Tobias Stephan
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Photo taken from nhl.com (2002 Entry Draft). Reprinted without permission.
BIOGRAPHY
- BORN: Zurich, Switzerland, January 21, 1984.
- HOME:
- HEIGHT: 6'3".
- WEIGHT: 178 lbs.
- UNIFORM #: 31 (Iowa, Dallas), 33 (Bridgeport), 52 (Switzerland).
- CATCHES: Left
- STYLE:
- STRENGTHS:
- WEAKNESSES:
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:
"A tall goaltender with impressive quickness...primarily plays a butterfly
style...recovers well in scramble situations...a technically sound goaltender
with excellent confidence and composure...an aggressive goaltender who likes
to challenge the shooter...a mature, calm individual with a good winning attitude."
(Central Scouting Bureau, 2002)
TRANSACTIONS:
- Selected by Dallas Stars in second round (34th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 22, 2002.
- Signed by Dallas, August 24, 2005.
- Signed by HC Geneve-Servette (Switzerland), July 30, 2009.
ACCOLADES:
INJURIES:
- Left game with injury, October 17, 2007.
FIRSTS:
- Tobias made his National Hockey League debut on October 13, 2007, at the United
Center in Chicago, and he nearly pulled off an incredible victory. The 23-year-old
Swiss native stopped the first thirty-eight Dallas shots, and was within 1.5 seconds
of a shutout when Robert Lang deflected in Jonathan Toews' shot. The
Blackhawks had a five-on-three power play, and pulled goaltender Patrick
Lalime for a three-man advantage.
Continuing on the power play in overtime, the Blackhawks' Jason Williams beat Stephan
on a high shot from forty feet out; Stephan was screened by Toews on the play.
"I feel bad for him," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "He played a helluva game. He was just under so much pressure."
PENALTY SHOTS:
DID YOU KNOW?
SEASON RECORDS:
REGULAR SEASON
Year Team GP Min W L T GA GAA Shots Sv% ShO G A PiM S/60 PERS
01-02 Chur SWITZERLAND 34 1995 120 3.61 0
02-03 Kloten SWITZERLAND 44 2666 23 17 2 123 2.77 0 0 1 6
03-04 Kloten SWITZERLAND 26 1545 14 11 1 60 2.33 5 0 1 4
04-05 Kloten SWITZERLAND 44 2573 19 20 5 121 2.82 4 0 1 0
POST-SEASON
Year Team GP Min W L GA GAA Shots Sv% ShO G A PiM S/60 PERS
NHL GAME DIRECTORY:
- Selected by Dallas Stars in 2002 National Hockey League entry draft.
- 10/13/07: OTL (60m38s, 38/40) 1-2 OT defeat at Chicago (Lalime).
- 10/16/08: - (20m, 4/5) 1-6 defeat at St. Louis (Legace) [Replaced Turco].
- 10/22/08: - (29m43s, 10/12) 0-5 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced Turco].
- 10/29/08: W (60m, 19/21) 4-2 victory vs. Minnesota (Backstrom, Harding).
- 10/31/08: L (59m54s, 27/32) 2-5 defeat at Chicago (Khabibulin).
- 11/28/08: - (20m, 10/11) 2-6 defeat vs. San Jose (Nabokov) [Replaced Turco].
- 12/13/08: L (59m38s, 35/37) 0-3 defeat at Nashville (Ellis).
- 01/08/09: - (20m, 13/15) 1-6 defeat at Detroit (Osgood) [Replaced Turco].
- 03/01/09: L (59m54s, 19/23) 1-4 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
- 03/10/09: - (48m00s, 17/19) 2-5 defeat at St. Louis (Mason) [Replaced Turco].
- 03/30/09: OTL (60m43s, 27/33) 5-6 OT defeat at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
AHL GAME DIRECTORY:
- Assigned to Iowa Stars, October 2006.
- 10/14/06: W (59m49s, 24/27) 4-3 victory vs. Houston (Shields, Harding).
- 10/22/06: W (60m, 19/20) 5-1 victory vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu).
- 10/27/06: L (59m17s, 29/31) 1-2 defeat vs. Omaha (Krahn).
- 11/04/06: W (60m, 24/24) 3-0 victory at Omaha (Krahn).
- 11/09/06: L (58m00s, 13/16) 2-3 defeat vs. Houston (Harding).
- 11/17/06: W (60m, 28/30) 3-2 victory vs. Hamilton (Halak, Danis).
- 11/18/06: L (58m25s, 32/35) 2-3 defeat vs. Hamilton (Danis).
- 11/22/06: W (60m, 29/31) 3-2 victory at Syracuse (Popperle).
- 11/24/06: - (44m24s, 28/30) 2-5 defeat at Rochester (Dennis) [Replaced Ellis].
- 11/26/06: W (60m, 21/24) 6-3 victory at Chicago (Garnett).
- 11/29/06: L (59m57s, 24/28) 2-5 defeat at Chicago (Brathwaite).
- 12/02/06: L (58m46s, 27/29) 1-3 defeat vs. Peoria (Schwarz).
