• Leschyshyn registered 17-23—40 during the 2016-17 season (47 GP) and finished tied for second on the Pats with two shorthanded goals. The Pats finished the year with a League-best 21 shorthanded goals, the most by any WHL team since the Saskatoon Blades (22) in 2010-11.

• Internationally, Leschyshyn (4-3—7 in 6 GP) won a gold medal with Canada White at the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

• His father, Curtis, was a member of Colorado’s Stanley Cup-winning team in 1996 and skated in 1,033 career NHL games with the Nordiques, Avalanche, Capitals, Whalers, Hurricanes, Wild and Senators.

• A two-way forward who models his style of play after Sharks forward Joe Pavelski.


GETTING TO KNOW JAKE...

If I could "Carpool Karaoke" with any celebrity it would be: Selena Gomez

TV show I recently binge-watched: The Office

Celebrity that always makes me laugh: Will Ferrell

App I spend way too much time on: Snapchat

At an all-you-can-eat buffet I go straight for the: Dessert

Coolest person I've ever met: Garth Brooks

Athlete I admire most: Jonathan Toews

One thing people usually don't know about me: Born in Raleigh, North Carolina

If I could be any superhero I would be: Batman

I am inspired by: My Family and Friends

I am afraid of: Spiders

I dream of: Playing in the NHL


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