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{{short description|American ice hockey player and coach}}
{{Distinguish | text = [[Seasick Steve]], who was born Steven Leach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| played_for = [[Washington Capitals]]<br />[[Boston Bruins]]<br />[[St. Louis Blues]]<br />[[Carolina Hurricanes]]<br />[[Ottawa Senators]]<br />[[Phoenix Coyotes]]<br />[[Pittsburgh Penguins]]
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 197
| ntl_team = USA
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|1|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], Massachusetts, U.S.
| draft = 34th overall
| draft_year = 1984
| draft_team = [[Washington Capitals]]
| career_start = 1986
| career_end = 2000
}}
{{MedalTableTop|}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ih|USA}} }}
{{MedalSport | [[Ice hockey]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1986 Hamilton, Ontario]] |}}
{{MedalBottom}}
'''Stephen Morgan Leach''' (born January 16, 1966) is an American [[ice hockey]] coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the Valley Jr. Warriors '99 Elite squad. He is the uncle of [[Jay Leach (ice hockey)|Jay Leach]].
==Playing career==
As a youth, Leach played in the 1979 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]] with the Boston Braves [[minor ice hockey]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref>

Leach was raised in [[Lexington, Massachusetts]] and played his high school hockey at Matignon High School, where he transferred to as a sophomore. He won three consecutive Massachusetts HS hockey titles from 1982 to 1984. His older brother Chris played D1 hockey at St. Lawrence. Selected by the [[Washington Capitals]] in the second round of the [[1984 NHL Draft]], Leach played for the Capitals for parts of six seasons. It was during his time with the Capitals that he would also be a member of the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team that participated in the [[1988 Winter Olympic Games]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/waco-tribune-herald-abc-pulled-strings-f/149356721/ |title=ABC pulled strings for U.S. hockey team |first=Tom |last=Whitfield |newspaper=[[Waco Tribune-Herald]] |agency=Cox News Service |page=58 |date=1988-02-07 |access-date=2024-06-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Prior to the [[1991–92 NHL season]] Leach was traded to the [[Boston Bruins]] in exchange for [[Randy Burridge]]. He would also play for the [[St. Louis Blues]], [[Carolina Hurricanes]], [[Ottawa Senators]], [[Phoenix Coyotes]], and [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] before retiring in 2000.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-tribune-veteran-forward-to-joi/149356930/ |title=Veteran Forward to Join Penguins |first=Scott |last=Walsh |newspaper=[[The Scranton Times-Tribune]] |place=Wilkes-Barre Township |page=22 |date=2000-01-31 |access-date=2024-06-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-lindros-still-trying-to/149357034/ |title=Lindros still trying to force the play |first=Kevin Paul |last=Dupont |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=61 |date=2000-12-03 |access-date=2024-06-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1982–83
| [[Matignon High School]]
| [[Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association|HS-MA]]
| 23
| 17
| 21
| 38
|
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1983–84
| Matignon High School
| HS-MA
| 21
| 27
| 22
| 49
| 49
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1984–85]]
| [[New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey|University of New Hampshire]]
| [[Hockey East|HE]]
| 41
| 12
| 25
| 37
| 53
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1985–86 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1985–86]]
| University of New Hampshire
| HE
| 25
| 22
| 6
| 28
| 30
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]
| [[Washington Capitals]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1986–87 AHL season|1986–87]]
| [[Binghamton Whalers]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 54
| 18
| 21
| 39
| 39
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 6
|-
| [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]
| Washington Capitals
| NHL
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987–88
| [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]]
| Intl
| 49
| 26
| 20
| 46
| 30
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]
| Washington Capitals
| NHL
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 17
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
| Washington Capitals
| NHL
| 74
| 11
| 19
| 30
| 94
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 12
|- 
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| Washington Capitals
| NHL
| 70
| 18
| 14
| 32
| 104
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| Washington Capitals
| NHL
| 68
| 11
| 19
| 30
| 99
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 8
|- 
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| NHL
| 78
| 31
| 29
| 60
| 147
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 10
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 79
| 26
| 25
| 51
| 126
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 2
|- 
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 42
| 5
| 10
| 15
| 74
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 35
| 5
| 6
| 11
| 68
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- 
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 59
| 9
| 13
| 22
| 86
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96
| [[St. Louis Blues]]
| NHL
| 14
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 22
| 11
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 10
|- 
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| St. Louis Blues
| NHL
| 17
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 24
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 33
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| [[Carolina Hurricanes]]
| NHL
| 45
| 4
| 5
| 9
| 42
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- 
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| [[Ottawa Senators]]
| NHL
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 AHL season|1998–99]]
| [[Springfield Falcons]]
| AHL
| 13
| 5
| 3
| 8
| 10
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- 
| 1998–99
| [[Phoenix Coyotes]]
| NHL
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 37
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]]
| [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]
| NHL
| 56
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 24
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- 
| [[1999–2000 AHL season|1999–2000]]
| [[Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins]]
| AHL
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 AHL season|2000–01]]
| [[Louisville Panthers]]
| AHL
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 702
! 130
! 153
! 283
! 978
! 92
! 15
! 11
! 26
! 87
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1984]]
| [[United States men's national junior ice hockey team|United States]]
| [[IIHF World U20 Championship|WJC]]
| 7||2||0||2||4
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1985]]
| eam|United States
| WJC
| 7||2||0||2||12
|-
| [[1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1986]]
| United States
| WJC
| 7||6||5||11||4
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]]
| [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]]
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|OG]]
| 6||1||2||3||0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! colspan="3" | Junior totals 
! 21
! 10
! 5
! 15
! 20
|}

==Awards and honors==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
! 
|-
| All-[[Hockey East]] [[List of All-Hockey East Teams#Rookie Team|Rookie Team]]
| [[1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1984–85]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Hockey East All-Rookie Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/hea_roo.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{icehockeystats|legends=10917}}
*[http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1984/84034.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]

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{{succession box | before = Position Created | title = Captain of the [[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins]] | years = [[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins#Team captains|1999–00]]<br />(shared with)<br />[[John Slaney]]<br />[[Tyler Wright]] | after = [[John Slaney]]<br />[[Sven Butenschon]]}}
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