Tobias Stephan

Tobias Stephan (born 21 January 1984) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender who predominantly 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.

In 2001, he was named the best goaltender at the U18 World Junior Championships. Stephan first played for EHC Chur and then for the Kloten Flyers in Switzerland. In 2002, he was named the best rookie in the Swiss Hockey League.

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. He is the fourth Swiss goalie who an NHL team has drafted after Pauli Jaks, David Aebischer and Martin Gerber.

Stephan made his first career NHL start on 13 October 2007 against the Chicago Blackhawks, since both of the Stars' goaltenders — Marty Turco and Mike Smith — were injured. Until the Blackhawks tied the game with two seconds remaining in regulation, Stephan had saved all 39 shots and was looking forward to a shutout in his first game. However, the Blackhawks scored again on their first shot in overtime and won the game 2–1. He would go back to the AHL after the game. Before the 08/09 season started, he would learn that he would be backing up Marty Turco. His first win was on 29 October against the Minnesota Wild — the Stars won 4–2. Stephan left the Stars on 31 July 2009 to sign for Genève-Servette in Switzerland.

After 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 after the 2022–23 season, following 22 professional seasons.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs 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