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John LeClair

LW | 6'3", 226 lbs. |

Birth Date:July 5, 1969 (43 years old)
Place of Birth:St. Albans, VT
Shoots:L

Experience:16 years
Drafted:Drafted by Montreal in 1987 (2/33).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
NHL	Stanley Cup	1992-93 (Montreal)
NHL	Bud Light Plus/Minus Award	1998-99, 1996-97
NHL	First All-Star Team	1997-98, 1994-95
NHL	Second All-Star Team	1998-99, 1996-97, 1995-96
NHL	Named to play in the NHL All-Star Game	1999-00, 1998-99, 1997-98, 1996-97, 1995-96
ECAC	Second-Team All-Conference Team	1990-91
	Olympic Silver Medal	2002 (USA)
	Olympic Tournament All-Star Team	2002

Movements & Injuries

2006
12/14/2006	Released by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
12/07/2006	Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
12/04/2006	Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
12/01/2006	Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
11/30/2006	Placed on waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
2005
12/23/2005	Missed 5 games (groin).
12/10/2005	Groin, day-to-day.
12/08/2005	Missed 1 game (groin).
12/03/2005	Groin, day-to-day.
11/10/2005	Missed 3 games (facial injury).
11/05/2005	Facial injury, sidelined indefinitely.
8/15/2005	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
7/23/2005	Contract bought out by the Philadelphia Flyers.
2003
10/27/2003	Missed 7 games (fractured left foot).
10/08/2003	Fractured left foot, late October.
3/13/2003	Missed 47 games (dislocated shoulder).
3/02/2003	Dislocated shoulder, day-to-day.
2002
11/30/2002	Dislocated shoulder, late February.
11/27/2002	Dislocated shoulder, sidelined indefinitely.
2001
6/14/2001	Re-signed by the Philadelphia Flyers.
3/24/2001	Missed 46 games (back injury).
2000
12/10/2000	Back injury, late March.
11/25/2000	Missed 20 games (disk surgery).
10/16/2000	Disk surgery, late November.
10/10/2000	Back injury, day-to-day.

Career Transactions

2005
8/15/2005	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1995
2/09/1995	Montreal Canadiens traded Eric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair to the Philadelphia Flyers for Mark Recchi and 3rd round selection (Martin Hohenberger) in 1995.
1987
6/13/1987	Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (33rd overall) in 1987.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2006-07	Pittsburgh	NHL	21	2	5	7	12	0	1	0	0	-	27	0.33
2005-06	Pittsburgh	NHL	73	22	29	51	-24	61	8	1	0	15:45	135	0.70
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Philadelphia	NHL	75	23	32	55	20	51	8	0	4	16:05	182	0.73
2002-03	Philadelphia	NHL	35	18	10	28	10	16	8	0	4	16:09	99	0.80
2001-02	Philadelphia	NHL	82	25	26	51	5	30	4	0	6	17:30	220	0.62
	United States	Olympic	6	6	1	7	2	4	2	0	1	-	18	1.17
2000-01	Philadelphia	NHL	16	7	5	12	2	0	3	0	2	19:06	48	0.75
1999-00	Philadelphia	NHL	82	40	37	77	8	36	13	0	7	20:18	249	0.94
1998-99	Philadelphia	NHL	76	43	47	90	36	30	16	0	7	21:03	246	1.18
1997-98	Philadelphia	NHL	82	51	36	87	30	32	16	0	9	-	303	1.06
	United States	Olympic	4	0	1	1	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.25
1996-97	Philadelphia	NHL	82	50	47	97	44	58	10	0	5	-	324	1.18
	United States	W-Cup	7	6	4	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1.43
1995-96	Philadelphia	NHL	82	51	46	97	21	64	19	0	10	-	270	1.18
1994-95	Philadelphia	NHL	37	25	24	49	20	20	5	0	7	-	113	1.32
	Montreal	NHL	9	1	4	5	0	10	1	0	0	-	18	0.56
	Total Mtl/Phi	NHL	46	26	28	54	20	30	6	0	7	-	131	1.17
1993-94	Montreal	NHL	74	19	24	43	17	32	1	0	1	-	153	0.58
1992-93	Montreal	NHL	72	19	25	44	11	33	2	0	2	-	139	0.61
1991-92	Montreal	NHL	59	8	11	19	5	14	3	0	0	-	73	0.32
	Fredericton	AHL	8	7	7	14	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	1.75
1990-91	Montreal	NHL	10	2	5	7	1	2	0	0	1	-	12	0.70
	Vermont	ECAC	33	25	20	45	-	58	-	-	-	-	-	1.36
1989-90	Vermont	ECAC	10	10	6	16	-	38	-	-	-	-	-	1.60
1988-89	Vermont	ECAC	18	9	12	21	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	1.17
	United States	WJC	7	6	4	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	1.43
1987-88	Vermont	ECAC	31	12	22	34	-	62	-	-	-	-	-	1.10
	United States	WJC	7	4	2	6	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.86
1986-87	Bellows	HS	23	44	40	84	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	3.65
1985-86	Bellows	HS	22	41	28	69	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	3.14
NHL	Total	NHL	967	406	413	819	218	489	118	1	65	-	2611	0.85
AHL	Total	AHL	8	7	7	14	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	1.75
ECAC	Total	ECAC	92	56	60	116	-	198	-	-	-	-	-	1.26
HS	Total	HS	45	85	68	153	-	28	-	-	-	-	-	3.40
Olympic	Total	Olympic	10	6	2	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.80
W-Cup	Total	W-Cup	7	6	4	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1.43
WJC	Total	WJC	14	10	6	16	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	1.14

