Tim Stapleton | |||
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Born | La Grange, Illinois, U.S. | July 19, 1982||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Center | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Jokerit Toronto Maple Leafs Atlanta Thrashers Winnipeg Jets HC Dinamo Minsk Ak Bars Kazan Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Metallurg Magnitogorsk HC Lugano Färjestad BK HC Spartak Moscow ERC Ingolstadt | ||
National team | United States | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2006–2018 |
Timothy Gabriel Stapleton (born July 19, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey center. He played in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlanta Thrashers and Winnipeg Jets between 2008 and 2012. In 2011, Stapleton scored the last goal in Thrashers' history. He is the First Player of Filipino descent to play a game in the National Hockey League.
Undrafted, Stapleton played for two seasons with the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League. Stapleton then represented the University of Minnesota Duluth for four seasons, where he led the team in scoring as a freshman and had back-to-back 40 point seasons.
After a brief stint with the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League, he signed with Jokerit of the Finnish SM-liiga, completing a tryout which led to a one-year contract. During his first Jokerit season, Stapleton won the SM-liiga silver medal and finished second in playoff scoring.
On June 6, 2008, Stapleton signed as a free agent to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 2008–09 season. [1] Stapleton was assigned to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League on September 26, 2008.
On 26 February 2009, Stapleton played his first career NHL game with the Toronto Maple Leafs, scoring the shootout winner. [2] In his next game Stapleton was credited with his first NHL goal against the Ottawa Senators, goaltender Brian Elliott on February 28, 2009. [3]
On July 1, 2009, Stapleton was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers with Pavel Kubina for Garnet Exelby and Colin Stuart. [4] After signing with the Thrashers, Stapleton was then assigned to affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, for the 2009–10 season. [5]
For the 2010–2011 season, Stapleton signed a professional Try-out agreement with the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL. On November 30, 2010, Stapleton was signed to a 2-year contract by the Atlanta Thrashers. [6]
On February 27, 2011, Stapleton scored his first goal since April 16, 2010. It was against his former team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was invited and accepted an invitation to join the United States national team for the 2011 IIHF World Championship, 2013 IIHF World Championship, and 2014 IIHF World Championship, winning bronze in 2013.
On April 10, 2011, Stapleton scored a goal in the 3rd period against the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was the last game of the season for the Thrashers and would be the last goal in their history. The following season, the Thrashers, including Stapleton, moved to Canada to become the Winnipeg Jets. For the first time Stapleton remained at the NHL level for an entire season, often playing the point on the power play despite playing his even-strength minutes as a third- or fourth-line forward; partly because of this, he logged career highs (and more than doubled his career NHL totals) in games played, goals, assists and points.
Despite this performance, Stapleton was not re-signed by the Jets when his contract expired the following summer. On July 10, 2012, it was announced that Stapleton had agreed to terms with Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. After a good performance with Dinamo, he signed in 2013 a two-year deal with Ak Bars Kazan.
After only one-season with Ak Bars, Stapleton was released from the remaining year of his contract and joined fellow KHL club, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on a one-year deal on July 11, 2014. [7] Stapleton was traded to Metallurg Magnitogorsk on December 15, 2014. [8]
On April 17, 2015, Stapleton left the KHL and signed a one-year contract with Swiss club, EHC Biel of the NLA. [9]
On August 1, 2016 he signed with the Karlstad-based, Swedish club Färjestad BK, of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). After collecting just 4 points in 20 games, he parted company with the team on November 26, 2016, and inked a deal with HC Spartak Moscow in a return to the KHL for the remainder of the 2016–17 campaign the following day. [10] [11]
On April 21, 2017, Stapleton agreed to a one-year contract with EHC Olten of the Swiss League (SL). [12] He contributed with 21 points in 29 games before opting to leave Switzerland and join German club, ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the closing stages of the 2017–18 season on January 6, 2018. [13]
Despite being born and raised in the Chicago area, Stapleton is not related to 1970s Chicago Blackhawks star defenseman Pat Stapleton or former Winnipeg Jets and Atlanta Thrashers forward Mike Stapleton, despite wearing the latter's number with both franchises. Stapleton is half Filipino and half Irish. [14]
Stapleton is Co-Host of the Raw Knuckles Podcast With Chris "Knuckles" Nilan.[ citation needed ]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1996–97 | Fenwick High School | HS=IL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Fenwick High School | HS-IL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Chicago Chill 16U AAA | 16U AAA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–00 | Chicago Chill 16U AAA | 16U AAA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | 52 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
2001–02 | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | 61 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | ||
2002–03 | University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 42 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 43 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2004–05 | University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 38 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 39 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2006–07 | Jokerit | SM-l | 56 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | ||
2007–08 | Jokerit | SM-l | 55 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 8 | ||
2008–09 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 70 | 28 | 51 | 79 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
2008–09 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 73 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | ||
2009–10 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 45 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 20 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 63 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 52 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHL | 54 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2014–15 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHL | 37 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | ||
2015–16 | EHC Biel | NLA | 24 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | HC Lugano | NLA | 19 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
2016–17 | Färjestad BK | SHL | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | HC Spartak Moscow | KHL | 22 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | EHC Olten | SWI-2 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
KHL totals | 183 | 59 | 52 | 111 | 90 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | ||||
NHL totals | 118 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
Medal record | ||
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Representing United States | ||
Ice hockey | ||
World Championships | ||
2013 Sweden/Finland |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2011 | United States | WC | 8th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2013 | United States | WC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
2014 | United States | WC | 6th | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Senior totals | 25 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
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