Stephen Valiquette

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(Photo courtesy Mike Ashmore. Thanks, Mike!)

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Etobicoke, Ontario, August 20, 1977.
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HEIGHT: 6'5"
WEIGHT: 205 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 35 (Islanders, Bridgeport), 40 (Bridgeport 2002-03, Toronto AHL, Edmonton, Hartford, NY Rangers 2007), 45 (NY Rangers 2003-04).
CATCHES: Left
LAST AMATEUR TEAM: Erie (OHL).
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Tall, rangy netminder looks like a late-bloomer, but needs to see lots and lots of action before he can land a permanent backup job at the NHL level. The Islanders recalled Valiquette in late February when they judged that top prospect Roberto Luongo needed a little more ice time in the minors." SLAM! Hockey Forecaster (online), May 2000

"The huge goaltender was impressive in a six-game trial with the Islanders in 1999-2000 but spent all of last year in the minor leagues. He appeared in 20 games with the AHL's Springfield Falcons and posted a 3.04 goals-against average. Valiquette stands 6-5 and weights 190 pounds. He's considered somewhat of a free spirit but is also extremely competitive." (The Sports Forecaster 2001-02, p. 96)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by Los Angeles Kings in eighth round (190th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, July 8, 1995.
Signed as free agent by New York Islanders, September 9, 1998.
Signed as unrestricted free agent by Edmonton Oilers, July 15, 2003.
Claimed (from Oilers) by Florida Panthers in National Hockey League waiver draft, October 3, 2003.
Claimed (from Panthers) on waivers by Edmonton Oilers, October 9, 2003.
Traded by Oilers (with F Dwight Helminen and second-round selection in 2004 draft) to New York Rangers for C Petr Nedved and G Jussi Markkanen, March 3, 2004.
Signed by Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), September 17, 2004.
Signed with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia), April 26, 2005.
Signed as free agent by New York Rangers, July 1, 2006.

ACCOLADES:

INJURIES:

PENALTY SHOTS:

Stopped penalty shot (Dimitry Afanasenkov), February 17, 2007.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

March 3, 2007 - defeated St. Louis, 3-2 (Lee Stempniak goal, Doug Weight goal, Brad Boyes save, Glen Metropolit save).
2006-07 season to date: 1 win, 0 losses, 2 saves on 4 chances.
November 10, 2007 - defeated Toronto, 2-0 (Nikolai Antropov save, Mats Sundin miss).
November 23, 2007 - lost to Florida, 0-1 (Ville Peltonen save, Nathan Horton save, Jozef Stumpel miss, Rostislav Olesz save, Olli Jokinen goal).
March 2, 2008 - defeated Philadelphia, 2-0 (Kimmo Timonen save, Jeff Carter save).
March 21, 2008 - lost to Philadelphia, 0-2 (Mike Richards goal, Jeff Carter goal).
2007-08 season to date: 2 wins, 2 losses, 8 saves on 11 chances.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T   OL   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
94-95 Sudbury Wolves OHL           4    138   2   0   0         6   2.61                    0
95-96 Sudbury Wolves OHL          39   1887  13  16   2       123   3.91                    0
96-97 Sudbury Wolves OHL          61   3311  21  29   7       232   4.20                    1
96-97 Dayton Bombers ECHL          3     89   1   0   0         6   4.04
97-98 Sudbury Wolves OHL          14    807   5   7   1        50   3.72     521   .904     0
      Erie Otters OHL             28   1525  16   7   3        65   2.56     779   .917     3
98-99 Hampton Roads Admirals ECHL 31   1713  18   7   3        84   2.94     997   .916     1
      Lowell Lock Monsters AHL     1     59   0   1   0         3   3.05      26   .885     0
99-00 Providence Bruins AHL        1     60   1   0   0         3   3.00      41   .927     0   0   0     0    41.00  995.16
      Trenton Titans ECHL         12    692   5   6   1        36   3.12     369   .902     1   0   0     0    31.99  955.76
      Lowell Lock Monsters AHL    14    727   8   5   0        36   2.97     362   .901     0   0   0     0    29.88  950.35
      New York Islanders NHL       6    193   2   0   0         6   1.87     117   .949     0   0   0     0    36.37 1009.34
00-01 Springfield Falcons AHL     20   1066   7  10   1        54   3.04     578   .907     1   0   0     0
01-02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 20   1071  10   5   1        45   2.52     592   .923     2   0   0     2
02-03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 34   1962  15  14   3        86   2.63     975   .912     2   0   0     0
03-04 Toronto Roadrunners AHL     35   2064  14  14   5        89   2.59    1025   .913     2   0   1     0
      Edmonton Oilers NHL          1     14   0   0   0         2   8.57       7   .714     0   0   0     0
      Hartford Wolf Pack AHL       7    400   2   4   1        15   2.25     207   .928     1   0   0     2
      New York Rangers NHL         2    120   1   1   0         6   3.00      71   .915     0   0   0     0
04-05 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL      35   1899  19  11   1        56   1.77     859   .935     7   0   1     2
05-06 Yaroslavl Lokomotiv RUSSIA  45   2734                    89   1.95    1239   .923     4   0   0     8
06-07 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL      30   1694  17  12        0   66   2.34     727   .909     2   0   2     4
      New York Rangers NHL         3    115   1   2        0    6   3.13      45   .867     0   0   0     0
THREE (3) NHL SEASONS             12    442   4   3   0    0   20   2.71     240  0.917     0   0   0     0

