2023-24 Men's Hockey Roster
Roster
Ryan Leonard
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 192
- Shoots:
- R
- Hometown:
- Amherst, Mass.
- Previous Team:
- U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 3 (five times, most recent vs. Michigan Tech, March 29, 2024)
Goals: 3 (most recent vs. UMass, Feb. 18, 2024)
Assists: 2 (five times, most recent vs. Boston University, March 23, 2024)
Shots: 8 (most recent vs. Denver, April 13, 2024)
Plus/Minus: +4 (twice, most recent vs. Vermont, Feb. 24, 2024)
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024-25)
• Hockey East Player of the Year
• Hobey Baker Hat-Trick Finalist
• AHCA First Team All-American
• Hockey East First Team All-Star, Hockey East Scoring Champion, and Hockey East Three Stars Award
• Walter Brown Award winner and New England All-Star
• Skated in all 37 games, posting 49 points on 30 goals and 19 assists
• Led the country in goals (30) and game-winning goals (9)
• Fourth in Division In in points per game (1.3243)
• Five multi-goal games, including two hat tricks
• Posted a nation-best 17-game point streak, registering 17 goals and 12 assists over that span
• Became first Division I men’s player to score 30+ goals in back-to-back seasons since BC’s Cam Atkinson did so in 2009-10 and 2010-11
FRESHMAN SEASON (2023-24)
• Named a CCM/AHCA Second Team All-American
• Finished third nationally in goals (31) and fourth in points (60)
• Scored the most goals by a freshman in program history
• Hockey East Second Team All-Star
• Named the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Providence Regional
• Scored first collegiate goal in the 6-4 victory over Michigan St. (Oct. 26)
• Recorded first career hat trick against UMass (Feb. 18)
• Had eight multi-goal games, including the NCAA Providence Regional contests against Michigan Tech and Quinnipiac
• Skated in all 41 games
BEFORE BC:
• Drafted eighth overall by the Washington Capitals at the 2023 NHL Draft, making BC just the third NCAA school to have two top-10 picks in the same draft
• Scored 51 goals during the 2022-23 campaign, which is tied for ninth all-time in a single season in USNTDP history
• Over his two seasons with Team USA, he netted 77 goals which is seventh all-time in program history, two shy of Auston Matthews
• Scored the game-winning goal 2:20 into overtime of the U18 World Championship Gold Medal Game to beat Sweden 3-2, closing the tournament with 17 points including eight goals
PERSONAL:
• Recipient of the George J. Norberg '39 Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Antonacci Family Flynn Fund Scholarship
• Majoring in Communication Studies
• Son of Cindy and John Leonard
• Has three siblings: John, Alyssa, and Brianna
• Older brother John played hockey at UMass and currently plays for Tuscon in the AHL
