Steven Delisle (born July 30, 1990) is a

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professional

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. He is currently an

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who most recently played with

HC Sparta Praha Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak championships, as w ...

of the

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Playing career

Delisle was drafted 107th overall, in the

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by the

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from the

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. On May 6, 2010, he was signed to a three-year entry level contract to begin his professional career within the Blue Jackets organization. On July 23, 2012, Delisle was traded by the Blue Jackets, along with

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and a conditional third round selection in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to the

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for

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, Tim Erixon and a 2013 first round draft pick. During the 2012-13 season, on April 3, 2013, Delisle was again included in a major trade between the

and Columbus Blue Jackets, when he was returned to Columbus along with Marian Gaborik and Blake Parlett in exchange for

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, John Moore,

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, and a sixth-round pick. Delisle was given permission to continue with the Greenville Road Warriors of the

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for the season, and was not tendered a qualifying offer to remain with the Blue Jackets at the conclusion of his contract. On August 20, 2013, Delisle agreed to a one-year AHL contract with the Adirondack Phantoms, an affiliate of the

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. Delisle signed a one-year contract with the

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on August 10, 2015. In the ensuing 2015–16 season, Delisle was a regular feature on the Falcons blueline, appearing in 56 games with 3 goals and 13 points. Unsigned over the following summer, Delisle belatedly signed an ECHL contract into the 2016–17 season with the South Carolina Stingrays on November 1, 2016. Delisle played a lone season in the

(ELH) with

, contributing with 5 points in 45 games from the blueline. On June 27, 2019, Delisle left Prague as a free agent.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delisle, Steven Living people 1990 births Adirondack Phantoms players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Express players Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks Connecticut Whale (AHL) players Fort Wayne Komets players Gatineau Olympiques players Greenville Road Warriors players HC '05 Banská Bystrica players HC Sparta Praha players Ice hockey people from Quebec Lehigh Valley Phantoms players Norfolk Admirals (ECHL) players People from Lévis, Quebec Rouyn-Noranda Huskies players South Carolina Stingrays players Springfield Falcons players Löwen Frankfurt players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia