Leszek Laszkiewicz
| Leszek Laszkiewicz | |||
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Laszkiewicz in 2012 | |||
| Born |
11 August 1978 Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
KH Zagłębie Sosnowiec SMS PZHL Sosnowiec Nürnberg Ice Tigers KTH Krynica TH Unia Oświęcim HC Vítkovice Steel AZ Havířov Milano Vipers Cracovia Krakow JKH GKS Jastrzębie | ||
| National team | Poland | ||
| Playing career | 1996–2018 | ||
Leszek Laszkiewicz (born 11 August 1978) is a Polish ice hockey executive, and former player in professional leagues and member of the Poland men's national ice hockey team. Representing Poland from 1995 to 2015, he played at two European Junior Championships, two World Junior Championships, and eighteen consecutive Ice Hockey World Championships. He appeared in 216 games for the men's national team, scored 89 goals and 150 points, and was the team captain from 2008 to 2011. Nicknamed "Laszka", he received the Torriani Award when inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2025.
In professional hockey, Laszkiewicz won the Polska Liga Hokejowa playoffs gold medal eight times; three with TH Unia Oświęcim, and five with Cracovia as teammate of his brother Daniel. Voted by fellow players as the best player in the Polish league in three consecutive seasons, Laszkiewicz scored his 1,000th career point in 2017, and retired as the all-time Polska Liga Hokejowa points-scoring leader. He also played four seasons combined in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the Czech Extraliga, and the Italian Hockey League Serie A; and won the Coppa Italia and the playoffs championship with the Milano Vipers.
As general manager of the Poland men's national team, Laszkiewicz saw them promoted twice from lower World Championships divisions to their first appearance in the top division since 2002. Since he became general manager of JKH GKS Jastrzebie in the 2018–19 season, Jastrzebie won the Polish Cup three times, won the Polish super cup in 2020, and won the Polska Liga Hokejowa playoffs gold medal in the 2020–21 season.