John Leonard

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Amherst, Mass.
Prev School:
Green Bay (USHL)

CAREER HONORS
2019-20 College Hockey News First Team
2019-20 Hockey East First-Team All-Star
2018-19 Hockey East Second-Team All-Star
2019 NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament Team
Hockey East Player of the Week (10/29/18), (3/5/18), (11/4/19), (2/10/20), (3/2/20)
Hockey East Rookie of the Week (10/16/17), (2/12/18)
UMass Student-Athlete of the Week (10/16/17), (3/5/18), (10/28/19), (11/4/19), (2/10/20)

AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20: Game-by-Game Statistics
Top 10 Finalist for the 2020 Hobey Baker Award … Earned First-Team All-Star recognition from Hockey East and College Hockey News … Became UMass' first-ever winner of the Hockey East PNC Bank Three Stars Award … Led the nation with 27 goals … Became just the sixth member of the 50-goal, 100-point club in UMass history, the first to reach the milestone as a junior in the Division I era … Paced the Minutemen with 37 points over 33 games … Added 10 assists and was +33 … Logged a program-record 21 goals in Hockey East action, the most by a Hockey East player since 2010-11 … Had 29 points (21g, 8a) with five game-winning goals in 23 league contests … Led the nation in goals per-game (0.82) and tied for first in game-winning goals with six … Was one of just three players nationally to record two hat tricks on the season … Ranked 16^th in the nation in points per-game (1.12) … Led the nation in third period goals (16), third period points (21) and game-winning goals (four) scored in the final frame … Tied for the nation's lead in game-winning goals and hat tricks … Posted a nation's-best seven multi-goal games, 21 even strength goals and 21 goals in UMass wins … Set new program records for both single-season (6) and career records for game-winning goals (10) …

Broke the program's Division I single-season record for goals with 27th of the season ... Factored in all six goals of a weekend split vs. UConn (2/28-2/29) scoring twice in the road loss on Friday while being named the No. 2 star ... Matched a career high with four points in Saturday's home victory with the game-winning goal and three assists vs. the Huskies and was tabbed the No. 1 star of the game ... Earned Hockey East player of the Week honors following that performance and was named the NCAA No. 2 Star of the Week (3/2) ... Netted second hat trick in three games vs. #14/15 UMass Lowell (2/22) and was named the game's No. 1 star ... Scored on the power play at #14/15 UMass Lowell (2/21) for 50th career goal ... Was named UMass Student-Athlete of the Week following the series against the River Hawks ... Netted first career hat trick and added an assist for a career high four points at #10 Providence (2/8) ... Was named the No. 1 star of the game, the Hockey East Player of the Week and the NCAA No. 1 Star of the Week following that Performance ... Third goal of hat trick made the SportsCenter Top 10 Plays, coming in at No. 8 ... Dished an assist vs. #10 Providence (2/7) ... Scored in back-to-back games at Vermont (1/17-1/18) and was named the No. 2 star both nights ... Goals extended scoring streak to five straight games, tying a UMass record ... Registered a goal in a third straight game vs. #4 Boston College (1/11) ... Netted two goals in a 3-1 win at #4 Boston College (1/10) ... Scored 14th career power-play goal at #7/5 Denver (1/4) ... Recorded an assist at RPI (12/29) ... Capped goal scoring streak at four and added an assist at Brown (12/10) ... Scored the game-winning goal on the power play vs. Maine (12/7) and was named the No. 3 Star of the Game ... Notched a goal and an assist vs. Maine (12/6) and earned the game's No. 2 star ... Scored eighth goal of the season vs. Quinnipiac (11/30) ... Registered an assist at Boston University (11/15) ... Picked up first assist of the season on the power play at New Hampshire (11/10) ... Logged back-to-back two-goal games in a weekend sweep of #10 Northeastern (11/1-11/2), extending streak to three straight multi-goal games, a UMass record ... Named Hockey East Player of the Week and NCAA Third Star of the Week following that performance ... Posted third career multi-goal game, scoring twice, including the game winner, vs. AIC (10/25) ... Scored first goal of the season and was +2 vs. Union (10/18).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19: Named a Hockey East Second Team All-Star … Ranked fourth on the team and fifth in Hockey East in scoring with 40 points in 40 games on 16 goals and 24 assists … Tied for sixth in the league in goals scored … Tied for eighth in assists … Finished third in Hockey East with 18 power play points … Tied for third in power-play goals (7) … Won 105 of 189 face offs (.556), which ranked ninth in Hockey East … Had one game-winning goal and was +14 … Logged 29 points in 23 Hockey East games, contributing 11 goals and 18 assists, including five power-play tallies … Found the back of the net in a third consecutive game in the NCAA Semifinal vs. Denver (4/11) ... Was voted to the NCAA Northeast Regionals All-Tournament Team following two goals and an assist in the games vs. Harvard and Notre Dame (3/30) ... Netted a goal in second consecutive game of the NCAA Northeast Regionals vs. Notre Dame (3/30) ... Scored a goal and added an assist in the Northeast Regional Semifinal of the NCAA Tournament vs. Harvard (3/29) ... Logged a pair of assists in Game 2 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals vs. New Hampshire (3/16) ... Capped three-game scoring streak with a power-play, game-winning goal vs. UConn (2/21) and was tabbed the game's No. 2 star ... Had a three-point weekend against Boston College (2/15-16) with two power-play goals and an assist in two games ... Was named the No. 3 star following game two against the Eagles ... Also selected as the UMass Student-Athlete of the Week (2/18) ... Reached 30 points on the season with a goal and an assist vs. Boston University (2/8) and was named the game's No. 2 star ... Registered fifth three-point game of the season with a goal and two assists at Boston University (2/1) ... Netted a goal at Maine (1/26) ... Scored the lone goal for the Minutemen at #8 Northeastern (1/19) ... Logged third assist of the weekend vs. Vermont (1/12) ... Posted a pair of helpers vs. Vermont (1/11) ... Logged sixth multi-point game of the year with a goal and an assist at AIC (1/5) ... Collected an assist vs. #18 Yale (12/11) ... Recorded an assist vs. UConn (11/30) ... Posted fifth multi-point game of the season vs. New Hampshire (11/18) with a goal and an assist and was named the game's No. 1 star ... Scored a goal and collected an assist vs. No. 4/3 Providence (11/8) and was named the No. 2 star of the game ... Registered third consecutive three-point game with a power-play goal and two assists at New Hampshire (11/3) ... Earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors after 6-point weekend against Merrimack (10/29) ... Tallied a career high three assists at Merrimack (10/27) ... Picked up first multi-point game of the season with a goal and two assists vs. Merrimack (10/26) ... Netted first goal of the season on the power play at #1 Ohio State (10/19) ... Logged first point of the season with an assist on the power play vs. Rensselaer (10/12).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18: Game-by-Game Statistics
Led UMass in scoring with 28 points on 13 goals and 15 assists ... Tied for second all-time for goals by a freshman in the program's Hockey East era ... Scored a team-best four power-play goals and three game winners ... Tied for first on the squad in scoring in Hockey East play with seven goals and seven assists in 14 games ... Had a team-high 113 shots on goal ... Logged two multi-goal games and six multi-point games on the season ... Finished fourth nationally in goals per-game by a freshman, tied for seventh in goals scored by a freshman and for points per-game by a freshman (0.85) ... Was 16th nationally in freshmen scoring ... Tabbed Hockey East Rookie of the Month for March ... Registered 13th goal of the season in Game 2 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals at Northeastern (3/10) ... Named Hockey East Player of the Week (3/5) following four-point (2g, 2a) weekend vs. Vermont to open the Hockey East Tournament ... Logged sixth multi-point goal of the season with a goal and an assist in Game 3 of the Hockey East Opening Round vs. Vermont (3/4) and was tabbed the No. 1 star of the game ... Scored and assisted the game-winner in overtime of Game 1 of the Hockey East Opening Round vs. Vermont (3/1), earning the game's No. 3 star ... Picked up an assist vs. #19 Boston College (2/15), extending point streak to four games ... Was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week for the second time (2/12) after a four-point (2g, 2a) week ... Registered an assist vs. UMass Lowell (2/10) ... Notched an assist at Boston University (2/9) ... Scored two goals vs. Merrimack, including the game-winner (2/6) and was tabbed the No. 1 star ... Scored a power-play goal for the second consecutive game vs. Boston University (2/2)... Logged a power-play goal vs. Maine (1/27) ... Scored the lone goal at No. 16 Boston College (1/23) ... Tallied 10th assist of the season vs. #8/9 Northeastern (1/19) on the power play ... Collected an assist in a 6-3 win at Vermont (1/13) ... Logged a goal and an assist for third career multi-point game in a 2-2 tie at Vermont (1/12) and was named the game's No. 2 star ... Recorded an assist on the power play at Yale (1/5) ... Picked up an assist on the game winner vs. Quinnipiac (11/25) ... Scored fourth goal of the season at #8/7 Providence (11/11) ... Notched an assist vs. #8/7 Providence (11/9) in first game back from injury ... Was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week and UMass Student-Athlete of the Week (10/16) ... Recorded second consecutive multi-point game and first career three-point game with two goals and an assist vs. AIC (10/14) ... Registered first career multi-point game, notching two assists at Union College (10/13) ... Scored first collegiate and game-winning goal at Arizona State (10/7) … Tallied first assist and collegiate point in UMass debut at Arizona State (10/6) skating with Kurt Keats and Marco Bozzo.

BEFORE UMASS: Played two seasons (2015-17) with the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) … Totaled 43 points on 24 goals and 19 assists over 110 career games with the Gamblers … Amassed 151 points over 72 games on 91 goals and 60 assists over three seasons at Springfield Cathedral … Led all Massachusetts state high school players in scoring in 2014-15 with 75 points (47g, 28a) … Selected as the 2014-15 Western Mass. Player of the Year … Named the Amo 'Betts' Bessone Award recipient that season as Western Mass.' top high school hockey player … ESPN Boston's Mr. Hockey, Boston Herald Dream Team and SB Nation College Hockey Massachusetts High School Player of the Year honoree in 2014-15 … Played for Team USA in the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament and posted a goal and an assist in four games.

PERSONAL: Born John Gerard Leonard on August 7, 1998, in Springfield, Mass. … Son of John and Cindy Leonard … Has three siblings, Ryan, Brianna, and Alyssa … Father, John, was a basketball assistant coach at UMass from 2001-05 … Graduated from Ashwaubenon High (Ashwaubenon, Wis.) in 2016 … Majoring in Communications and Sport Management.

Career Highs

Career Highs
Goals: 3 - 2x - Last vs. UMass Lowell (2/22/20)
Assists: 3 - 2x - Last vs. UConn (2/29/20)
Points: 4 - 2x - Last vs. UConn (2/29/20)

Miscellaneous
Most Recent Goal Scored - GP Since: Last vs. UConn (2/29/20) - 1
Multi-Goal Games: 9; Last at UConn (2/28/20)
Multi-Point Games: 28; Last vs. UConn (2/29/20)