Stephan Leblanc
{{Short description|Canadian lacrosse player}}
{{Infobox lacrosse player
| position = Forward
| shoots = left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 205
| nll_team =
| former_nll_teams = Toronto Rock
New England Black Wolves
Halifax Thunderbirds
Georgia Swarm
| nationality = Canadian
| birth_date = {{birth date|1986|1|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Dundas, Ontario (now Hamilton, Ontario)
| career_start = 2010
| nll_draft = 11th overall
| nll_draft_year = 2009
| nll_draft_team = Toronto Rock
| nickname =
|career_end=2022
|career_highlights=NLL:
- Rookie of the Year (2010)
- NLL Cup (2011)
}}
Stephan Leblanc (born January 20, 1986) is a former Canadian professional box lacrosse player having played for the Toronto Rock, New England Black Wolves, Halifax Thunderbirds and Georgia Swarm in the National Lacrosse League.{{Cite web |title=Stephen Leblanc lacrosse Statistics on StatsCrew.com |url=https://www.statscrew.com/lacrosse/stats/p-leblaste001 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.statscrew.com |language=en}} In November 2022, he announced is retirement as a player.{{Cite web |last=Tutka |first=Paul |date=2022-11-16 |title=Stephan Leblanc officially retires after over decade of success in the NLL |url=https://www.thelaxmag.com/home/stephan-leblanc-officially-retires-after-over-decade-of-success-in-the-nll |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The Lax Mag |language=en-CA}}
Leblanc was chosen by the Rock in the first round of the 2009 NLL entry draft,{{cite web|url=http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4053|title=2009 Entry Draft – Live Results|date=September 9, 2009|publisher=NLL.com|accessdate=2010-10-10}} and joined the team along with fellow draft choice Garrett Billings in the 2010 season. He was named Rookie of the Month for both February{{cite web|url=http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4330|work=NLL.com|title=Vinc & Leblanc win February player awards|date=March 4, 2010|accessdate=2011-10-10}} and April,{{cite web|url=http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4513|work=NLL.com|title=Merrill named Player of the Month for April|date=May 3, 2010|accessdate=2011-10-10}} and after scoring 82 points in his rookie year, was named NLL Rookie of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4528|work=NLL.com|title=Rock's Leblanc named Rookie of the Year|date=May 13, 2010|accessdate=2011-10-10}}
In 2020, Leblanc became the second men's lacrosse player inducted into the Queens Athletics Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=Stephan Leblanc (2020) - Hall of Fame |url=https://queensathletics.com/honors/hall-of-fame/stephan-leblanc/41 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Queens University of Charlotte Athletics |language=en}}
Statistics
=NLL=
{{NLLCareerStats
|player_name_link=Stephan Leblanc
|season1_year=2010
|season1_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season1_games_played=16
|season1_goals=36
|season1_assists=46
|season1_loose_balls=76
|season1_penalty_minutes=12
|season1_playoff_games_played=3
|season1_playoff_goals=8
|season1_playoff_assists=9
|season1_playoff_loose_balls=14
|season2_year=2011
|season2_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season2_games_played=15
|season2_goals=33
|season2_assists=43
|season2_loose_balls=75
|season2_penalty_minutes=8
|season2_playoff_games_played=3
|season2_playoff_goals=4
|season2_playoff_assists=5
|season2_playoff_loose_balls=14
|season3_year=2012
|season3_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season3_games_played=16
|season3_goals=28
|season3_assists=37
|season3_loose_balls=65
|season3_penalty_minutes=8
|season3_playoff_games_played=2
|season3_playoff_goals=1
|season3_playoff_assists=4
|season3_playoff_loose_balls=12
|season4_year=2013
|season4_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season4_games_played=16
|season4_goals=22
|season4_assists=36
|season4_loose_balls=80
|season4_penalty_minutes=14
|season4_playoff_games_played=1
|season4_playoff_goals=1
|season4_playoff_loose_balls=5
|season4_playoff_penalty_minutes=8
|season5_year=2014
|season5_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season5_games_played=18
|season5_goals=45
|season5_assists=43
|season5_loose_balls=93
|season5_penalty_minutes=27
|season5_playoff_games_played=1
|season5_playoff_assists=3
|season5_playoff_loose_balls=2
|season6_year=2015
|season6_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season6_games_played=18
|season6_goals=31
|season6_assists=55
|season6_loose_balls=96
|season6_penalty_minutes=15
|season6_playoff_games_played=4
|season6_playoff_goals=5
|season6_playoff_assists=11
|season6_playoff_loose_balls=20
|season6_playoff_penalty_minutes=2
|season7_year=2016
|season7_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season7_games_played=17
|season7_goals=32
|season7_assists=38
|season7_loose_balls=78
|season7_penalty_minutes=24
|season8_year=2017
|season8_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season8_games_played=15
|season8_goals=20
|season8_assists=53
|season8_loose_balls=76
|season8_penalty_minutes=6
|season8_playoff_games_played=3
|season8_playoff_goals=4
|season8_playoff_assists=9
|season8_playoff_loose_balls=8
|season9_year=2018
|season9_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season9_games_played=2
|season9_goals=2
|season9_assists=1
|season9_loose_balls=9
|season10_year=2018
|season10_team_link=New England Black Wolves
|season10_games_played=17
|season10_goals=25
|season10_assists=45
|season10_loose_balls=70
|season10_penalty_minutes=12
|season10_playoff_games_played=1
|season10_playoff_goals=3
|season10_playoff_assists=1
|season10_playoff_loose_balls=3
|season11_year=2019
|season11_team_link=New England Black Wolves
|season11_games_played=18
|season11_goals=27
|season11_assists=66
|season11_loose_balls=58
|season11_penalty_minutes=13
|season11_playoff_games_played=1
|season11_playoff_assists=2
|season11_playoff_loose_balls=5
|season12_year=2020
|season12_team_link=New England Black Wolves
|season12_games_played=10
|season12_goals=8
|season12_assists=28
|season12_loose_balls=45
|season12_penalty_minutes=2
|season13_year=2022|season13_team_link=Halifax Thunderbirds|season13_games_played=10|season13_goals=8|season13_assists=26|season13_loose_balls=39|season13_penalty_minutes=2|season14_year=2022|season14_team_link=Georgia Swarm|season14_games_played=6|season14_goals=6|season14_assists=9|season14_loose_balls=31|season14_penalty_minutes=0}}
Awards
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{{succession box | before = Rhys Duch | title = NLL Rookie of the Year | years = 2010 | after = Curtis Dickson }}
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References
{{Reflist}}{{NLL Rookie of the Year Award}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Leblanc, Stephan}}
Category:Canadian lacrosse players
Category:Georgia Swarm players
Category:Halifax Thunderbirds players
Category:National Lacrosse League major award winners
Category:New England Black Wolves players
Category:People from Dundas, Ontario
Category:Queen's Golden Gaels players
Category:Lacrosse players from Hamilton, Ontario
Category:Canadian expatriate lacrosse people in the United States