- 12/12/06: L (26m34s, 10/15) 3-7 defeat vs. Chicago (Brathwaite) [Replaced by Ellis].
- 12/15/06: W (59m55s, 46/49) 5-3 victory at Peoria (Beckford-Tseu, Schwarz).
- 12/17/06: L (59m30s, 19/22) 2-3 defeat at Peoria (Schwarz).
- 12/29/06: W (60m, 21/22) 3-1 victory at Omaha (McElhinney).
- 12/31/06: L (20m, 9/12) 1-5 defeat vs. Omaha (McElhinney) [Replaced by Ellis].
- 01/19/07: L (57m53s, 19/22) 1-3 defeat at Omaha (McElhinney).
- 01/20/07: L (18m50s, 10/11) 4-5 defeat vs. Peoria (Schwarz) [Replaced Silverthorn].
- 01/26/07: W (60m, 28/29) 2-1 victory at Peoria (Schwarz).
- 02/06/07: L (60m, 24/28) 1-4 defeat vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu).
- 02/13/07: L (58m32s, 20/23) 2-3 defeat vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu).
- 03/09/07: L (60m, 24/28) 1-4 defeat at Manitoba (Flaherty).
- 03/31/07: W (60m, 35/37) 6-2 victory at Milwaukee (Rinne).
- 04/03/07: - (29m52s, 12/12) 1-2 defeat vs. Omaha (McElhinney) [Replaced Ellis].
- 04/06/07: L (6m10s, 1/3) 0-3 defeat vs. Manitoba (MacIntyre) [Replaced by Ellis].
- 04/14/07: L (59m58s, 29/34) 0-5 defeat at Chicago (Brathwaite).
- 05/02/07: - (33m52s, 5/7) 0-7 defeat at Chicago (Garnett) [Replaced Ellis].
- 05/08/07: - (18m05s, 10/11) 1-6 defeat vs. Chicago (Garnett) [Replaced Ellis].
- Assigned to Iowa Stars, October 2007.
- 10/06/07: - (20m, 6/8) 1-7 defeat at San Antonio (Tordjman) [Replaced Sauve].
- 10/17/07: - (12m14s, 8/8) 6-2 victory at Lake Erie (Weiman) [Replaced by Sauve].
- 10/26/07: SOW (64m54s, 26/28) 3-2 SO victory (3/4) at Peoria (Schwarz).
- 10/27/07: L (58m41s, 21/24) 2-3 defeat vs. Lake Erie (Weiman).
- 10/30/07: W (60m, 29/29) 1-0 victory vs. Milwaukee (Rinne).
- 11/06/07: SOW (65m, 20/23) 4-3 SO victory (5/5) vs. Peoria (Schwarz).
- 11/09/07: W (59m47s, 20/23) 6-3 victory at Peoria (Schwarz).
- 11/13/07: OTL (63m45s, 22/26) 3-4 OT defeat vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu).
- 11/16/07: L (59m21s, 29/35) 5-7 defeat vs. Chicago (Brathwaite).
- 11/21/07: L (59m09s, 23/25) 1-3 defeat at Quad City (Krahn).
- 11/23/07: SOW (65m, 38/40) 3-2 SO victory (4/4) at Grand Rapids (Berkhoel).
- 11/24/07: - (45m32s, 11/12) 1-4 defeat at Grand Rapids (Howard) [Replaced Sauve].
- 11/27/07: W (59m45s, 24/26) 3-2 victory vs. Houston (Brust).
- 11/30/07: W (59m42s, 21/21) 4-0 victory vs. Manitoba (MacIntyre, Schneider).
- 12/01/07: W (59m11s, 21/23) 3-2 victory at Chicago (Brathwaite).
- 12/04/07: L (59m07s, 21/25) 3-4 defeat vs. Manitoba (MacIntyre).
- 12/09/07: L (58m05s, 28/30) 1-2 defeat at San Antonio (LeNeveu).
- 12/11/07: W (60m, 32/33) 4-1 victory at Milwaukee (Daigneault).
- 12/14/07: L (60m, 23/27) 1-4 defeat at Milwaukee (Rinne).
- 12/15/07: - (37m20s, 2/8) 2-10 defeat vs. Chicago (Pavelec) [Replaced Sauve].
- 12/19/07: SOL (65m, 38/39) 1-2 SO defeat (4/5) at Quad City (Keetley).
- 12/21/07: L (59m07s, 12/15) 1-3 defeat vs. Houston (Schaefer).
- 12/22/07: L (59m32s, 31/33) 1-2 defeat at Quad City (Lalande).
- 12/26/07: W (60m, 39/40) 4-1 victory vs Quad City (Lalande).
- 12/28/07: L (30m09s, 17/21) 3-8 defeat vs. Peoria (Beckford-Tseu) [Replaced by Sauve].
- 12/30/07: W (59m29s, 30/32) 3-2 victory at Peoria (Schwarz, Beckford-Tseu).
- 12/31/07: W (60m, 32/36) 5-4 victory vs. Houston (Schaefer).
