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
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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:

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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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