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Jordan Leopold




  Shoots Left
  Height Ft 6
  Height In 1
  Weight Lb 205
  Team Colorado Avalanche
  Former Teams Calgary Flames
  League NHL
  Nationality USA
  Birth Place Golden Valley , MN , US
  Career Start 2002
  Draft 44th overall
  Draft Year 1999
  Draft Team Mighty Ducks Of Anaheim


Jordan Leopold (born August 3 , 1980 in Golden Valley , Minnesota ) is an American professional Ice Hockey player, currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche in the NHL .


PLAYING CAREER

Leopold was drafted in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft 44th overall by the Mighty Ducks Of Anaheim , and is considered to be a solid offensive Defenseman . In 1999 , the year in which he was drafted, he scored 23 points in the regular season playing for the University Of Minnesota . In 2001 - 2002 he won the Hobey Baker Award for being the season's outstanding player in all of college hockey. He also played for the USA in the World Championships that year.

Although he was Drafted in 1999, he would not begin his NHL career until 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 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 .

On June 24 , 2006 , during the NHL Draft , he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche with a 2nd round pick in the 2006 draft ( Codey Burki ) and a conditional second round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Alex Tanguay .


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

  • West First All-American Team - 2002

  • Hobey Baker Award - 2002

  • Played in NHL YoungStars Game - 2003



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