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
|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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{{succession box | before = Matt Vinc | title = NLL Goaltender of the Year | years = 2012 | after = Matt Vinc}}
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Category:Boston Blazers players
Category:Calgary Roughnecks players
Category:Canadian lacrosse players
Category:Lacrosse people from Ontario
Category:Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario
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