From Cradle to Cup will be a series running throughout July 2013
looking back at players on the 2013 Chicago Blackhawks roster for their
Stanley Cup-winning campaign. Part 12 looks at young defenseman Nick Leddy.
Nick Leddy was born on March 20th, 1991 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He began his hockey career with his high school team, the Eden Prairie High School Eagles, scoring two goals and adding sixteen assists in twenty-eight games during his sophomore season of 2006-2007. In his junior season (2007-2008), Leddy scored six goals and twenty-two assists in twenty-seven games. That same season, he played in four games with the United States National Team Development Program, registering two assists. Leddy stepped it up a notch in his senior year after turning down the Development Program's offer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, scoring at a pace of twelve goals and thirty-three assists in thirty-one games during 2008-2009. This earned him Minnesota's Mr. Hockey award, as well as Minneapolis Metro Player of the Year, first team all-state from the Associated Press, and a position on the Class AA all-state tournament team. During twenty-four games with Team Southwest in the UMHSEL, Leddy scored nine goals and eleven assists as well. He was drafted by local NHL team, the Minnesota Wild in the first round, 16th overall, during the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Leddy played college hockey in his freshman season of 2009-2010, posting three goals and eight assists in thirty games for the University of Minnesota. During the season, his rights in the NHL were traded with Kim Johnsson from the Minnesota Wild to the Chicago Blackhawks in February, in exchange for Cam Barker in what has proven to be a largely imbalanced trade. For 2010-2011, Leddy split time between the American Hockey League Rockford IceHogs and the NHL's Blackhawks. With Rockford, he had two goals and eight assists in twenty-two games, while he had four goals and three assists in forty-six regular season games in Chicago. He also went pointless in seven postseason games that year. Leddy also represented the United States in the World Junior Championships, playing in six games and scoring three assists as the United States won the bronze medal. In 2011-2012, Leddy was with the Blackhawks all season, posting a line of three goals and thirty-four assists in his star-making season, appearing in all eighty-two games. Due to the NHL lockout in 2012, Leddy played in Rockford to begin the season, scoring three goals and thirteen assists in thirty-one games, and then played in every game of the truncated NHL season to the tune of six goals and twelve assists over forty-eight games. The Blackhawks also had a deep postseason run, and Leddy played in all twenty-three games, with only two assists but strong defense to help the Blackhawks capture the Stanley Cup. He was resigned by the Blackhawks to a two-year contract on July 3rd, 2013, likely a bridge deal that will lead to many more seasons in Chicago.
Nick Leddy was born on March 20th, 1991 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He began his hockey career with his high school team, the Eden Prairie High School Eagles, scoring two goals and adding sixteen assists in twenty-eight games during his sophomore season of 2006-2007. In his junior season (2007-2008), Leddy scored six goals and twenty-two assists in twenty-seven games. That same season, he played in four games with the United States National Team Development Program, registering two assists. Leddy stepped it up a notch in his senior year after turning down the Development Program's offer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, scoring at a pace of twelve goals and thirty-three assists in thirty-one games during 2008-2009. This earned him Minnesota's Mr. Hockey award, as well as Minneapolis Metro Player of the Year, first team all-state from the Associated Press, and a position on the Class AA all-state tournament team. During twenty-four games with Team Southwest in the UMHSEL, Leddy scored nine goals and eleven assists as well. He was drafted by local NHL team, the Minnesota Wild in the first round, 16th overall, during the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Leddy played college hockey in his freshman season of 2009-2010, posting three goals and eight assists in thirty games for the University of Minnesota. During the season, his rights in the NHL were traded with Kim Johnsson from the Minnesota Wild to the Chicago Blackhawks in February, in exchange for Cam Barker in what has proven to be a largely imbalanced trade. For 2010-2011, Leddy split time between the American Hockey League Rockford IceHogs and the NHL's Blackhawks. With Rockford, he had two goals and eight assists in twenty-two games, while he had four goals and three assists in forty-six regular season games in Chicago. He also went pointless in seven postseason games that year. Leddy also represented the United States in the World Junior Championships, playing in six games and scoring three assists as the United States won the bronze medal. In 2011-2012, Leddy was with the Blackhawks all season, posting a line of three goals and thirty-four assists in his star-making season, appearing in all eighty-two games. Due to the NHL lockout in 2012, Leddy played in Rockford to begin the season, scoring three goals and thirteen assists in thirty-one games, and then played in every game of the truncated NHL season to the tune of six goals and twelve assists over forty-eight games. The Blackhawks also had a deep postseason run, and Leddy played in all twenty-three games, with only two assists but strong defense to help the Blackhawks capture the Stanley Cup. He was resigned by the Blackhawks to a two-year contract on July 3rd, 2013, likely a bridge deal that will lead to many more seasons in Chicago.
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