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
97-98 Erie Otters OHL              7    467   3   4   15   1.93                    1
98-99 Hampton Roads Admirals ECHL  2     60   0   1    7   7.00                    0
01-02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL  1     18   0   0    1   3.30       5   .800     0   0   0     0
02-03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL  4    253   3   1    9   2.13     130   .931     0   0   0     0
03-04 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL       1     11   0   0    0   0.00       0    ---     0   0   0     0
04-05 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL       2    118   1   1    4   2.03      65   .938     0   0   0     2

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Signed as free agent by New York Islanders.
03/09/00: - (20m, 4/5) 0-5 defeat at Phoenix (Burke) [Replaced Weekes].
03/16/00: W (60m, 37/39) 4-2 victory at Atlanta (Rhodes).
03/21/00: - (27m49s, 14/16) 2-8 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Aubin) [Replaced Weekes].
03/24/00: - (1m14s, 0/0) 2-8 defeat vs. New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced Weekes, replaced by Weekes].
04/06/00: W (60m, 45/46) 2-1 victory at Ottawa (Lalime).
04/07/00: - (24m23s, 11/11) 1-2 defeat vs. Toronto (Healy) [Replaced Weekes].
Signed as free agent by Edmonton Oilers
11/26/03: - (13m52s, 5/7) 1-7 defeat at Detroit (Legace) [Replaced Conklin].
Traded by Oilers to New York Rangers
03/27/04: W (59m55s, 38/39) 3-1 victory at Philadelphia (Esche, Burke).
03/30/04: L (60m, 27/32) 0-5 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur).
02/17/07: L (19m24s, 6/8) 3-5 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Niittymaki) [Replaced Lundqvist].
03/03/07: W (65m, 25/27) 3-2 SO victory (2/4) vs. St. Louis (Sanford).
03/27/07: L (30m13s, 8/10) 4-6 defeat at Montreal (Halak) [Replaced Lundqvist].
11/10/07: SOW (64m21s, 32/34) 3-2 SO victory (2/2) at Toronto (Toskala).
11/23/07: SOL (64m44s, 33/35) 2-3 SO defeat (4/5) at Florida (Vokoun).
12/06/07: - (20m, 4/6) 2-6 defeat vs. Toronto (Toskala) [Replaced Lundqvist].
12/07/07: L (59m08s, 18/21) 2-4 defeat at Atlanta (Hedberg).
12/16/07: L (59m47s, 21/26) 1-5 defeat vs. Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
12/20/07: - (7m56s, 4/4) 3-6 defeat at Minnesota (Harding) [Replaced Lundqvist].
12/29/07: W (60m, 27/28) 6-1 victory at Toronto (Raycroft, Clemmensen).
01/03/08: L (60m, 16/19) 0-3 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo).
01/31/08: W (60m, 20/20) 4-0 victory at Philadelphia (Niittymaki, Biron).
02/09/08: W (60m, 31/31) 2-0 victory at Philadelphia (Biron).
02/10/08: OTL (59m52s, 21/24) 2-3 OT defeat at Washington (Kolzig).
