Kevin Lalande (born February 19, 1987) is a Canadian-Belarusian former professional

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who most notably played in the

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(KHL) for

HC Dinamo Minsk Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk (russian: Дина́мо-Минск; be, Дынама-Мінск, ''Dynama-Minsk'') is an ice hockey team based in Minsk, Belarus. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. Dinamo has qu ...

Playing career

Lalande played junior hockey in the

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for the

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and was drafted 128th overall by the

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in the

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. He joined the organization in 2007, splitting his time with the Flames'

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affiliate the

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and their

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affiliate the

Las Vegas Wranglers The Las Vegas Wranglers were a professional ice hockey team based in Las Vegas Valley. The Wranglers were members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League). The Wranglers were founded a ...

. He was traded to the

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on March 4, 2009 and was assigned to their AHL affiliate the

Syracuse Crunch The Syracuse Crunch are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They play in Syracuse, New York, at the Upstate Medical University Arena. They are the primary development affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa ...

. In 2010, Lalande signed with

Vityaz Chekhov Hockey Club Vityaz (, en, HC Knight) is a professional ice hockey team based in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. In the first few seasons of the KHL, the team was widely kn ...

of the Kontinental Hockey League. Lalande was the winning goaltender in the Mirabito Outdoor Classic, the American Hockey League's first outdoor game. He made 36 saves on 37 shots en route to a 2-1 Syracuse Crunch victory. In 2011, Lalande decided to continue his career with HC Dinamo Minsk, also a member of Kontinental Hockey League. On February 16, 2013 Lalande accepted Belarusian citizenship. Having suffered four

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s in the last 5 years of his 10-year professional career, Lalande ended his professional career at the age of 30 with Dinamo Minsk following the 2016–17 season.

International play

In July 2014 after a successful debut as the starting goaltender of

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

at the

2014 IIHF World Championships The 2014 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 78th such event organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at six levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in ...

, Lalande signed a one-year contract with his third KHL club, HC CSKA Moscow. Lalande returned as a goaltender for Belarus at the

2015 IIHF World Championships The 2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 79th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition, which also served as qualification for division placements in the 2016 Me ...

where Belarus lost in the Quarter-final.

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* 1987 births Living people Belarusian ice hockey players Belleville Bulls players Calgary Flames draft picks Canadian emigrants to Belarus Canadian ice hockey goaltenders HC CSKA Moscow players HC Dinamo Minsk players Las Vegas Wranglers players Quad City Flames players Syracuse Crunch players HC Vityaz players Sportspeople from Kingston, Ontario Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Belarus Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia {{Canada-icehockey-goaltender-stub