Tim Schaller

Schaller joined Providence College for the 2009–10 season. He scored his first collegiate goal in a 4–1 loss to Northeastern on November 20, 2009[2] and ended the season with 5 points. At the conclusion of the season, Schaller was the co-recipient of the Rev. Herman Schneider Most Valuable Freshman Award.[1]

In his sophomore year, Schaller played in 34 games for the Friars, earning a new career highs in points with 19. He was then invited to participate at the Chicago Blackhawks NHL Prospect Camp prior to his junior year.[3]

Despite suffering injuries throughout the season, Schaller finished the 2011–12 season with a new career high 14 goals, which also led the team. As a result, Schaller won the team's Rob Gaudreau Award for most goals scored.[4] He was also named a semi-finalist for the Walter Brown Award as the best American-born college hockey player in New England[5] and was invited to the Calgary Flames 2012 Development Camp on an Amateur Try-out agreement.[6]

Schaller was named one of three captains for the Friars prior to his senior year.[7] He then recorded a career high 23 points in 38 games to help the team qualify for the 2013 Hockey East playoffs. Schaller was named Hockey East Defensive Forward of the Year before graduating.[8]

On April 2, 2013, the Buffalo Sabres signed Schaller to a two-year, entry-level contract.[9]

Schaller spent the entire 2013-14 season with the Sabres' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans. In 72 games, he recorded eleven goals and eighteen points.

On November 29, 2014, the Sabres recalled Schaller.[10] He made his NHL debut that night in a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens.[11] On December 21, Schaller scored his first career NHL goal in a 4-3 loss to the Boston Bruins in Boston.[12] He grew up in nearby Merrimack, New Hampshire.[13]

On July 1, 2016, Schaller signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Bruins.[14] In his first season with the club, he scored fourteen points in 59 games. The Bruins re-signed Schaller to a one-year contract extension on July 5, 2017.[15]

On July 1, 2018, the Vancouver Canucks signed Schaller to a two-year, $3.8 million contract.[16] He played 47 games for the team the subsequent season, scoring ten points.

During the following 2019–20 season, while in his final season under contract, Schaller, prospect Tyler Madden, a 2020 second-round pick and 2022 conditional pick were traded by the Canucks to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Tyler Toffoli on February 17, 2020.[17]

As a free agent entering the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, Schaller was signed to an AHL professional tryout contract to attend the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins training camp.[18] After a positive showing, Schaller was signed to a one-year contract with Wilkes-Barre on February 8, 2021.[19]