Mike Poulin

{{Short description|Canadian lacrosse player}}

{{Infobox lacrosse player

| position = Goaltender

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 205

| nll_team = San Diego Seals (2024-present)

| former_nll_teams = Toronto Rock (2007-08)
Boston Blazers (2009-10)
Calgary Roughnecks (2010-16)
Georgia Swarm (2016-2022)

| team = Brooklin Redmen

| league = MSL

| former_teams = Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks
Six Nations Chiefs

| nationality = Canadian
Czech

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|12|17|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 2007

| gender = m

| nickname = Poulin Wall{{cite web|last1=Flannery|first1=Jim|title=Mike Poulin Looks Strong In Preseason|url=http://inlacrossewetrust.com/mike-poulin-looks-strong-in-preseason/|website=In Lacrosse We Trust|accessdate=2 June 2015|date=15 December 2014}}

|medaltemplates={{MedalCountry|{{fb|CAN}}}}

{{MedalSport|Men's box lacrosse}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Lacrosse Championship}}

{{Medal|W|2019 Langley|}}}}

Mike Poulin (born December 17, 1985, in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Czech Canadian professional lacrosse goaltender who plays for the San Diego Seals of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).{{cite web|title=Mike Poulin - Calgary Roughnecks|url=http://www.calgaryroughnecks.com/site/necks/page.asp?page=player&playerID=4716|website=Calgary Roughnecks|accessdate=2 June 2015}} He formerly played for the Georgia Swarm, Calgary Roughnecks, the Toronto Rock and the Boston Blazers. He also plays for the Brooklin Redmen and formerly played with Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks and Six Nations Chiefs of Major Series Lacrosse (MSL).

Poulin was awarded the Goaltender of the Year Award in the 2012 NLL season.{{cite web|title=Kitchener native Mike Poulin named NLL goaltender of the year|url=http://www.therecord.com/sports-story/2602235-kitchener-native-mike-poulin-named-nll-goaltender-of-the-year/|website=Waterloo Region Record|accessdate=2 June 2015|date=10 May 2012}} In the 2014 NLL season, he passed Curtis Palidwor to become the all-time Roughneck leader in minutes played with 3,946.{{cite web|title=Roughnecks re-sign starter Poulin with two-year contract|url=http://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_257525|website=National Lacrosse League|accessdate=2 June 2015|date=31 July 2014}}

Poulin has played twice at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship: He represented the Czech Republic in 2015 and Canada in 2019.

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