Kevin Lalande
Canadian ice hockey player
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| Intro | Canadian ice hockey player | |
| Places | Canada | |
| is | Athlete Ice hockey player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 19 February 1987, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada | |
| Age | 37 years |
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Kevin Lalande (February 19, 1987) is a Canadian-Belarusian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for HC Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey League.
Lalande played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the Belleville Bulls and was drafted 128th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He joined the organization in 2007, splitting his time with the Flames' American Hockey League affiliate the Quad City Flames and their ECHL affiliate the Las Vegas Wranglers. He was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 4, 2009 and was assigned to their AHL affiliate the Syracuse Crunch. In 2010, Lalande signed with Vityaz Chekhov of the Kontinental Hockey League.
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.
In July 2014 after a successful debut as the starting goaltender of Belarus at the 2014 IIHF World Championships, 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 where Belarus lost in the Quarter-final.