Alex Leavitt

Alex Leavitt (born January 31, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who last played for Braehead Clan in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Career Undrafted, Leavitt formerly played in the American Hockey League for the Houston Aeros and the San Antonio Rampage, the ECHL for the Alaska Aces and Texas Wildcatters and the Central Hockey League for the Arizona Sundogs before embarking on a European career in 2008.

He signed with the Kassel Huskies in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and stayed for two seasons before moving to the 2nd Bundesliga for the Ravensburg Towerstars where he had a league leading 87 point season, including 55 assists as the Towerstars went on to win the championship. He moved on to Finland's SM-liiga with HPK in 2011, but was unable to match the same form of previous European seasons. In 2012-13 season, Leavitt had a brief spell in Austria's Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for KHL Medveščak Zagreb before returning to Germany and the 2nd Bundesliga for the SERC Wild Wings.

He then split the 2013-14 season in Sweden's HockeyAllsvenskan for Oskarshamns AIK and Denmark's Metal Ligaen for the Aalborg Pirates. While with Aalborg, Leavitt led the league with 61 points, his highest tally since the 2010-11 season, and made the league's Second All-Star Team. In 2014, Leavitt returned to the Ravensburg Towerstars, who were now playing in DEL2 which replaced the 2nd Bundesliga the previous year. On June 1, 2015, Leavitt signed a one-year contract for the 2015-16 season to play with Scottish club, Braehead Clan of the Elite Ice Hockey League, where he contributed 66 points for the season and led the league in assists with 45. He re-signed for a second season with the Clan and scored 69 points.

Leavitt announced his intention to retire in March 2017, following two years with Braehead.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 58 26 32 58 56 — — — — — 2001–02 University of Wisconsin WCHA 39 11 13 24 42 — — — — — 2002–03 University of Wisconsin WCHA 28 2 13 15 24 — — — — — 2003–04 Swift Current Broncos WHL 71 27 41 68 67 5 2 2 4 8 2004–05 Swift Current Broncos WHL 15 3 11 14 27 — — — — — 2004–05 Everett Silvertips WHL 49 13 35 48 43 11 6 5 11 6 2005–06 Alaska Aces ECHL 72 26 65 91 58 16 1 12 13 28 2006–07 Houston Aeros AHL 23 2 9 11 14 — — — — — 2006–07 Texas Wildcatters ECHL 30 10 14 24 30 — — — — — 2006–07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 16 10 10 20 22 — — — — — 2007–08 Arizona Sundogs CHL 58 40 88 128 111 17 10 20 30 28 2007–08 San Antonio Rampage AHL 4 1 2 3 6 — — — — — 2008–09 Kassel Huskies DEL 52 17 37 54 64 — — — — — 2009–10 Kassel Huskies DEL 54 10 29 39 62 — — — — — 2010–11 Ravensburg Towerstars 2.GBun 48 32 55 87 101 12 5 14 19 30 2011–12 HPK SM-l 57 8 24 32 62 — — — — — 2012–13 KHL Medveščak Zagreb EBEL 13 1 4 5 18 — — — — — 2012–13 SERC Wild Wings 2.GBun 32 13 35 48 20 15 10 10 20 42 2013–14 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 10 1 2 3 12 — — — — — 2013–14 Aalborg Pirates DEN 32 22 39 61 28 13 3 4 7 32 2014–15 Ravensburg Towerstars DEL2 44 19 30 49 38 4 2 1 3 14 2015–16 Braehead Clan EIHL 51 21 45 66 36 2 0 2 2 6 2016–17 Braehead Clan EIHL 52 24 45 69 57 2 1 0 1 4 AHL totals 43 13 21 34 42 — — — — —

Awards and honours Award Year SJHL Rookie of the Year 2000–01 ECHL All-Rookie Team 2005–06 Rookie of the Year 2005–06 First All-Star Team 2005–06 Kelly Cup Champion 2005–06 CHL First All-Star Team 2007–08 Ray Miron Cup Champion 2007–08 Playoff MVP 2007–08 Joe Burton Award 2007–08 AHL Player of the Week (Mar 4.) 2006–07 2nd Bundesliga Most Assists (55) 2010–11 Most Points (87) 2010–11 Denmark Most Points (61) 2013–14 Second All-Star Team 2013–14