Mike Poulin (born December 17, 1985 in
Kitchener Kitchener may refer to:
People
* Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
** Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener
** Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...
,
Ontario
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) is a professional
lacrosse
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goaltender wearing #30 for the
Georgia Swarm in the
National Lacrosse League
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The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United States and five in Canada. The N ...
. He formerly played for th
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.
Poulin was awarded the
Goaltender of the Year Award in the
2012 NLL season
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. In the
2014 NLL season
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, he passed
Curtis Palidwor to become the all-time Roughneck leader in minutes played with 3,946.
Poulin has played twice at the
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship: He represented the Czech Republic in 2015 and
Canada
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in
2019
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.
References
Awards
1985 births
Living people
Boston Blazers players
Calgary Roughnecks players
Toronto Rock players
Canadian lacrosse players
Lacrosse goaltenders
Lacrosse people from Ontario
Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario
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