Sylvain Lefebvre

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 204 lb (93 kg)
Pro Clubs	New York Rangers Colorado Avalanche Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens
Nationality	Canada
Born	14 October 1967, Richmond, PQ, Canada
Pro Career	1989 – 2003

Sylvain Lefebvre (born October 14, 1967 in Richmond, Quebec) is a retired NHL defenceman who played on five different teams from 1989 to 2003.

He signed with the Montreal Canadiens in 1986 and made the team's roster in 1989-90 as an undrafted free agent. He played two seasons with the Habs before being dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a third round draft pick prior to the start of the 1991-92 season. Lefebvre would play three seasons with the Leafs before being dealt to the Quebec Nordiques as part of the Wendel Clark-Mats Sundin blockbuster trade in June, 1994. Lefebvre would play the next five seasons with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche before signing a four-year, $10-million US contract with the New York Rangers that secured a club-option for him to play a fifth season at $3 million in the 1999 off-season. Lefebvre's productivity decreased dramatically and he was considered another overpaid veteran player signed as part of then-general manager Neil Smith's grocery shopping team-building approach. Lefebvre's career low came in the 2002-03 season, when he was assigned to the Rangers farm affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. He subsequently announced his retirement at the end of the season.

After winning the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, Lefebvre was involved in an amusing incident that attracted media attention. As part of tradition, each player on the Stanley Cup winning team can take personal possession of the trophy for a day during the summer following the championship, a practice that has led to several misadventures. When it was his turn, Sylvain Lefebvre decided to have his baby daughter, Alexzandra, baptized in it.

Preceded by Joe Sakic

Colorado Avalanche captains 1997-98

Succeeded by Joe Sakic

Note: Lefebvre served as team captain most of the 1997-98 season. Joe Sakic was injured and out of the lineup.