19

Toby Petersen (C)

Texas Stars

Biography

Career Notes

Enters his 13th professional season in 2012-13, his ninth in the AHL. Petersen signed a two-year two-way contract with Dallas on 7/2/12; he has been with the franchise the last seven years. He was drafted by Pittsburgh in the ninth round (224th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and he made his NHL debut with the Penguins on 12/5/00 at Ottawa. Petersen scored his first NHL goal on 12/10/00 at Detroit, his first career NHL point; he recorded his only NHL hat trick in Ottawa on 10/16/01. During the 2011-12 NHL season he was voted the 15th nicest player in the league in a Sports Illustrated NHL player’s poll and is currently the only active NHL player with diabetes. He was selected to the 2008 AHL All-Star Classic in Binghamton, NY as a member of the PlanetUSA team, representing the Iowa Stars. Petersen won the fastest skater competition during the 2008 AHL All-Star Skills Competition with a lap time of 14.001 seconds and then scored a penalty shot goal during the All-Star Classic, which was the first ever penalty shot attempt in the event’s history. He represented Team USA at the 1997 and 1998 World Junior Championships and also played for his country in the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Russia.

2012-13

Scored the game-winning goal in the season opener on 10/13/12 at San Antonio.