Tobias Stephan

Tobias Stephan
Tobias Stephan
	Stephen in 2010
Born	21 January 1984 (age 40); Zürich, Switzerland
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Genève-Servette HC ; EV Zug ; Lausanne HC
National team	NHL Draft
Playing career	2001–2023

Tobias Stephan (born 21 January 1984) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender who predominately played in the Swiss National League (NL) from 2001 to 2023. He also played 11 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Dallas Stars during the 2007–08 and 2008–9 seasons. Internationally he played for the Swiss national team at three World Championships.

Playing career

Stephan was born in Zürich, Switzerland. As a youth, he played in the 1997 and 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a team from Zürich.^[1]

In 2001, he was named the best goaltender at U18 World Junior Championships.^[

Kloten Flyers in Switzerland.^{[citation needed]} In 2002, he was named the best rookie in the Swiss Hockey League.^{[citation needed}

]
Stephan was drafted 34th overall in the second round of the
2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars, and is the third highest Swiss drafted in history.^{[citation needed]} He is the fourth Swiss goalie who has been drafted by an NHL team after Pauli Jaks, David Aebischer and Martin Gerber.^{[citation needed}
]
Stephan made his first career NHL start on 13 October 2007 against the
Genève-Servette in Switzerland.^{[citation needed}
]
At the conclusion of the
2018–19 season, Stephan joined Lausanne HC
on a three-year deal worth CHF 3 million.
On 6 February 2023, during his fourth year with Lausanne HC, Stephan announced he would retire from professional hockey at the conclusion of the
2022–23 season, following 22 professional seasons.^[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
Playoffs

Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%

1999–00 Kloten U20 SWI U20 32 — — — — — — — — — 4 — — — — — — —

2000–01 Kloten U20 SWI U20 — — — — — — — — — — 6 — — — — — — —

2001–02 Charles W. Baker High School HS-NY 6 3 3 0 — 360 16 0 2.67 — — — — — — — — —

2001–02 EHC Chur NLA 23 — — — — 1396 80 0 3.44 .899 10 — — 604 39 0 3.87 —

2002–03
Kloten Flyers
NLA 44 — — — — 2670 125 2 2.81 .889 5 — — 292 20 0 4.11 —

2003–04 Kloten Flyers NLA 26 — — — — 1547 61 5 2.37 — — — — — — — — —

2004–05 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 — — — — 2580 123 4 2.86 — 5 — — 301 11 0 2.19 —

2005–06 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 16 19 — 8 2663 125 5 2.82 — 11 5 6 683 34 0 2.98 —

2006–07 Iowa Stars AHL 27 10 15 — 0 1396 67 1 2.88 .900 2 0 0 52 3 0 3.46 .833

2007–08 Dallas Stars NHL 1 0 0 — 1 61 2 0 1.98 .950 — — — — — — — —

2007–08 Iowa Stars AHL 60 27 25 — 2 3329 147 6 2.65 .910 — — — — — — — —

2008–09 Dallas Stars NHL 10 1 3 — 1 438 27 0 3.70 .870 — — — — — — — —

2008–09
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
AHL 5 4 0 — 1 313 10 0 1.91 .920 — — — — — — — —

2009–10

Genève-Servette HC
NLA 50 34 16 — 0 3024 113 3 2.24 — 20 11 9 1195 62 0 3.11 —

2010–11
Genève-Servette HC NLA 50 23 19 — 8 3025 115 3 2.28 .926 6 2 4 408 24 0 3.53 —

2011–12
Genève-Servette HC NLA 50 21 20 — 9 3041 111 6 2.19 .930 9 5 4 578 25 1 2.59 —

2012–13 Genève-Servette HC NLA 50 27 20 — 3 2971 132 5 2.67 .922 7 3 4 447 20 0 2.69 .920

2013–14 Genève-Servette HC NLA 47 26 15 — 6 2857 119 5 2.50 .919 12 7 5 712 25 2 2.11 .935

2014–15 EV Zug NLA 50 31 13 — 6 2995 116 6 2.32 .925 6 2 3 314 17 1 3.25 .919

2015–16 EV Zug NLA 49 26 15 — 6 2962 128 6 2.59 .915 4 0 3 258 15 0 3.48 .886

2016–17 EV Zug NLA 47 29 15 — 0 2837 103 7 2.18 .927 16 — — — — — 2.73 .922

2017–18 EV Zug NL 47 — — — — 2857 109 — 2.29 .927 5 — — — — — 3.31 .906

2018–19 EV Zug NL 36 18 11 — 3 2050 76 5 2.22 .925 14 — — — — — 2.03 .918

2019–20 Lausanne HC NL 40 19 10 — 4 2284 82 4 2.15 .924 — — — — — — — —

2020–21 Lausanne HC NL 29 14 9 — 2 1719 65 4 2.27 .928 5 — — — — — 2.45 .922

2021–22 Lausanne HC NL 29 16 10 — 1 1682 75 0 2.68 .904 — — — — — — — —

2022–23 Lausanne HC NL 7 1 5 — 0 309 23 0 4.47 .856 — — — — — — — —

NHL totals 11 1 3 — 2 499 29 0 3.49 .883 — — — — — — — —

International

Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%

2001 Switzerland U18 6 — — — 360 16 0 2.67 .927

2002 Switzerland U18 8 — — — 440 20 2 2.72 .894

2002 Switzerland
WJC
6 3 3 0 358 20 1 3.35 .898

2003 Switzerland WJC 4 2 2 0 240 14 0 3.50 .861

2010
Switzerland
WC 2 1 1 0 120 6 0 3.00 .895

2011 Switzerland WC 4 3 1 0 241 7 1 1.74 .937

2012 Switzerland WC 3 1 2 0 177 9 0 3.06 .870

Senior totals 9 5 4 0 538 22 1 2.45 .907

References

^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-11.

^ "Tobias Stephan will hang up his skates at the end of the season" (in German). Lausanne HC. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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[1] "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-11.

[2] "Tobias Stephan will hang up his skates at the end of the season" (in German). Lausanne HC. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

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