Roger Leger
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Hockey_player_Roger_Leger.png
| image_size = 180px
| caption = Leger with the Montreal Canadiens
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1919|3|26}}
| birth_place = L'Annonciation, Quebec, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|4|7|1919|3|26}}
| death_place = Riviere-Rouge, Quebec, Canada
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 200
| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
New York Rangers
| career_start = 1940
| career_end = 1956
}}
Joseph Ernest Roger Léger (March 26, 1919 – April 7, 1965) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played 187 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers from 1943 to 1950. He was born in L'Annonciation, Quebec.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1940–41
| Joliette Cyclones | MCHL | 26 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 22
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1941–42 | Joliette Cyclones | MCHL | 30 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 62
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1943–44
| NHL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1943–44 | EAHL | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1943–44
| AHL | 29 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 10
| 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1944–45 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 54 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 36
| 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 1945–46
| Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 57 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 41
| 12 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1946–47 | NHL | 49 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 12
| 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 1946–47
| Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1947–48 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 48 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 26
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948–49
| Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 28 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1948–49 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948–49
| USHL | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1949–50 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 55 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 21
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1949–50
| AHL | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1950–51 | PCHL | 68 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 84
| 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 1951–52
| Vancouver Canucks | PCHL | 70 | 16 | 47 | 63 | 68
| 13 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1952–53 | QSHL | 60 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 22
| 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
| 1953–54
| Montreal Royals | QSHL | 61 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 50
| 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1954–55 | Shawinigan Falls Cataractes | QSHL | 59 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 83
| 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| 1955–56
| Shawinigan Falls Cataractes | QSHL | 45 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 29
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 187 !! 18 !! 53 !! 71 !! 71 ! 20 !! 0 !! 7 !! 7 !! 14 |
External links
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