Undrafted rookie right wing Jackson Leef(5) started the season under contract with Evansville Thunderbolts.
After 16 SPHL games scoring 6 goals and 7 assists with a +4 rating was loaned up to Brampton Beast.
He stayed up with the team for a month but was returned, then less than a month later went back.
Through 42 ECHL games he has 5 goals and 9 assists, which along with consistent hard work was enough to earn him a loan another rung up the hockey ladder to Montreal Canadiens‘ affiliate Laval Rocket.
In his AHL debut, he was part of a 5-4 overtime victory on a team that has struggled to win games.
Not bad results for the former NCAA Division III Westfield State University captain, who did detonate the scoresheet as a senior connecting for 19 goals and 21 assists in 26 games.
The 25-year old also struck for point-per-game numbers in his first and third seasons with Texas Tornado of the NAHL.
His dad Ron Leef had 6 big IHL seasons with Fort Wayne Komets.