Brady Leisenring

Brady Leisenring (born September 7, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey player current assistant coach with the Atlanta Gladiators of the ECHL.

Playing career Leisenring was a standout hockey player for the University of Vermont Catamounts from 2001 to 2006. In his final season at UVM he broke John LeClair's all-time record of most points by a Vermont born player with 117. After the end of the 2005–06 season at UVM, he signed an amateur try-out contract with the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League. The next season following his 3-game stint in the AHL Leisenring participated with the San Jose Sharks' prospects in what was called “Pacific Division Shootout”, featuring rookies from the Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks and Phoenix Coyotes. San Jose would send him to their minor league affiliate the Worcester Sharks. Leisenring would play 27 games for Worcester over the next two season. After several stops he then joined the Hannover Indians in the German 2.GBun for the 2009–10 season.

After spending the 2010–11 season in North America with namely the Kalamazoo Wings and Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Leisenring returned to Germany signing a one-year contract with ESV Kaufbeuren of the 2nd Bundeliga on June 7, 2011. He next headed to Sweden and spent two seasons with VIK Västerås HK, along with a stint with Heilbronner Falken in Germany.

Coaching career In 2014, Leisenring signed on with the Esbjerg Energy of the Danish Metal Ligaen. After appearing in 16 games, Leisenring retired and took an assistant coaching position with the team. In 2017, Leisenring returned stateside and was named an assistant coach of the Atlanta Gladiators in the ECHL.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 U.S. National Development Team NAHL 54 16 11 27 35 — — — — — 1999-00 U.S. National Development Team USDP 53 11 9 20 34 — — — — — 2000–01 U.S. National Development Team USDP 37 16 12 28 51 — — — — — 2001–02 University of Vermont ECAC 31 5 5 10 12 — — — — — 2002–03 University of Vermont ECAC 36 12 15 27 14 — — — — — 2003–04 University of Vermont ECAC 35 15 21 36 38 — — — — — 2004–05 University of Vermont ECAC 6 3 6 9 6 — — — — — 2005–06 University of Vermont HE 37 11 24 35 16 — — — — — 2005–06 Cleveland Barons AHL 3 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2006–07 Fresno Falcons ECHL 42 11 16 27 30 4 1 2 3 0 2006–07 Worcester Sharks AHL 24 2 3 5 12 — — — — — 2007–08 Fresno Falcons ECHL 64 25 35 60 58 6 2 4 6 6 2007–08 Worcester Sharks AHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2008–09 Schwenningen ERC 2.GBun 48 28 26 54 44 2 0 1 1 0 2009–10 Landshut Cannibals 2.GBun 28 5 10 15 20 — — — — — 2009–10 Hannover Indians 2.GBun 22 7 14 21 24 — — — — — 2010–11 Odessa Jackalopes CHL 4 1 1 2 4 — — — — — 2010–11 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL 38 8 15 23 31 10 1 1 2 2 2010–11 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 14 0 2 2 6 — — — — — 2011-12 ESV Kaufbeuren 2.GBun 48 33 23 56 76 6 3 2 5 2 2012-13 VIK Västerås HK HockeyAllsvenskan 43 13 13 26 10 2 0 1 1 0 2013-14 Heilbronner Falken DEL2 35 7 13 20 10 7 0 3 3 0 2014-15 Esbjerg Energy Metal Ligaen 16 2 6 8 0 - - - - - Career Totals 721 232 267 499 533 37 7 14 21 10

International Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM 2000 United States WJC18 6 1 2 3 8 Junior int'l totals 6 1 2 3 8

Awards and honors Award Year All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2003–04