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2006-07	Pittsburgh	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2005-06	Pittsburgh	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Philadelphia	NHL	18	2	2	4	2	8	0	0	0	-	27	0.22
2002-03	Philadelphia	NHL	13	2	3	5	5	10	1	0	0	-	31	0.38
2001-02	Philadelphia	NHL	5	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	-	7	0.00
2000-01	Philadelphia	NHL	6	1	2	3	-2	2	0	0	0	-	13	0.50
1999-00	Philadelphia	NHL	18	6	7	13	3	6	4	0	2	-	64	0.72
1998-99	Philadelphia	NHL	6	3	0	3	0	12	2	0	0	-	15	0.50
1997-98	Philadelphia	NHL	5	1	1	2	-4	8	1	0	1	-	19	0.40
1996-97	Philadelphia	NHL	19	9	12	21	5	10	4	0	3	-	79	1.11
1995-96	Philadelphia	NHL	11	6	5	11	3	6	4	0	1	-	25	1.00
1994-95	Philadelphia	NHL	15	5	7	12	7	4	1	0	1	-	37	0.80
1993-94	Montreal	NHL	7	2	1	3	-1	8	1	0	0	-	13	0.43
1992-93	Montreal	NHL	20	4	6	10	2	14	0	0	3	-	44	0.50
1991-92	Montreal	NHL	8	1	1	2	-2	4	0	0	0	-	10	0.25
	Fredericton	AHL	2	0	0	0	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
1990-91	Montreal	NHL	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-	3	0.00
	Vermont	ECAC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1989-90	Vermont	ECAC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1988-89	Vermont	ECAC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1987-88	Vermont	ECAC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1986-87	Bellows	HS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1985-86	Bellows	HS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
NHL	Total	NHL	154	42	47	89	18	94	18	0	11	-	387	0.58
AHL	Total	AHL	2	0	0	0	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.00

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	82	5 times-last: 2001-02 (Phi)
Goals	51	2 times-last: 1997-98 (Phi)
Assists	47	2 times-last: 1998-99 (Phi)
Points	97	2 times-last: 1996-97 (Phi)
Penalty Minutes	64	1995-96 (Phi)
Plus/Minus	+44	1996-97 (Phi)
Power Play Goals	19	1995-96 (Phi)
Shorthanded Goals	1	2005-06 (Pit)
Shots	324	1996-97 (Phi)

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