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
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.
I didn't want to leave. I played my first game as an 18-year-old here and I got traded on my 36th birthday.
The game was there to be won. We had three five-on-threes and didn't score. That can't happen. We had our chances, but we didn't put them in. Fifty shots against us shouldn't happen, either.
Eddie played good but with the position we were in there was no excuse for us not to have two points at the end of it. It was a bad result, to give up a short-handed goal and to not score on a 5-on-3.
Pretty much every year that I've been involved in the NHL there's been some player that hasn't been in camp or some contract dispute.
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.
I wish I could have played better. But how can you forget something like this?
To get to 1,000 (points) is nice, but it was a disappointing game.
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.
Well, I certainly don't expect to be booed.
Tonight was a big difference from the preseason. Guys were letting players skate by instead of hooking them.
Tonight was a big difference from the preseason, ... Guys were letting players skate by instead of hooking them.
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.