College career As a sophomore, LeNeveu led the
Cornell Big Red to the 2003
Frozen Four. He set a Cornell record for
shutouts that year with nine, topping legendary goalie
Ken Dryden's record of six set in 1968. He was selected to the "Hobey Hat Trick", the three finalists for the
Hobey Baker Award. Following that season he elected to leave school for professional hockey.
Professional career LeNeveu was selected by the
Phoenix Coyotes in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the
2002 NHL entry draft. He made his NHL debut on October 6, 2005, against the
Los Angeles Kings, making 25 saves in a 3–2 defeat. At the trading deadline of the
2007–08 season, the Coyotes traded LeNeveu, along with forwards
Fredrik Sjostrom and
Josh Gratton, to the
New York Rangers in exchange for
Marcel Hossa and goaltender
Al Montoya. He was then signed to a one-year contract by the Ducks during the 2008 NHL free agency period LeNeveu failed to play a game with the Ducks and served the year with affiliate, the
Iowa Chops, for the
2008–09 season before leaving for Europe to signed initially on a try-out with
EC Red Bull Salzburg on August 10, 2009. After completing a one-month trial period, David's tenure to the end of the season was confirmed by Red bull Salzburg on September 8, 2009. After helping Salzburg capture the Austrian Championship, on July 7, 2010, LeNeveu signed a one-year, two-way deal to return to North America with the
Columbus Blue Jackets. On August 12, 2011, LeNeveu signed a contract with the
Oklahoma City Barons. He recorded a career best 2.24 goals against average in 34 games during the
2011–12 season for the Barons. A free agent into the following
2012–13 season, LeNeveu returned to Austria to sign a one-year deal to be inserted as the new starting goaltender for EHC Black Wings Linz on November 9, 2012. LeNeveu returned to North America by signing with the
South Carolina Stingrays of the
ECHL. On December 27, 2013, LeNeveu was loaned to the
Providence Bruins of the
American Hockey League, he returned to the Stingrays on January 4, 2014. LeNeveu was loaned to Providence again on January 9, 2014. On January 14, 2014, the
Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League announced they had signed LeNeveu. On January 21, 2014, the
New York Rangers announced that LeNeveu had been signed to a
two-way contract to serve as a backup goaltender when
Henrik Lundqvist was ill and unable to play, forcing
Cam Talbot to become the Rangers' starter. LeNeveu dressed for all Rangers games in the
2014 Stanley Cup Final because of an injury sustained by back-up goaltender
Cam Talbot prior to game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. On December 11, 2014, he was announced as the new acquisition of
HC Slovan Bratislava. His stay with Slovan was very short one, he left the team on January 7, 2015, with only single appearance vs.
SKA St. Petersburg with total ice time 8:38 and 5 saves out of 7 shots. ==Career statistics==