Stalock was a fourth-round pick (No. 112) by the San Jose Sharks in the 2005 NHL Draft and spent the first five seasons of his NHL career in San Jose before he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 27, 2016. The native of St. Paul, Minnesota, finished the season in the American Hockey League before signing a two-year contract with the Minnesota Wild on Feb. 2, 2017.
Stalock played three seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth and made his NHL debut for the Sharks in relief of Antti Niemi on Feb. 1, 2011, stopping all nine shots he faced in a 5-3 win against the Phoenix Coyotes. Shortly after he was reassigned to Worcester of the AHL, he sliced a nerve behind his knee after it was stepped on by a skate during a game against Manchester and missed the remainder of the 2010-11 season. The injury sidelined Stalock until Jan. 12, 2012, when he started for Stockton of the ECHL.
Stalock was a fourth-round pick (No. 112) by the San Jose Sharks in the 2005 NHL Draft and spent the first five seasons of his NHL career in San Jose before he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 27, 2016. The native of St. Paul, Minnesota, finished the season in the American Hockey League before signing a two-year contract with the Minnesota Wild on Feb. 2, 2017.
Stalock played three seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth and made his NHL debut for the Sharks in relief of Antti Niemi on Feb. 1, 2011, stopping all nine shots he faced in a 5-3 win against the Phoenix Coyotes. Shortly after he was reassigned to Worcester of the AHL, he sliced a nerve behind his knee after it was stepped on by a skate during a game against Manchester and missed the remainder of the 2010-11 season. The injury sidelined Stalock until Jan. 12, 2012, when he started for Stockton of the ECHL.
Stalock won the job as the Sharks' backup goaltender for the 2013-14 season. He made 38 saves in his first NHL start, a 5-2 win against the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 27, 2013. Stalock earned his first NHL shutout with a 3-0 victory against the Florida Panthers on Jan. 16, 2014. He shut out the Winnipeg Jets 1-0 in his next start and extended his shutout streak to 178:55, passing Evgeni Nabokov for the longest in Sharks history.
Stalock played 28 games as the backup to Devan Dubnyk for Minnesota in 2017-18, going 10-10-4 with a 2.85 goals-against average and .910 save percentage. He reached the 20-win mark in a season for the first time in 2019-20.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- USHL Playoff MVP (2005)
- USHL First All-Star Team (2006)
- USHL Goaltender of the Year (2006)
- WCHA All-Rookie Team (2007)
- WCHA First All-Star Team (2009)
- NCAA West First All-American Team (2009)
- AHL All-Rookie Team (2010)
- Traded to Toronto by San Jose with Ben Smith and San Jose's 3rd round pick in 2018 NHL Draft for James Reimer and Jeremy Morin, February 28, 2016.
- Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, July 1, 2016.
- Claimed off waivers by Edmonton from Minnesota, March 1, 2021.
