He is considered one of the best blueliners in the game; Leetch was named MVP of the Rangers six times. He won the 2001 Frank Boucher Award and the Ceil Saidel Memorial Award in 2002 and again in 2003. Leetch also earned the Players’ Player Award, the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award, and the Crumb Bum Award. The Rangers retired his jersey in a February 2008 ceremony. He holds several NHL records, including most goals by a rookie defender when he scored 23 during the 1998-89 season, and the first player born in America to ever win the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1994. In 2009, Leetch was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.