Leigh Salters

Leigh Salters (born March 27, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
==Career==
Prior to turning professional, Salters played five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Guelph Storm and London Knights. featuring in 250 games, where he scored 34 goals and assisted on 50 others whilst being assessed 379 PIM
In the summer of 2010, San Jose Sharks invited Salters to their pre-season training camp, where he was assigned to their AHL team, Worcester Sharks before being traded to Syracuse Crunch in the AHL where he registered 3 points in 52 games and picked up 111 penalty minutes. He was assessed 17 fighting majors during the season trying to cement his position on the roster for next season.
At the end of the 2010-11 season, he was released and was subsequently signed by Florida Everblades in the ECHL on May 9, where he would spend the next two seasons, being called up to the Charlotte Checkers once.
Over the two seasons, he would play in 97 games, he would contribute 29 goals and 28 assists whilst picking up 188 penalty minutes. He fought 15 times over his two seasons in the ECHL,
On June 10, 2013, the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League announced the signing of Salters for the upcoming season. During his time in England, Salters picked up the Nottingham Panthers Supporters Club Player of the Month award for September along with Most Entertaining Player of the Season. He played in 58 games and scored 26 goals and 33 assists whilst picking up 124 penalty minutes.
For the start of the 2014/15 season Salters signed with Glasgow-based club, the Braehead Clan. Wearing the number 24, Leigh established himself as one of the top hard-hitting forwards in the EIHL by picking up a total of 50 Penalty in Minutes during the month of October alone. On January 17th 2015, Salters scored the 4th goal in a 6-2 win over Gardiner conference rivals Dundee Stars, which was the Braehead Clan's 1,000th goal in all EIHL competitions.
In the 2015-16 season, Salters moved to the Cardiff Devils.
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
2005–06 	Guelph Storm 	OHL 		49 	2 	6 	8 	60 		13 	0 	0 	0 	10
2006–07 	Guelph Storm 	OHL 		56 	0 	5 	5 	97 		3 	0 	0 	0 	6
2007–08 	Guelph Storm 	OHL 		59 	10 	11 	21 	92 		8 	0 	0 	0 	6
2008–09 	Guelph Storm 	OHL 		12 	1 	4 	5 	13 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
2008–09 	London Knights 	OHL 		24 	3 	3 	6 	41 		14 	2 	1 	3 	12
2009–10 	London Knights 	OHL 		56 	18 	21 	39 	76 		10 	4 	3 	7 	19
2010–11 	Worcester Sharks 	AHL 		1 	0 	0 	0 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Syracuse Crunch 	AHL 		52 	1 	2 	3 	111 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	Florida Everblades 	ECHL 		44 	14 	11 	25 	110 		13 	4 	0 	4 	29
2012–13 	Florida Everblades 	ECHL 		53 	15 	17 	32 	78 		7 	1 	3 	4 	2
2012–13 	Charlotte Checkers 	AHL 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2013–14 	Nottingham Panthers	EIHL 		46 	20 	23 	43 	105 		2 	0 	0 	0 	2
2014–15 	Braehead Clan 	EIHL 		50 	30 	33 	63 	106 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0
2015–16 	Cardiff Devils 	EIHL 		44 	15 	17 	32 	82 		2 	0 	1 	1 	0
OHL totals 	OHL totals 	OHL totals 		250 	34 	50 	84 	379 		48 	6 	4 	10 	53
ECHL totals	ECHL totals 	ECHL totals		97 	29 	28 	57 	188 		20 	5 	3 	8 	31
AHL totals 	AHL totals 	AHL totals 		54 	1 	2 	3 	113 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
EIHL totals	EIHL totals 	EIHL totals		140 	65 	73 	138 	293 		6 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
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