Leland Irving
| Leland Irving | |||
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| Born |
April 11, 1988 Barrhead, Alberta |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 177 lb (80 kg; 12 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Pittsburgh Penguins Calgary Flames Jokerit Salavat Yulaev Ufa Iowa Wild |
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| NHL Draft | 26th overall, 2006 Calgary Flames |
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| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
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Representing  Canada
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| World U-17 Hockey Challenge | ||
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2005 Alberta | |
| World Junior Hockey Championships | ||
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2007 Sweden | |
Leland Bruce Irving (born April 11, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing in Finland for KooKoo. He was a first round selection of the Calgary Flames, 26th overall at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and played parts of two National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the team. He made his NHL debut on December 16, 2011, in a shootout loss to the Florida Panthers and won his first NHL game one week later in his second start, against the Vancouver Canucks.
As an eight-year-old, Irving was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer, when a bump resembling an insect bite above his left ear was found to be cancerous. He endured 13 months of chemotherapy to overcome the illness. He continued to play minor hockey throughout his ordeal, and missed only one practice and one game.
As he grew older, he worked over the summers with the excavation company his father Bruce operated in his hometown of Swan Hills, Alberta.
Irving was drafted in the first round, 26th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. He played five seasons of major junior hockey in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Everett Silvertips. The 2007–08 WHL season was his fifth and final season with the Silvertips; he played 56 games and sported a 2.45 goals against average. He finished his WHL career tied with Bryan Bridges for the league's all-time record for career shutouts with 21 (he was later surpassed the following season by Tyson Sexsmith of the Vancouver Giants).
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