David Leggio might be a new name to some Rochester Americans fans but the 27 year old undrafted goalie has traveled the world with success and plans to continue that here in town. The Williamsville, NY native is living the dream playing as a prospect for his favorite team growing up, the Buffalo Sabres. He’s played in Florida, Finland, Portland and now back closer to him pursuing his dream of playing in the National Hockey League.
Growing up in the Buffalo area he was also a Sabres fan and has the same favorites growing up that most of us did during the 1990′s. When he was young he remembers watching Alexander Mogilny and then Pat LaFontaine. Grant Fuhr was a favorite goalie to watch and then Dominik Hasek during his era in Buffalo. As he’s gotten older Miikka Kiprusoff is a goalie he’s aways liked to watch and has shared ice time with over a recent summer.
Some kids get on the ice for the first time wanting to be a goalie but that wasn’t the case for David Leggio. He only moved into the goalie position after he was cut as a forward from the mite travel team when he was eight [...]Read More