstanding player in college hockey.^[2] He also played for the USA in the World Championships that year.

Leopold started his professional career in the NHL in the 2002–03 NHL season. He played 58 games for the Calgary Flames and scored 4 goals and 14 points. In his second season, Leopold would look like a seasoned veteran, playing in all 82 regular season games and scoring 33 points as well as contributing to the Flames' playoff run to the 2004 Stanley Cup Final, play which earned him a spot in the defense of the American national team for the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

After one more season with the Flames, Leopold was traded to the Colorado Avalanche at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.^[3] Leopold's first season with the Avalanche, in 2006–07, was all but wiped out due to injury. Having missed the first 25 games of the season recovering from hernia surgery^[4], he then suffered a groin injury on December 11, 2006, ruling him out for another 17 games.^[5] Just a month later Leopold was injured again, fracturing his wrist on February 17, 2007, effectively missing the rest of the season, and playing in just 15 games.^[6] At season's end Leopold was re-signed by the Avalanche to a two-year contract on May 22, 2007.^[7]

In the 2007–08 season, Leopold was again struck down with another injury-plagued season. Throughout the course of the season Jordan missed 35 games with a hip ailment, lacerated leg and pneumonia.^[8] Jordan also suffered a concussion when he was hit high by Steve Ott on March 9, 2008.^[9] Ott was subsequently suspended for three games.

Leopold recovered to full health in time for the 2008–09 season. He played in every game with the Avalanche until the NHL trade deadline, when he was traded back to the Flames for Lawrence Nycholat, prospect Ryan Wilson and a second-round pick.^[10] Leopold then played all 19 games for the Flames becoming the only NHL player to play 83 games of the 82 game season.^[11]

On June 27, 2009, as an impending Free Agent, Leopold's negotiation rights were traded by the Flames to the Florida Panthers, for the negotiation rights of Jay Bouwmeester, at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.^[12] After testing free-agency, Leopold signed a one-year contract with the Panthers on July 2, 2009.^[13]

[edit] Awards

• WCHA All-Rookie Team - 1999
• WCHA Third All-Star Team - 1999
• WCHA Second All-Star Team - 2000
• WCHA First All-Star Team - 2001
• WCHA Defensive Player of the Year - 2001
• NCAA West First All-American Team - 2001
• WCHA First All-Star Team - 2002
• WCHA Defensive Player of the Year - 2002
• NCAA West First All-American Team - 2002
• NCAA Hobey Baker Award - 2002
• Played in NHL YoungStars Game - 2003

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998–99	U. of Minnesota	WCHA		39	7	16	23	20		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	U. of Minnesota	WCHA		39	6	18	24	20		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	U. of Minnesota	WCHA		42	12	37	49	38		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	U. of Minnesota	WCHA		44	20	28	48	28		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Saint John Flames	AHL		3	1	2	3	0		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Calgary Flames	NHL		58	4	10	14	12		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Calgary Flames	NHL		82	9	24	33	24		26	0	10	10	6
2005–06	Calgary Flames	NHL		74	2	18	20	68		7	0	1	1	4
2006–07	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		15	2	3	5	14		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		43	5	8	13	20		7	0	3	3	0
2008–09	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		64	6	14	20	18		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Calgary Flames	NHL		19	1	3	4	6		6	0	1	1	8
NHL totals				355	29	80	109	162		46	0	15	15	18

[edit] International play

Played for the United States in:

• 1999 World Junior Championships
• 2000 World Junior Championships
• 2002 World Championships
• 2003 World Championships
• 2005 World Championships
• 2006 Winter Olympics
• 2008 World Championships

[edit] International statistics

Year	Team	Comp	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999	United States	WJC	6	0	1	1	0
2000	United States	WJC	7	1	2	3	0
2002	United States	WC	7	0	1	1	4
2003	United States	WC	6	1	3	4	2
2005	United States	WC	7	0	1	1	0
2006	United States	OG	6	1	0	1	4
2008	United States	WC	4	0	1	1	6
Junior int'l totals			13	1	3	4	0
Senior int'l totals			30	2	6	8	16

[edit] Transactions

• September 26, 2000 - Traded to Calgary by Anaheim Ducks for Andrei Nazarov and Calgary's second-round choice (later traded to Phoenix later traded back to Calgary Calgary selected Andrei Taratukhin) in 2001 Entry Draft.
• June 24, 2006 - Traded to Colorado Avalanche by Calgary with Calgary's second-round choice (Codey Burki) in 2006 Entry Draft and Calgary's second-round choice (Trevor Cann) in 2007 Entry Draft for Alex Tanguay.
• March 4, 2009 - Traded to Calgary Flames by Colorado for Lawrence Nycholat, prospect Ryan Wilson and Montreal's second-round pick (Stefan Elliot) in the 2009 Entry Draft.
• June 27, 2009 - Rights traded to Florida Panthers by Calgary with Phoenix's third round pick (Josh Birkholz) in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft for rights to Jay Bouwmeester.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jordan Leopold's NHL player profile
• Jordan Leopold's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Jordan Leopold's U.S. Olympic Team bio