- 01/04/08: W (60m, 31/32) 3-1 victory at Houston (Schaefer).
- 01/05/08: OTL (60m20s, 35/38) 2-3 OT defeat at San Antonio (Tordjman).
- 01/09/08: L (48m08s, 28/34) 4-6 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec) [Replaced by Silverthorn].
- 01/11/08: OTW (62m36s, 26/28) 3-2 OT victory vs. Milwaukee (Daigneault).
- 01/12/08: SOL (64m41s, 28/30) 2-3 SO defeat (1/3) vs. Quad City (Krahn).
- 01/15/08: L (58m21s, 26/28) 1-2 defeat vs. Toronto (Clemmensen).
- 01/19/08: L (58m16s, 20/24) 2-4 defeat vs. Rockford (Crawford).
- 01/21/08: W (59m54s, 14/16) 4-2 victory vs. Rochester (Plante).
- 01/25/08: L (59m33s, 21/24) 1-3 defeat vs. Peoria (Beckford-Tseu).
- 01/26/08: W (60m, 26/27) 2-1 victory at Rockford (Flaherty, Crawford).
- 02/01/08: W (59m40s, 32/32) 3-0 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
- 02/02/08: L (58m38s, 20/23) 2-3 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (Berkhoel).
- 02/08/08: L (59m43s, 19/21) 0-3 defeat vs. Chicago (Pavelec).
- 02/09/09: W (60m, 26/26) 1-0 victory vs. Peoria (Beckford-Tseu).
- 02/12/08: L (60m, 21/27) 3-6 defeat at Manitoba (MacIntyre).
- 02/13/08: W (60m, 30/31) 4-1 victory at Manitoba (Schneider).
- 02/17/08: W (59m46s, 28/28) 3-0 victory at Houston (Khudobin).
- 02/19/08: L (25m41s, 21/24) 2-4 defeat vs. Hamilton (Halak) [Replaced by Silverthorn].
- 02/21/08: OTL (64m51s, 31/36) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Milwaukee (Grumet-Morris).
- 02/24/08: L (60m, 31/34) 1-3 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec).
- 02/29/08: W (60m, 23/23) 6-0 victory at Hamilton (Danis, Desjardins).
- 03/01/08: - (11m18s, 7/7) 5-4 SO victory at Toronto (Clemmensen) [Replaced Silverthorn, replaced by Silverthorn].
- 03/02/08: L (57m42s, 28/33) 3-5 defeat at Rochester (Plante).
- 03/07/08: SOW (64m43s, 26/29) 4-3 SO victory (5/5) at Chicago (Pavelec).
- 03/09/08: - (21m55s, 12/14) 3-4 OT defeat at Rockford (Flaherty) [Replaced by Silverthorn].
- 03/11/08: W (60m, 22/25) 7-3 victory vs. Lake Erie (Wall).
- 03/14/08: W (60m, 26/27) 4-1 victory at Quad City (McElhinney).
- 03/15/08: L (59m51s, 34/38) 2-5 defeat vs. Quad City (McElhinney).
- 03/21/08: L (60m, 31/36) 2-5 defeat at Milwaukee (Grumet-Morris).
- 03/28/08: W (60m, 37/38) 4-1 victory vs. Quad City (McElhinney, Keetley).
- 03/29/08: W (59m57s, 42/45) 4-3 victory vs. Rockford (Crawford).
- 04/04/08: W (59m56s, 27/30) 5-3 victory vs. Peoria (Schwarz).
- 04/05/08: L (59m20s, 32/34) 1-2 defeat at Quad City (Keetley).
- Loaned to Bridgeport Sound Tigers, February 6, 2009.
- 02/07/09: W (59m55s, 30/32) 3-2 victory at Norfolk (Helenius).
- 02/11/09: OTW (64m11s, 19/22) 4-3 OT victory vs. San Antonio (Tordjman).
- 02/13/09: W (60m, 21/22) 4-1 victory vs. Philadelphia (Munroe).
- 02/17/09: OTW (64m30s, 23/25) 3-2 OT victory vs. Norfolk (Helenius).
- 02/21/09: SOL (64m49s, 17/19) 2-3 SO defeat (7/10) at Springfield (Sabourin).
INTERNATIONAL GAME DIRECTORY:
- Played for Switzerland in 2010 IIHF World Championships (Cologne and Mannheim, Germany).
- 05/12/10: W (60m, 31/32) 4-1 victory vs. Canada (Mason).
- 05/18/10: L (60m, 20/25) 0-5 defeat vs. Sweden (Markstrom).
- Played for Switzerland in 2011 IIHF World Championships (Bratislava and Kosice, Slovakia)
- 04/29/11: W (61m46s, 29/29) 1-0 OT victory at France (Huet).
- 05/01/11: W (60m, 22/23) 4-1 victory vs. Belarus (Mezin).
- 05/05/11: L (59m02s, 22/25) 2-3 defeat vs. Norway (Haugen).
- 05/09/11: W (60m, 31/34) 5-3 victory vs. United States (Conklin, Montoya).
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