Background
Leipsic is Jewish, and was born in Winnipeg, Canada. His mother Kathleen was a gymnast who represented Canada at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and his father Greg was a high school running back.
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Brendan Leipsic
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He is currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (National Hockey League). Leipsic was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 3rd round (89th overall) of the 2012 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Leipsic played in the WHL from the 2010-2011 season.
On May 23, 2013, the Nashville Predators signed Leipsic to a three-year entry-level contract.
Leipsic was assigned to the Predators AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals to begin his first professional season in 2014-2015. He led the Admirals in rookie scoring with 36 points in 47 games.
On February 15, 2015, the Predators traded Leipsic along with Olli Jokinen and Nashville"s 2015 first round draft pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a package deal for Cody Franson and Mike Santorelli. Leipsc played an important role down the stretch in helping the Toronto Marlies (a team that struggled to score early in the year) reach the post-season.
Leipsic began the 2015-2016 season with the Marlies, and would play there for most of the year.
However, in February 2016, the Maple Leafs lineup was depleted due to injuries. Wanting to allow younger players to remain in the AHL and develop, Toronto initially called up older veterans. When injury struck again however, Leipsic was called up on February 13, 2016, in reward for his strong play, along with Jeremy Morin, both on an emergency basis.
Leipsic made his debut the same night, in a road game against the Vancouver Canucks, and scored his first National Hockey League goal midway through the second period, batting a flying puck out of mid-air and past goaltender Ryan Miller.
The reaction of Leipsic"s parents, who were in attendance and flew last minute to the game, garnered much media attention. Leipsic became the first Maple Leafs" player to score a goal in his National Hockey League debut since Nikolay Kulemin in 2008.
Leipsic was sent back to the Marlies shortly after his debut.
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Membership
He was a member of Canada’s National Junior Team for the 2012 Canada-Russia Challenge.