03/02/08: SOW (44m47s, 17/18) 5-4 SO victory (2/2) vs. Philadelphia (Niittymaki, < HREF="biron.html">Biron) [Replaced Lundqvist].
03/21/08: SOL (65m, 27/30) 3-4 SO defeat (0/2) at Philadelphia (Biron).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Started 2003-04 season with Toronto Roadrunners.
10/11/03: L (60m, 33/36) 0-3 defeat at Cincinnati (Bryzgalov).
10/13/03: W (60m, 29/32) 5-3 victory at Hamilton (Fichaud).
10/17/03: L (59m24s, 23/24) 0-1 defeat at Rochester (Miller).
10/18/03: W (60m, 20/22) 4-2 victory at Philadelphia (Little).
11/01/03: T (65m, 24/25) 1-1 OT tie vs. Rochester (Miller).
11/02/03: L (59m59s, 33/38) 4-6 defeat vs. St. John's (Centomo).
11/07/03: - (51m08s, 28/32) 5-4 OT victory at Cleveland (Patzold) [Replaced by Madden].
11/08/03: L (60m, 21/25) 0-4 defeat at Cincinnati (Bryzgalov).
11/30/03: L (59m50s, 26/28) 1-3 defeat at Manitoba (Moss).
12/07/03: W (60m, 20/20) 2-0 victory at Hamilton (Fichaud).
12/11/03: W (60m, 24/25) 5-1 victory vs. Chicago (Cassivi).
12/13/03: L (59m10s, 31/34) 2-3 defeat at Rochester (Askey).
12/18/03: L (46m38s, 8/11) 1-3 defeat vs. Philadlephia (Little) [Replaced by Morrison].
12/21/03: L (58m37s, 30/33) 2-3 defeat vs. Cleveland (Kotyk).
12/26/03: W (60m, 28/31) 4-3 victory vs. Manitoba (Moss).
12/27/03: L (60m, 26/31) 4-5 defeat vs. Rochester (Miller).
12/28/03: T (65m, 22/26) 4-4 OT tie vs. Manitoba (Moss).
12/30/03: W (60m, 18/19) 3-1 victory vs. Hamilton (Damphousse).
01/02/04: L (60m, 21/25) 2-4 defeat vs. St. John's (Tellqvist).
01/03/04: T (64m18s, 49/51) 2-2 OT tie at Hamilton (Damphousse).
01/04/04: W (60m, 22/26) 5-4 victory vs. Chicago (Lehtonen, Cassivi).
01/09/04: L (59m02s, 22/26) 3-4 defeat at St. John's (Minard).
01/10/04: T (65m, 32/36) 4-4 OT tie at St. John's (Minard).
01/17/04: L (49m28s, 14/18) 2-6 defeat at Rochester (Miller) [Replaced by Morrison, replaced Morrison].
01/24/04: L (57m04s, 29/31) 2-4 defeat at Manitoba (Moss) [Replaced Morrison].
01/25/04: T (65m, 16/18) 2-2 OT tie vs. Rochester (Askey).
01/27/04: W (60m, 38/40) 4-2 victory at Cleveland (Kotyk).
01/30/04: W (60m, 44/46) 3-2 victory vs. Hamilton (Fichaud).
02/01/04: L (59m19s, 29/32) 1-5 defeat vs. Milwaukee (Finley).
02/04/04: - (40m, 14/16) 4-3 victory vs. Binghamton (Emery) [Replaced by Morrison].
02/20/04: W (60m, 32/32) 2-0 victory vs. Cincinnati (Bryzgalov).
02/22/04: W (60m, 31/32) 4-1 victory vs. Cincinnati (Bryzgalov).
02/26/04: W (60m, 37/39) 4-2 victory vs. Hamilton (Michaud).
02/28/04: W (60m, 24/26) 3-2 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Caron).
02/29/04: W (60m, 38/39) 3-1 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Caron, Boucher).
Assigned to Hartford Wolf Pack, March 2004.
03/06/04: T (65m, 32/32) 0-0 OT tie at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
03/10/04: W (62m43s, 36/37) 2-1 OT victory vs. Worcester (Sanford).
