LeBlanc back for third season with Solar Bears

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Solar Bears have agreed to terms with forward Chris LeBlanc for the 2019-20 season.

The Solar Bears are the ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch.

LeBlanc returns to Orlando after posting a career-high 39 points (10g-29a) and 32 penalty minutes in 61 games during the 2018-19 regular season, his second campaign with the organization. LeBlanc notched an additional four points (3g-1a) and two penalty minutes in 10 games for the Solar Bears during the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

The 26-year-old enters the 2019-20 campaign ranking seventh on the Solar Bears all-time career leaderboard for games played (121), tied for 10th in assists (40) and tied for 12th in points (60).

LeBlanc has 65 points (20g-45a) and 58 penalty minutes in 128 career ECHL games split between the Solar Bears and Wichita Thunder, and has also skated in six games in the AHL with the Binghamton Senators.

Prior to turning pro, the Winthrop, Massachusetts native played four seasons of college hockey for Merrimack College. In 113 career games for the Warriors program, LeBlanc collected 48 points (22g-26a) and 53 penalty minutes. He was selected in the sixth round (161st overall) by the Ottawa Senators in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.