Brian Leetch
Brian Leetch
Brian Joseph Leetchis a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played 18 National Hockey Leagueseasons with the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins. He is generally considered one of the top defensemen in NHL history, being particularly noted for his skating, offense, and playmaking abilities. He and fellow Rangers teammate Mike Richter were inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008. Leetch was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto the following...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth3 March 1968
CityCorpus Christi, TX
That's one of the reasons I took a one-year deal here. If the Bruins decided the best thing for the organization was for me to go somewhere else, I would only have the rest of this year in a different organization. And then I could make a decision again next summer. It would be Mike's (O'Connell) call, just like it was (Rangers GM) Glen's (Sather) call in New York.
It's like I've been saying all year. The power play is based on results. It doesn't matter how many chances you get or how long you're in the zone. Tonight at a key time we got a deflection and it looks like the power play was the difference, and in the end it was.
I didn't know as a rookie coming in how long I'd be in this league, so to play this long is the thing I'm most proud of.
The power play is based on results and not how many chances you get. We missed a chance to get points last night, so it magnified the importance of this game.
Eighteen years ago, my left knee I hurt. I've never had a knee injury in the pros.
I just wore a cage my whole career coming up, and didn't feel a reason not to have some type of protection.
I thought we gave it away. I don't know what else to say. We gave away points today to a team in our own division. It's unacceptable.
I think a week off and then a week skating together, and we'll be back in the video room and seeing the things we've done positive. We know where we've been before and we don't want to be back there.
He got me with his shoulder or his helmet, I'm not sure which. I thought the puck was going down the boards and then all of a sudden it was in front of me, and, bang.
He looks like Shaq down there in the post. He just backs his way to the net. And he's too strong, with the new rules, for anybody to be able to do anything legally to stop it.
He looks like Shaq down there in the post.
I was proud to be a Ranger for my entire career, and I wanted to be here when things got turned around. So I was disappointed and still am.
You just can't give up a goal in a short-handed situation.
We needed to be strong after we got the lead, but we let them back in it. We need to beat this team since we have eight games with them. We have some games left with Montreal, so we need to stay within striking distance.