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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1968)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| played_for = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br>[[Quebec Nordiques]]<br>[[Calgary Flames]]<br>[[Edmonton Oilers]]
| position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 195
| ntl_team = Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|3|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan]], Canada
| draft = 86th overall
| draft_year = 1988
| draft_team = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| career_start = 1990
| career_end = 2001
}}
{{MedalTableTop|}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{Flag icon|Canada}} [[Canada]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1995 Sweden]] | Ice hockey }}
{{MedalBottom}}
'''Leonard Esau''' (born March 16, 1968) is a Canadian former [[ice hockey]] [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]] who played 27 games in the [[National Hockey League]] for the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], [[Quebec Nordiques]], [[Calgary Flames]] and the [[Edmonton Oilers]] between 1991 and 1995. The Leafs drafted him in the fifth round 86th overall in the [[1988 NHL Entry Draft]] from the [[St. Cloud State]] Huskies. Esau never scored a goal in the NHL, but notched up 10 assists and collected 24 penalty minutes. He spent much of his tenure in the [[American Hockey League]] and the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]], but also spent one season in [[Japan]], playing for Seibu-Tetsudo Tokyo. Internationally Esau played for the [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canadian national team]] at the [[1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1995 World Championships]], winning a bronze medal.

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| 1985–86
| [[Humboldt Broncos]]
| [[Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League|SJHL]]
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 21
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87
| Humboldt Broncos
| SJHL
| 57 || 4 || 26 || 30 || 278
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1987–88
| Humboldt Broncos
| SJHL
| 57 || 16 || 37 || 53 || 229
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1988–89]]
| [[St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey|St. Cloud State]]
| [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
| 35 || 12 || 27 || 39 || 69
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1989–90]]
| St. Cloud State
| NCAA
| 29 || 8 || 11 || 19 || 83
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 AHL season|1990–91]]
| [[Newmarket Saints]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 76 || 4 || 14 || 18 || 28
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1991–92 AHL season|1991–92]]
| [[St. John's Maple Leafs]]
| AHL
| 78 || 9 || 29 || 38 || 68
| 13 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1992–93 AHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Halifax Citadels]]
| AHL
| 75 || 11 || 31 || 42 || 79
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Quebec Nordiques]]
| NHL
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| [[1993–94 AHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Saint John Flames]]
| AHL
| 75 || 12 || 36 || 48 || 129
| 7 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Calgary Flames]]
| NHL
| 6 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 7
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1994–95 AHL season|1994–95]]
| Saint John Flames
| AHL
| 54 || 13 || 27 || 40 || 73
| 5 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| NHL
| 14 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 15
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| 1994–95
| Calgary Flames
| NHL
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 IHL season|1995–96]]
| [[Cincinnati Cyclones]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 82 || 15 || 21 || 36 || 150
| 17 || 5 || 6 || 11 || 26
|-
| [[1996–97 IHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Milwaukee Admirals]]
| IHL
| 49 || 6 || 16 || 22 || 70
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97
| [[Detroit Vipers]]
| IHL
| 30 || 6 || 8 || 14 || 36
| 13 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 38
|-
| [[1997–98 IHL season|1997–98]]
| Milwaukee Admirals
| IHL
| 26 || 3 || 9 || 12 || 32
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98
| [[Indianapolis Ice]]
| IHL
| 55 || 6 || 33 || 39 || 28
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
|-
| [[1998–99 Japan Ice Hockey League season|1998–99]]
| Seibu–Tetsudo
| [[Japan Ice Hockey League|JIHL]]
| 21 || 6 || 11 || 17 || 0
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–00 IHL season|1999–00]]
| Cincinnati Cyclones
| IHL
| 78 || 8 || 17 || 25 || 64
| 10 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 14
|- 
| [[2000–01 IHL season|2000–01]]
| Cincinnati Cyclones
| IHL
| 68 || 3 || 16 || 19 || 61
| 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 8
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals
! 358 !! 49 !! 137 !! 186 !! 377
! 25 !! 2 !! 6 !! 8 !! 20
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | IHL totals
! 388 !! 47 !! 120 !! 167 !! 441
! 50 !! 7 !! 13 !! 20 !! 90
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 27 !! 0 !! 10 !! 10 !! 24
! — !! — !! — !! — !! —
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [[1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1995]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"| Senior totals
! 7 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2
|}

==External links==
* {{icehockeystats}}

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Calgary Flames players]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen]]
[[Category:Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) players]]
[[Category:Detroit Vipers players]]
[[Category:Edmonton Oilers players]]
[[Category:Halifax Citadels players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Indianapolis Ice players]]
[[Category:Japan Ice Hockey League players]]
[[Category:Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) players]]
[[Category:Newmarket Saints players]]
[[Category:Quebec Nordiques players]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Saint John Flames]]
[[Category:St. John's Maple Leafs players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks]]
[[Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players]]

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