Chase De Leo
De Leo in 2014
Born (1995-10-25) October 25, 1995
La Mirada, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Anaheim Ducks
San Diego Gulls (AHL)
Winnipeg Jets
New Jersey Devils
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 for the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL), while under contract with the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Personal life

De Leo was born on October 25, 1995, in La Mirada, California, U.S.[1] to parents John and Janie who own a wholesale plumbing supply company.[2] De Leo originally played baseball before being convinced to take up roller hockey due to his mom finding the former sport boring.[3]

De Leo played roller hockey for the Orange County Blades before transitioned to ice hockey. He began playing as a goaltender for the Norwalk Knights before switching positions.[4] As a youth, De Leo played for the Los Angeles Selects minor ice hockey team, where he was a teammate of Eric Comrie.[5] While playing with this team, De Leo competed in the 2008 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament.[6] After meeting Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, and Patrick Roy, De Leo chose to pursue ice hockey as a career.[2]

Playing career

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.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

Following three years within the Ducks organization, featuring in a lone game each season, De Leo left as a free agent and was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the New Jersey Devils on July 29, 2021.[10]

After a lone season with the Devils, De Leo as a free agent opted to return to former club, the Anaheim Ducks, in signing a two-year, two-way contract on July 14, 2022.[11]

International play

De Leo was a member of Team USA at the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

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 6914163025 220112
2012–13 Portland Winterhawks WHL 7118385624 215121715
2013–14 Portland Winterhawks WHL 7239428136 21109196
2014–15 Portland Winterhawks WHL 6739458430 177121910
2015–16 Manitoba Moose AHL 7319214034 —————
2015–16 Winnipeg Jets NHL 20000 —————
2016–17 Manitoba Moose AHL 6914183212 —————
2017–18 Manitoba Moose AHL 6912233531 92680
2018–19 San Diego Gulls AHL 6620355512 165052
2018–19 Anaheim Ducks NHL 10000 —————
2019–20 San Diego Gulls AHL 5110152516 —————
2019–20 Anaheim Ducks NHL 10000 —————
2020–21 San Diego Gulls AHL 3715203518 30000
2020–21 Anaheim Ducks NHL 10000 —————
2021–22 Utica Comets AHL 5521355618 51232
2021–22 New Jersey Devils NHL 20000 —————
2022–23 San Diego Gulls AHL 229142310 —————
NHL totals 7 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

  1. ↑ "Chase De Leo". Elite Prospects. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Kopff, Loren (May 13, 2020). "La Mirada Native Chase De Leo Living The Dream Playing For Hometown Anaheim Ducks". Cerritos Community News. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  3. ↑ Bunker, Paul (March 28, 2013). "The Winterhawks: Chase De Leo started out as a baseball player until mom stepped in". Oregon Live. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  4. ↑ Teaford, Elliott (April 9, 2021). "Ducks lose to Avs in Chase De Leo's long-awaited Honda Center debut". Orange County Register. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ Billeck, Scott (July 9, 2014). "CALIFORNIA DREAMIN': CHASE DE LEO PURSUES PASSION FOR HOCKEY ALL THE WAY TO WINNIPEG". My Toba. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Versatile Winnipeg Jets prospect Chase De Leo had strong drive to succeed at next level". Winnipeg Sun. July 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Jets re-assign De Leo & Kosmachuk to Manitoba Moose". Winnipeg Jets. March 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ducks acquire De Leo from Winnipeg". Anaheim Ducks. June 30, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Devils sign four players to two-way deals". New Jersey Devils. July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Ducks sign De Leo, Gawdin, Kirkland, Strand and White to contracts". Anaheim Ducks. July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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