Christian Del Bianco

Christian Del Bianco (born August 31, 1997) is a Canadian professional lacrosse goaltender who is currently a Free agent, 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]

Christian Del Bianco

Del Bianco with the Calgary Roughnecks in 2023
Born	(1997-08-31) August 31, 1997 (age 27) Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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: 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)
Medal record Representing  Canada Men's box lacrosse World Lacrosse Box Championships Winner 2024 Utica

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

Reference: ^[9]

		Regular Season								Playoffs
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

Preceded by Dhane Smith	NLL Most Valuable Player 2023	Succeeded by Josh Byrne

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. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
5. "Christian Del Bianco". NLL. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
6. "The IL Indoor Top 50 is Back, with a Twist: Top 7 Goalies". Inside Lacrosse. 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
7. "@NLL". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
8. "Calgary's Christian Del Bianco Named National Lacrosse League MVP". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
9. "Christian Del Bianco lacrosse Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.