| Chase De Leo | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 25, 1995, La Mirada, California |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) |
| Position | Center |
| Shoots | Left |
| NHL team (P) Cur. team F. teams |
Anaheim Ducks San Diego Gulls (AHL) Winnipeg Jets |
| NHL Draft | 99th overall, 2014 Winnipeg Jets |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
Chase De Leo (born October 25, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL), as a prospect of the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career[]
As a youth, De Leo played in the 2008 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Los Angeles Selects minor ice hockey team.[1]
De Leo played junior ice hockey for the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks from 2011 to 2015. During those four seasons, his showed consistent improvement each season and finished his junior career with 251 points in 279 regular season games, which included back-to-back 39-goal seasons. He also tallied 58 points in 81 playoff games and was part of the Winterhawks 2013 WHL championship team that advanced to the Memorial Cup final.[2]
The Winnipeg Jets selected De Leo in the fourth round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. After completing his junior career in 2015, De Leo was assigned to the Manitoba Moose, the Jets' top minor league affiliate. He spent most of his first professional season with the Moose, but was briefly recalled by the Jets on March 20, 2016 to make his NHL debut on March 20 against the Anaheim Ducks. De Leo played one more game for the Jets before being returned to the AHL.[3]
As an impending restricted free agent following the 2017–18 season, De Leo was traded by the Jets to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Nic Kerdiles on June 30, 2018.[4]
International play[]
De Leo was a member of Team USA at the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Personal life[]
De Leo was born and raised in La Mirada, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, where his parents own and operate a plumbing business. As a youth, De Leo played for the prestigious Los Angeles Selects program, where he was a teammate of Eric Comrie. The two players remain close friends.[5]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2011–12 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 69 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 71 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 15 | ||
| 2013–14 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 72 | 39 | 42 | 81 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 67 | 39 | 45 | 84 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 10 | ||
| 2015–16 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 73 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 69 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 69 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | San Diego Gulls | AHL | 66 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | San Diego Gulls | AHL | 51 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | United States | WJC | 5th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
References[]
- ↑ Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA (2018).
- ↑ "Versatile Winnipeg Jets prospect Chase De Leo had strong drive to succeed at next level", Winnipeg Sun, 2015-07-15.
- ↑ Jets re-assign De Leo & Kosmachuk to Manitoba Moose. Winnipeg Jets (2014-03-24).
- ↑ Ducks acquire De Leo from Winnipeg. Anaheim Ducks (2018-06-30). Retrieved on 2018-06-30.
- ↑ California dreamin': Chase De Leo pursues passion for hockey all the way to Winnipeg. MyToba.ca (2014-09-14).
External links[]
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