The Cleveland Monsters announced Wednesday that the Monsters recalled defenseman Olivier LeBlanc from the ECHL’s Kalamazoo Wings. In 15 appearances for the Monsters this season, LeBlanc posted 0-1-1 with four penalty minutes and a +1 rating and added 0-3-3 with two penalty minutes and a -4 rating in nine appearances for Kalamazoo.

A 6’0”, 172 lb. left-shooting native of Quebec, QC, LeBlanc, 26, was selected by Columbus in the seventh round (197th overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft and registered 0-3-3 with 17 penalty minutes and a +1 rating in 27 career AHL appearances for the Belleville Senators and Cleveland spanning parts of two seasons from 2020-22.

Prior to his professional career, LeBlanc supplied 9-45-54 with 56 penalty minutes and a +21 rating in 85 appearances for the University of New Brunswick spanning three seasons from 2017-20, helping the school claim the 2017-18 and 2018-19 USports Championships and the 2018-19 USports University Cup Championship, earning a spot on the 2018-19 USports Second All-Star Team along the way. In 291 QMJHL appearances for the Saint John Sea Dogs and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles spanning five seasons from 2012-17, LeBlanc tallied 33-131-164 with 296 penalty minutes and a +14 rating. LeBlanc wore the captain’s “C” for Saint John in 2014-15 and Cape Breton in 2016-17.