Jordan Leopold

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Defense
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 200
team = Colorado Avalanche
former_teams = Calgary Flames
league = NHL
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|8|3
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 2002, he won the Hobey Baker Award for being the season's outstanding player in 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 (Trevor Cann) 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

Career statistics

International play

Played for the United States in:

*1999 World Junior Championships
*2002 World Championships
*2003 World Championships
*2005 World Championships
*2006 Winter Olympics

International statistics

External links

*hockeydb|42548
* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_43552.htm Jordan Leopold's U.S. Olympic Team bio]