Tobias Stephan
Tobias Stephan ( born January 21, 1984 in Zurich ) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender, who plays for Genève -Servette HC of the Swiss National League A since 2009.
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- 3.1 International
Career
Stephan was drawn in NHL Entry Draft 2002 34th in the second round of the Dallas Stars. Until the 2005/ 06 Tobias Stephan played in the Swiss National League A for the Kloten Flyers, where he already played in the junior league. 2005/ 06 he completed including play-offs 55 games for the Flyers and was the undisputed " number one ". He was able to record five shutouts and had a Gegentorschnitt of 2.79. Stephan also recorded three assists for itself. His time in Kloten was interrupted by a season (2001/ 02) in the EHC Chur.
In preparing for the season 2006/ 07 Stephan stayed in the training camp of the Dallas Stars. After this had not extended the contract of their Substitute goalkeeper Johan Hedberg ( moving to Atlanta ), Stephan competed with Mike Smith to the role as the second goalie Marty Turco behind. However, Smith prevailed, so that Tobias Stephan in the farm team of the stars, the Iowa Stars, was sent to the American Hockey League. There he shared the goalkeeper position with Steve Silverthorn. On October 13, 2007 Stephan made his NHL debut with the Dallas Stars. Stephan had a two-year contract with the Dallas Stars and was after the departure of Mike Smith in the 2008/09 season the second goalkeeper Dallas Stars. For the season 2009/10 Stephan returned to Switzerland and got a contract with the Genève -Servette HC, for which he has since been active as a goalkeeper. In 2010 he was with the people of Geneva Swiss runners-up.
Internationally
Tobias Stephan represented Switzerland at youth level at the U18 World Junior Championships in 2001 and 2002 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2002 and 2003. At senior level he was in the squad of his country at the A World Championships in 2003, 2010, 2011 and 2012. 2013 Stephan was also on the national team, winning the silver medal. However, he completed a game.
Awards and achievements
- 2002 Rookie of the Year in the National League A
- 2010 NLA goalie of the Year
Internationally
- 2001 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2001 Best goalkeeper in the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2001 All- Star team the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2013 Silver medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Switzerland at:
- U18 Junior World Championship 2001
- U20 Junior World Cup 2002
- U18 Junior World Cup 2002
- U20 Junior World Championship 2003
- World Cup 2010
- World Cup 2011
- World Cup 2012
( Key to the goalkeeper stats: GP or Sp = Total Games; W or W = Wins, L = Losses, or N, T or D = Draw or shootout defeat, min = minutes; SOG or ZAT = Shots on goal, GA or GT = Goals against; SO = shutouts, GAA or GTS = Gegentorschnitt; Sv % or SVS % = quota, EN = Empty Net Goal; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )