Christian Del Bianco (born August 31, 1997) is a Canadian professional lacrosse goaltender who is currently on holdout most recently 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 with the Calgary Roughnecks in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | August 31, 1997 Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 205 pounds (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Right | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||
| NLL draft | 15th overall, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks | ||||||||||||||
| NLL team Former teams | Free Agent Calgary Roughnecks | ||||||||||||||
| Pro career | 2016– | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
NLL:
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Medal record
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Del Bianco announced via social media on July 23, 2024 that he chose not to re-sign with Calgary to focus on off floor endeavors. Del Bianco remains a free agent as of October 2024.Calgary still owns rights to Del Bianco under the CBA but he will not be returning to Calgary.[4]
Del Bianco was named to the NLL All-League 2nd Team in 2019.[5] Heading into the 2023 NLL season, Inside Lacrosse named Del Bianco the #5 best goalie in the NLL.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
Career statistics
editReference: [9]
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| Season | Team | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Sv | Sv % | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Sv | Sv % | |||||
| 2016 | Calgary | 1 | 0:19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2017 | Calgary | 18 | 192:21 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 14.04 | 110 | 0.710 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2018 | Calgary | 18 | 788:34 | 7 | 6 | 138 | 10.50 | 530 | 0.793 | 2 | 119:59 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13.00 | 83 | 0.761 | |||||
| 2019 | Calgary | 18 | 1,074:44 | 10 | 8 | 200 | 11.17 | 716 | 0.782 | 4 | 241:12 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 8.71 | 181 | 0.838 | |||||
| 2020 | Calgary | 10 | 608:51 | 5 | 5 | 111 | 10.94 | 458 | 0.805 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2022 | Calgary | 18 | 1,070:28 | 10 | 8 | 197 | 11.04 | 666 | 0.772 | 1 | 59:59 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 37 | 0.712 | |||||
| 2023 | Calgary | 18 | 1,080:19 | 13 | 5 | 167 | 9.28 | 712 | 0.810 | 4 | 239:59 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 9.25 | 139 | 0.790 | |||||
| 101 | 4,815:36 | 45 | 35 | 858 | 10.69 | 3,192 | 0.788 | 11 | 661:09 | 7 | 4 | 113 | 10.25 | 440 | 0.796 | |||||||
| Career Total: | 112 | 5,476:45 | 52 | 39 | 971 | 10.64 | 3,632 | 0.789 | ||||||||||||||
GP–Games played;Min–Minutes played;W–Wins;L–Losses;GA–Goals against;GAA–Goals against average;Sv–Number of saves;Sv %–Save percentage;
Awards and achievements
editReferences
edit- ^ "Christian Del Bianco - National Lacrosse League - on Pointstreak Sports Technologies". Pointstreak Sports Technologies. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Christian Del Bianco". Roughnecks. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ Saelhof, Todd (2022-11-03). "Roughnecks re-up cornerstone goalie Christian Del Bianco ahead of camp". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Christian Del Bianco". NLL. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "The IL Indoor Top 50 is Back, with a Twist: Top 7 Goalies". Inside Lacrosse. 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ^ "@NLL". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Calgary's Christian Del Bianco Named National Lacrosse League MVP". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Christian Del Bianco lacrosse Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
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