Rob Tallas
Template:Short description Template:Infobox ice hockey player Robert Wayne "Robbie" Tallas (born March 20, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks between 1996 and 2001.
Playing career
Tallas played in 99 NHL games and compiled a record of 28 wins, 42 losses, and 10 ties. He has been serving as the goaltending coach for the Florida Panthers since August 2009.[1]
He came out of retirement for one game on March 3, 2013, as a backup goalie for the Florida Panthers.[2] Then, exactly two years later, on March 3, 2015, during a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, both Panthers goaltenders (Roberto Luongo and Al Montoya) were injured during play. Montoya stayed in the game, and Tallas quickly went to the dressing room to dress as his emergency backup. He warmed up in the tunnel, but Luongo was able to re-dress and return to the game, sparing Tallas from action.[3] In both instances, Tallas had suited up, registered on the official team roster, and could have been called on the ice as a replacement but ended up not playing because the originally planned goaltender returned before a replacement was needed.
Tallas was also part of the coaching staff of Italy men's national ice hockey team during the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[4]
Tallas won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships as a Goaltending Coach with the Panthers in 2024 and 2025.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 1990–91 | Penticton Panthers | BCJHL | 37 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 2055 | 196 | 0 | 5.72 | .860 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 708 | 52 | 0 | 4.41 | .854 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Surrey Eagles | BCJHL | 19 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1043 | 112 | 1 | 6.44 | .844 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 58 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 3151 | 194 | 2 | 3.69 | .893 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 333 | 18 | 0 | 3.24 | .912 | ||
| 1993–94 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 51 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 2849 | 188 | 0 | 3.96 | .885 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 567 | 40 | 0 | 4.23 | .885 | ||
| 1994–95 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 2.90 | .867 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 36 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2011 | 114 | 0 | 3.40 | .882 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 37 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2136 | 117 | 1 | 3.29 | .906 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 9 | 0 | 4.01 | .900 | ||
| 1995–96 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .897 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1424 | 83 | 0 | 3.50 | .900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 28 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1244 | 69 | 1 | 3.33 | .882 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 575 | 39 | 0 | 4.07 | .882 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 788 | 24 | 1 | 1.83 | .926 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 987 | 43 | 1 | 2.61 | .898 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 27 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1363 | 72 | 0 | 2.61 | .885 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 4.13 | .850 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 627 | 35 | 0 | 3.35 | .868 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 333 | 12 | 0 | 2.16 | .915 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 38 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 2183 | 126 | 0 | 3.46 | .901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 33 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1763 | 99 | 0 | 3.37 | .898 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HPK Hameenlinna | FIN | 22 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 1326 | 44 | 1 | 1.99 | .922 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Salzburg EC | AUT | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 640 | 47 | 0 | 4.40 | .862 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| NHL totals | 99 | 28 | 42 | 10 | 5069 | 246 | 3 | 2.91 | .891 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
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