Ducks Sign Goaltender Stalock to One-Year Contract

The Ducks have signed goaltender Alex Stalock to a one-year contract through the 2023-24 NHL season.

Stalock, 36 (7/28/87), has appeared in 179 career NHL games in 11 seasons with Chicago (2022-23), San Jose (2010-16 & 2021-22) and Minnesota (2016-20), posting a 70-65-20 record with 11 shutouts, a 2.70 goals-against average (GAA) and .908 save percentage (SV%). He has also made eight Stanley Cup Playoff appearances (five starts). He set personal bests in appearances (38), starts (36), wins (20-11-4), shutouts (4) and minutes (2,177) in 2019-20 with Minnesota, while he posted a career bests in GAA (1.87) and SV% (.932) in 2013-14 with San Jose.

In 2022-23 with the Blackhawks, he went 9-15-2 with two shutouts, a 3.01 GAA and .908 SV% in 27 games (24 starts). He became the first NHL goaltender in 88 seasons (1934-35) to stop a penalty shot in three straight games, including March 16, 2023 at Nashville (Matt Duchene), March 14, 2023 vs. Boston (David Pastrnak) and March 8, 2023 at Detroit (Dylan Larkin). The 5-11, 170-pound goaltender was named one of three finalists for the Bill Masterton Trophy last season after missed the majority of the 2020-21 campaign due to myocarditis after complications from COVID-19 and returned to play in 2021-22.

Stalock has posted a 108-82-20 record with 12 shutouts, a 2.63 GAA and .910 SV% in 21 career AHL games with Bakersfield, San Jose, Iowa, Toronto, Worcester and Peoria. He led the AHL in wins (39-19-2) with Worcester in 2009-10, and was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team and represented the Sharks at the All-Star Game.

Originally selected by San Jose in the fourth round (112th overall) of the 2005 NHL Draft, Stalock spent three seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth (2006-09), helping the Bulldogs to a WCHA championship and NCAA West Regional Final in 2009. In 2008-09, he went 21-13-8 with five shutouts, a 2.13 GAA and .924 SV% in 42 games, leading the NCAA in minutes (2,534), while he was named to the NCAA West First All-American Team and the WCHA First All-Star Team.

The St. Paul, Minn. native was named the 2006 USHL Goaltender of the Year and 2005 USHL Playoff MVP, leading Cedar Rapids to a Clark Cup championship in 2005. He was also named the USA Hockey Junior Goalie of the Year in 2005-06 after leading the USHL in SV% (.931) and earning USHL First All-Star Team honors.