William "Jamie" Leach (born August 25, 1969) is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
-born
American former
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
right wing. He is the son of former NHLer
Reggie Leach
Reginald Joseph Leach (born April 23, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, California Golden Seals, Philadelphia Flyers, and Detroit Re ...
. He was included on both Stanley Cup winning pictures with Pittsburgh in 1991 and 1992.
Leach grew up in
Cherry Hill, New Jersey and played hockey at
Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill High School East (also known as Cherry Hill East or CHE) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Cherry Hill, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating a ...
.
Jamie Leach
, Hockey Hall of Fame. Accessed January 2, 2018. "Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jamie grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey when his father starred for the Phialdephia Flyers. After playing for the local high school team, he spent a year with the New Westminster Bruins of the WHL, followed by three years as a top scorer in the OHL with the Hamilton Steelhawks and Niagara Falls Thunder."
Leach did not qualify for a Cup inscription in 1991 as he had played too few NHL games that season (seven regular season games). He played enough games with the Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have playe ...
in 1992 to get his name on the Stanley Cup.
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1969 births
Living people
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Cherry Hill High School East alumni
Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) players
Cleveland Lumberjacks players
Florida Panthers players
Hamilton Steelhawks players
Hartford Whalers players
Ice hockey players from New Jersey
Ice hockey people from Winnipeg
Muskegon Lumberjacks players
New Westminster Bruins players
Niagara Falls Thunder players
Nottingham Panthers players
Sportspeople from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
Pittsburgh Penguins players
Rochester Americans players
San Diego Gulls (IHL) players
Sheffield Steelers players
South Carolina Stingrays players
Springfield Indians players
Stanley Cup champions
First Nations sportspeople
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England