Jean-Francois Labbe

Jean-Francois Labbe, nicknamed Ti-Mine, (born June 15, 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Sinupret Ice Tigers in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey-Liga. He was never drafted in the National Hockey League.

After playing four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Labbe began a very successful American Hockey League career. He played for the Prince Edward Island Senators, Cornwall Aces, Hershey Bears, Hamilton Bulldogs, Hartford Wolf Pack, and Syracuse Crunch in his AHL tenure. His best season came in 1996-1997 with the Hershey Bears, when he won both the Hap Holmes Memorial Award for lowest goals against average and the Les Cunningham Award for league MVP. Labbe won the Calder Cup with the Hartford Wolf Pack in 2000.

Labbe appeared in 15 NHL games: one with the New York Rangers at the end of the 1999-2000 season and 14 with the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons.

Labbe has played in the DEL for the past two seasons, with Augsburger Panther in 2004-05 and with Sinupret in 2005-06. He also played for the Saint-Georges Garaga in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey in 2003-2004 after a short stint with the Tolyatti Lada in the Russian Hockey Super League.

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Preceded by Manny Legace and Scott Langkow	Winner of the Hap Holmes Memorial Award 1996-97	Succeeded by Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Tyler Moss
Preceded by Brad Smyth	Winner of the Les Cunningham Award 1996-97	Succeeded by Steve Guolla