03/12/04: L (36m28s, 6/9) 5-6 defeat at Springfield (LeNeveu) [Replaced LaBarbera].
03/13/04: L (59m10s, 25/29) 3-4 defeat at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
03/20/04: L (58m12s, 27/28) 0-1 defeat vs. Portland (Ouellet).
04/04/04: W (60m, 35/37) 3-2 victory at Providence (Thomas).
04/07/04: L (58m02s, 31/35) 2-5 defeat at Worcester (Sanford).
05/18/04: - (11m10s, 0/0) 1-3 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo) [Replaced LaBarbera].
10/23/04: W (59m52s, 26/28) 3-2 victory at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
10/29/04: W (60m, 30/31) 3-1 victory at Lowell (Krahn).
11/07/04: W (60m, 17/18) 4-1 victory vs. Springfield (Eklund).
11/10/04: - (39m06s, 11/12) 1-4 defeat vs. Hershey (Budaj) [Replaced LaBarbera].
11/13/04: W (60m, 29/31) 3-2 victory vs. Providence (Toivonen).
11/14/04: L (58m39s, 25/26) 0-1 defeat at Providence (Toivonen).
11/26/04: L (58m04s, 25/27) 1-3 defeat at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
12/03/04: SOL (65m, 40/40) 0-1 SO defeat (12/13) vs. Lowell (Krahn).
12/10/04: L (59m13s, 30/33) 2-3 defeat at Providence (Toivonen).
12/15/04: L (59m05s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat vs. Providence (Toivonen).
12/18/04: W (64m58s, 26/28) 3-2 SO victory (4/4) vs. Providence (Toivonen).
12/26/04: W (60m, 20/22) 3-2 victory at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
12/28/04: L (25m14s, 3/4) 3-4 defeat at Worcester (Bacashihua) [Replaced LaBarbera].
01/01/05: W (59m57s, 20/22) 5-2 victory vs. Utah (Pelletier).
01/08/05: L (58m56s, 22/25) 3-4 defeat at Springfield (Storr).
01/14/05: - (27m41s, 18/19) 1-5 defeat at Albany (Ahonen) [Replaced LaBarbera].
01/15/05: W (59m59s, 33/33) 4-0 victory vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz, Kochan).
01/19/05: W (59m36s, 21/21) 5-0 victory vs. Springfield (Eklund).
01/22/05: W (33m20s, 18/18) 6-4 victory vs. Lowell (Krahn) [Replaced LaBarbera].
01/26/05: W (65m, 22/22) 1-0 SO victory (4/6) at Norfolk (Leighton).
01/28/05: L (59m51s, 19/23) 1-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Niittymaki).
01/30/05: - (24m35s, 2/3) 4-6 defeat at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz) [Replaced LaBarbera].
02/02/05: L (37m07s, 26/30) 2-5 defeat at Manchester (Garon) [Replaced by LaBarbera].
02/12/05: W (59m52s, 23/25) 3-2 victory vs. Portland (Daubenspeck).
02/19/05: W (60m, 19/19) 4-0 victory at Springfield (Pelletier).
02/26/05: L (40m, 26/30) 1-4 defeat vs. Manchester (Garon) [Replaced by LaBarbera].
03/07/05: W (64m15s, 24/26) 3-2 OT victory at Utah (LeNeveu).
03/09/05: W (60m, 26/26) 3-0 victory at Utah (LeNeveu).
03/19/05: W (60m, 27/29) 3-2 victory at Lowell (Ward).
03/23/05: W (60m, 33/33) 1-0 victory vs. Lowell (Ward).
