Bob Leiter
Born (1941-03-22) March 22, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Boston Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins
Atlanta Flames
Playing career 19591976

Robert Edward Leiter (born March 22, 1941) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, most notably for the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League. He spent ten seasons in the NHL and one season in the World Hockey Association between 1962 and 1976.

Playing career

After a junior career that saw him playing on a Memorial Cup winner with the Winnipeg Braves in 1959, Leiter—whose rights were owned by the Boston Bruins—spent most of the next decade in the minor leagues. Derailed by a bout of tuberculosis, occasional injuries and the perception that he would serve better as a defensive player, he served two seasons for the Kingston Frontenacs of the Eastern Professional Hockey League and six with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, playing only large sections of the 1963 and 1964 seasons with the Bruins.

By 1967 there was no place on the newly powerful Bruins for Leiter, and he was a fixture on the Bears, where he was a scoring leader his final four seasons. 1971, his final year in Hershey, was his best, leading the team in scoring and being named to the AHL's Second All-Star Team.

Following that season, the Pittsburgh Penguins bought Leiter from the Bruins, and he became an NHL regular at last. When expansion came in 1972, Leiter was chosen by the Atlanta Flames in the expansion draft as its 17th pick. Despite being chosen inauspiciously low, Leiter led the team in scoring in its inaugural year and was a mainstay with his two-way play. He finished second in team scoring the following season.

However, injuries and age eroded his scoring skills, and he was released by the Flames early in the 1976 season. Leiter signed with the Calgary Cowboys of the World Hockey Association to finish the season, after which he retired.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1958–59 Winnipeg Braves MJHL 311421358 83474
1959–60 Winnipeg Braves MJHL 3122315348 41232
1959–60 Winnipeg Warriors WHL 10000
1960–61 Winnipeg Braves MJHL 3020143431 30330
1960–61 Winnipeg Warriors WHL 51340
1960–61 Winnipeg Maroons Al-Cup 20114152
1961–62 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 6924325661 1188168
1962–63 Boston Bruins NHL 519132234
1962–63 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 2015233817
1963–64 Hershey Bears AHL 1566126 62462
1963–64 Boston Bruins NHL 566131943
1964–65 Boston Bruins NHL 183146
1965–66 Hershey Bears AHL 459233216 31232
1965–66 Boston Bruins NHL 92132
1966–67 California Seals WHL 20281010 10000
1967–68 Hershey Bears AHL 7222487057 50004
1968–69 Hershey Bears AHL 7226335935 11281012
1968–69 Boston Bruins NHL 10000
1969–70 Hershey Bears AHL 7221416251 73254
1970–71 Hershey Bears AHL 7233366926 40224
1971–72 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 7814173118 43030
1972–73 Atlanta Flames NHL 7826346019
1973–74 Atlanta Flames NHL 7826265210 40002
1974–75 Atlanta Flames NHL 521018288
1975–76 Atlanta Flames NHL 262354
1975–76 Calgary Cowboys WHA 511717348 32020
WHA Totals 511717348 32020
NHL Totals 44798126224144 83032

Awards and achievements


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