Martin Lefebvre (born June 23, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who currently represents the

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. Lefebvre has previously represented the Krefield Pinguine of the

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Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, commonly referred to as Stavanger Oilers, is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the Fjordkraftligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. As of 2018, it is the ...

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. His achievements in said teams include Danish Championship, Danish Cup Championship, Danish League All-Star Team selection, two Norwegian Championships and Fjordjraftligaen Player of the Year award.

Career

Junior

During the 2007–08 season Martin Lefebvre played for Crabtree Draveurs in the QMAAA as a 15 year old. Lefebvre put up 5 goals and 13 assists in 44 games. Lefebvre played 3 playoff games with 2 points. The next season Lefebvre continued to represent the Collège Esther-Blondin Draveurs in the QMAA. Lefebvre put up 30 points in 34 games. Lefebvre played 15 playoff games with 11 points and won the QMAA Top Defenceman award. He moved to he

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before the season ended and played 7 games without any points. Lefebvre got to represent the Canada Québec team at the 2009 WHC-17 for 5 games where he scored 6 points. In the 2013–14 season Lefebvre moved to the

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but he only got to play 14 games before moving to play for

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in the CIS men's ice hockey league. Lefebvre played 7 games with 8 points. In the 2016–17 season Lefebvre played for the UQTR Patriotes in the U Sports men's ice hockey league for 22 games putting up 25 points. Lefebvre moved to play for the

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of the ECHL in the middle of the season. Lefebvre played 11 games and put up 7 points. Lefebvre represented

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at the 2017 Winter Universidade for 6 games where he scored 8 points.

Professional

In the 2017–18 season Lefebvre moved to Denmark to play for the

. Lefebvre played 48 regular season games and put up 36 points. Lefebvre won the Danish Championship and the Danish Cup with the Pirates while also being chosen to the All-Star team. In the 2018–19 season Lefebvre played for the

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for 52 games to put up 23 points. Martin Lefebvre moved to Norway to play for the

in the

for the 2021–22 season. Lefebvre put up 39 points in 47 total games. The Oilers went on to win the Norwegian Championship. Lefebvre was supposed to play for the

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for the 2022–23 season, but after the Slovakian team decided to not take part in the league, Lefebvre continued to play for the Oilers. Lefebvre had a successful season as he put up 71 points in 59 total games, playoffs included. The Stavanger based team went on to win their 9th championship and the 2nd in a row. Lefebvre himself won the player of the year award as he led all defencemen in regular season assists (35), goals (17) and points (52). Lefebvre also played 6

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(CHL) games with the Oilers. Martin Lefebvre signed a one-year contract with the

for the 2023–24 SM-liiga season. Lefebvre's playing surprised many, as he had scored 12 points in his first 15 SM-liiga games. He was called the most surprising player of the season start by news outlets.

Career statistics

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