Leigh Salters

Who is Leigh Salters?

Leigh Salters is a Canadian professional ice hockey enforcer. He is currently playing for the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League.

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 East Coast Hockey League on May 9th, 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,