| Stephen Halliday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | July 2, 2002 Ajax, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | Ottawa Senators | ||
| NHL draft | 104th overall, 2022 Ottawa Senators | ||
| Playing career | 2024–present | ||
Stephen Halliday (born July 2, 2002) is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey centre for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). [1]
Halliday was born July 2, 2002, in Ajax, Ontario. [2] He began playing ice hockey at the age of four under the encouragement of his father, a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Halliday also played soccer, lacrosse, and tennis as a child. [3] When he was 12, Halliday's family moved to Maryland for his father's job, but he soon moved back to Toronto and lived with his cousins to continue his hockey career. [4] During the 2017–18 Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) season, Halliday led the Toronto Marlboros with 36 goals and 83 points in 59 games. [5]
Rather than playing in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Halliday planned to spend two years in the United States Hockey League (USHL) before moving to college ice hockey in 2020. [6] The Central Illinois Flying Aces selected Halliday first overall in the 2018 USHL Phase I draft. [7]
After tallying 16 points in 15 games to start the 2025–26 season in the AHL with the Belleville Senators, Halliday made his NHL debut on November 20, 2025 replacing an injured Lars Eller, and earned his first career-NHL point with an assist on Shane Pinto's game-tying goal in a 3–2 win against the Anaheim Ducks. [8]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2018–19 | Central Illinois Flying Aces | USHL | 55 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | USHL | 46 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | USHL | 52 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | USHL | 62 | 35 | 60 | 95 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ohio State University | B1G | 40 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Ohio State University | B1G | 38 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 71 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 81 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||||