03/26/05: L (64m40s, 22/25) 2-3 OT defeat at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
04/03/05: W (59m58s, 24/25) 5-1 victory at Lowell (Ward, Krahn).
04/13/05: - (36m42s, 9/11) 1-5 defeat vs. Manchester (Garon) [Replaced LaBarbera].
04/15/05: W (60m, 30/32) 4-2 victory vs. Albany (Clemmensen).
04/17/05: L (58m49s, 32/34) 1-3 defeat vs. Springfield (Eklund).
04/24/05: W (60m, 32/33) 4-1 victory at Lowell (Ward).
04/26/05: L (58m16s, 29/32) 2-3 defeat at Lowell (Ward).
Assigned to Hartford Wolf Pack, September 2006.
10/13/06: L (56m42s, 27/32) 3-6 defeat vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
10/20/06: W (64m38s, 21/22) 2-1 SO victory (3/4) at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
10/27/06: L (58m22s, 24/26) 1-3 defeat at Norfolk (Crawford).
11/01/06: W (60m, 31/34) 4-3 victory vs. Portland (Leighton).
11/04/06: OTL (61m12s, 26/30) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Norfolk (Ayers, Crawford).
11/11/06: W (59m29s, 20/23) 9-3 victory vs. San Antonio (Morrison, Sauve).
11/12/06: L (35m36s, 8/11) 1-4 defeat vs. Lowell (Parise) [Replaced by Montoya].
11/19/06: W (40m, 19/20) 4-3 victory at Houston (Harding) [Replaced Montoya].
11/22/06: L (43m23s, 20/22) 4-5 defeat vs. Worcester (Patzold) [Replaced Montoya].
11/24/06: W (60m, 33/35) 3-2 victory at Providence (Toivonen).
11/25/06: W (62m57s, 21/23) 3-2 OT victory vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
12/02/06: W (60m, 26/26) 3-0 victory vs. Manchester (LaBarbera).
12/08/06: W (60m, 18/19) 3-1 victory at Worcester (Greiss).
12/13/06: W (59m55s, 23/25) 3-2 victory vs. Philadelphia (Munroe, Beauchemin).
12/15/06: - (10m49s, 6/8) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Worcester (Greiss) [Replaced by Montoya].
12/16/06: W (64m55s, 34/34) 1-0 SO victory (4/5) vs. Portland (Grumet-Morris).
12/17/06: L (59m35s, 23/25) 1-2 defeat at Manchester (LaBarbera).
12/23/06: L (59m20s, 19/21) 1-3 defeat vs. Providence (Sigalet, Sauve).
12/27/06: L (58m57s, 21/23) 1-3 defeat at Springfield (Ramo).
12/30/06: L (60m, 12/17) 2-5 defeat vs. Manchester (Fukufuji).
01/06/07: W (59m56s, 13/16) 6-3 victory at Springfield (Boutin).
01/07/07: W (59m56s, 35/36) 2-1 victory vs. Worcester (Greiss).
01/14/07: W (60m, 30/31) 4-1 victory at Manchester (LaBarbera).
01/17/07: L (58m47s, 12/15) 2-3 defeat vs. Providence (Sigalet).
01/20/07: W (60m, 22/24) 3-2 victory at Lowell (Parise).
01/21/07: W (59m58s, 21/22) 2-1 victory vs. Springfield (Ramo).
01/27/07: W (61m45s, 42/45) 4-3 OT victory vs. Houston (Kopriva).
02/07/07: L (59m25s, 18/21) 2-4 defeat at Providence (Sigalet).
02/09/07: W (59m45s, 23/24) 2-1 victory at Springfield (Ramo).
02/10/07: L (58m07s, 13/17) 2-5 defeat at Springfield (Coleman).

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