Christian Del Bianco

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Christian Del Bianco
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Born (1997-08-31) August 31, 1997 (age 25)
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight205 pounds (93 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionGoaltender
NLL draft15th overall, 2015
Calgary Roughnecks
NLL team Calgary Roughnecks
Pro career 2016–
Career highlights

NLL:

  • 1x MVP (2023)
  • 1x Goalie of the Year (2023)
  • 1x First Team All-NLL (2023)
  • Single season record for minutes played by a goaltender (1,080:19, 2023)

Christian Del Bianco (born August 31, 1997) is a Canadian professional lacrosse goaltender playing for the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). [1] [2] Drafted 15th overall in the second round in the 2015 NLL Entry Draft, he has played his entire NLL career in Calgary. In November 2022, he was re-signed for two more years to the end of the 2024 NLL season. [3]

Del Bianco was named to the NLL All-League 2nd Team in 2019. [4] Heading into the 2023 NLL season, Inside Lacrosse named Del Bianco the #5 best goalie in the NLL. [5]

Del Bianco was named the 2023 NLL Goalie of the Year and MVP, having set a league record for most minutes played by a goalie in a season, and leading the Roughnecks to their highest win total in club history. [6] Del Bianco is just the second goalie to win NLL MVP, after Steve Dietrich in 2006, and the third non-forward to win the award, following Dietrich and transition player Jeff Shattler in 2011. [7]

Career statistics

Reference: [8]

Regular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPMinWLGAGAASvSv %GPMinWLGAGAASvSv %

2016 Calgary 10:190000.0000.000––––––––
2017 Calgary 18192:21034514.041100.710––––––––
2018 Calgary 18788:347613810.505300.7932119:59112613.00830.761
2019 Calgary 181,074:4410820011.177160.7824241:1240358.711810.838
2020 Calgary 10608:515511110.944580.805––––––––
2022 Calgary 181,070:2810819711.046660.772159:59011515.00370.712
2023 Calgary 181,080:191351679.287120.8104239:5922379.251390.790
1014,815:36453585810.693,1920.78811661:097411310.254400.796
Career Total:1125,476:45523997110.643,6320.789

GP–Games played;Min–Minutes played;W–Wins;L–Losses;GA–Goals against;GAA– Goals against average;Sv–Number of saves;Sv %– Save percentage;

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References

  1. ↑ "Christian Del Bianco - National Lacrosse League - on Pointstreak Sports Technologies". Pointstreak Sports Technologies. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  2. ↑ "Christian Del Bianco". Roughnecks. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  3. ↑ Saelhof, Todd (2022-11-03). "Roughnecks re-up cornerstone goalie Christian Del Bianco ahead of camp". Calgary Herald . Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  4. ↑ "Christian Del Bianco". NLL. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  5. ↑ "The IL Indoor Top 50 is Back, with a Twist: Top 7 Goalies". Inside Lacrosse . 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  6. ↑ "@NLL". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  7. ↑ "Calgary's Christian Del Bianco Named National Lacrosse League MVP". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  8. ↑ "Christian Del Bianco lacrosse Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
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