Jay Leach (hockey coach)

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Jay Leach

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Center

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 200

| played_for = Syracuse Hornets
Manchester Blackhawks
Erie Golden Blades
Nashville South Stars

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|05|24|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.

| career_start = 1980

| career_end = 1983

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Jay Leach (born May 24, 1951) is an American former ice hockey assistant coach of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, and Washington Capitals.

Career

Leach served as assistant coach for Team USA under Bob Johnson in the 1991 Canada Cup. He also served as assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Team in the 2004 and 2006 World Championships. He also has five years of head coaching experience in the American Hockey League with the Springfield Indians and the Hershey Bears.

On June 25, 2013, Leach was named associate head coach for the University of Maine men's ice hockey team.{{cite web|title=Men's Ice Hockey Announces the Hiring of Associate Head Coach Jay Leach |url=http://goblackbears.com/sports/m-hockey/2012-13/releases/20130625eyydjf |accessdate=26 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201239/http://goblackbears.com/sports/m-hockey/2012-13/releases/20130625eyydjf |archivedate=29 October 2013 }}

Personal life

Leach's nephew, Jay Leach, was the head coach of the Providence Bruins, and is now an assistant coach with the Seattle Kraken.{{cite web|title=JAY LEACH AND TRENT WHITFIELD NAMED PROVIDENCE BRUINS ASSISTANT COACHES|url=http://www.providencebruins.com/news/detail/jay-leach-and-trent-whitfield-named-providence-bruins-assistant-coaches|website=The Official Site of the Providence Bruins|accessdate=16 May 2017|archive-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232415/http://www.providencebruins.com/news/detail/jay-leach-and-trent-whitfield-named-providence-bruins-assistant-coaches|url-status=dead}}

References

{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3040|title=Jay Leach's playing career and coaching career stats|publisher=HockeyDB|accessdate=2007-06-19}}

Category:1951 births

Category:Living people

Category:Atlanta Thrashers coaches

Category:Hartford Whalers coaches

Category:Los Angeles Kings coaches

Category:New Jersey Devils coaches

Category:Sportspeople from Lexington, Massachusetts

Category:Washington Capitals coaches

Category:Syracuse Hornets players

Category:Hershey Bears coaches

Category:Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Category:Ice hockey coaches from Massachusetts

Category:American men's ice hockey players

Category:American ice hockey coaches

Category:Ice hockey players from Massachusetts

Category:20th-century American sportsmen