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Timothy Robertson TAYLOR

C/LW
     
Taylor, Tim Born: 06 Feb 1969 - Stratford, Ontario

 
Personal TBL Records
One Game Records
Goals in one game: 2
Assists in one game: 2
Points in one game: 2
PIM in one game: 7

Longes Streaks
Games streak: 82
Goals streak: 2
Assists streak: 3
Points streak: 3
PIM streak: 4

TBL Career
Hat-Tricks: 0
Two-more goals: 1 games
 
Height: 6-01

Weight: 190

Shoots: Left

 
Aquired: Traded from New York Rangers for Kyle Freadrich and Nils Ekman, June 30, 2001.

Current Status: Active
 
Drafted from London Knights (OHL) by Washington Capitals in the 2 round (36 overall) of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.
 Bio: 
1989-90: Played his 1st professional season with the Baltimore Skipjacks … Notched 67 points (31 goals, 36 assists) in 79 games … Tallied 2-2-4, along with 13 penalty minutes in 9 playoff games.
1990-91: Collected 67 points (25 goals, 42 assists) in 79 games with Baltimore … Notched 1 assist in 5 post-season games.
1991-92: Tallied 9-18-27, along with 131 penalty minutes in 65 games with Baltimore.
1992-93: Split season between Baltimore and Hamilton, combining to record 30-38-68 in 77 games … Tallied 15 goals and 16 assists with Baltimore before being acquired by the Vancouver Canucks … Notched 15 goals and 22 assists in 36 games with Hamilton, after being reassigned by Vancouver.
1993-94: Spent most of the season with Adirondack of the American Hockey League (AHL), appearing in 1 game with DET … Tallied his 1st NHL goal in his 1st NHL game 12/18/93 at MTL ... Led the AHL in scoring with 36 goals and 81 assists for 117 points in 79 games with Adirondack … Was named to the AHL First All-Star Team and captured the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the league’s leading scorer.
1994-95: Registered a “plus” or “even” rating in 20 of his 22 games, finishing with a +3 rating … Recorded his 1st career NHL assist 3/30/95 vs. DAL.
1995-96: Registered a “plus” or “even” rating in 62 of 72 games, posting a +11 rating … Tallied 4 GWG … 9 of his 25 points (4 goals, 5 assists) were collected on game-winning tallies … Notched his 1st career PPG 3/22/96 vs. COL … Tallied his 1st career SHG 4/2/96 at SJ.
1996-97: Member of DET’s Stanley Cup Championship team.
1997-98: Established career-highs in games (79), goals (20) and points (31) … Netted 1st goal as a Bruin in 1st game with BOS 10/2/97 vs. LA … Posted a careerlong 5-game point streak from 10/7/97 - 10/15/97 …Tallied a goal on his 1st career penalty shot attempt 4/15/98 vs. MTL (Jocelyn Thibault).
1998-99: Scored 4-7-11 in 49 games with BOS … Recorded a season-high 9 shots on goal on 1/31/99 vs. CAR … Registered 3 assists and 8 penalty minutes in 12 post-season matches.
1999-00: Received the Rangers “Good Guy” Award for cooperation with the media … Led NYR and ranked 3rd in the NHL with a 58.9 face-off winning percentage (751-of-1276) … Scored 1st NYR goal in NYR debut 10/1/99 at EDM.
2000-01: Appeared in 38 games, tallying 2-5-7, along with 34 penalty minutes … Led team with a 59.0 face-off winning percentage … Recorded 100th career NHL point with a goal and an assist 11/1/00 vs. TB … Missed final 43 games of the season after suffering a torn abdominal muscle 12/31/00 at DAL.
2001-02: Appeared in 48 games ... Led team in faceoffs won 23 times and faceoff percentage 13 times ... Recorded an assist in Lightning debut 10/5 vs. NYI ... Scored SHG 11/25 at CAR (and was on the ice for other SHG) ... Saw season-high 19:26 of ice time 12/2 at NYR ... Placed on IR retroactive to 2/4 and activated on 2/26 ... Placed on IR retroactive 3/2.
2002-03: Tampa Bay’s nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy ... 1 of 3 Lightning players to appear in all 82 games … Finished the season ranked 7th in the NHL in faceoff percentage (57.9%) ... Recorded career-long 3-game assist scoring streak 10/26-10/30 (3 assists) ... Appeared in 500th career NHL game 3/14 at BUF.
2003 Playoff: Appeared in all 11 playoff games, recording an assist and 6 PIM … Faceoff percentage of 62.8 ranked 2nd in NHL and was best among those who played in more than 4 games.
2003-04: Appeared in all 82 games for the 2nd consecutive season recording 7-15-22 ... Recorded more than 20 points for the first time since 1997-98 … Finished 8th in the NHL in faceoff percentage among players with more than 60 games played (59.6%) … Led the Lightning in faceoff percentage among players with more than 4 games played with 59.6% (397-269) … 81 of his 397 (20.4%) faceoff wins came while shorthanded … Registered 2 shorthanded assists … Was 4th on the Lightning in shorthanded ice time, 1st among forwards, with 162:28 (1:58 per game) … Registered 1 assist 3/27 vs. WSH setting a new career best for assists in a season with 15 ... Won 10 of 10 faceoffs 2/14 vs. FLA ... Registered a goal and an assist for this 18th career multi-point game ... Recorded his 1st goal of the season 10/10 vs. BOS.
2004 playoffs: Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal in Game 6 vs. CGY ... Played a personal playoff high 23:24 in Game 6 @ PHI 5/20 … Scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs in Game 5 vs. PHI ... Won 10 of 11 faceoffs in Game 2 vs. PHI and was called for 20 minutes in penalties ... Was called for 7 minutes of PIM in Game 4 4/29 @ MTL ... Added his 2nd assist of the postseason in Game 3 4/27 @ MTL ... Recorded his 2nd point of the playoffs with an assist in Game 1 vs. MTL ... Scored his 1st career playoff goal in Game 5 4/16 vs. NYI ... Took 8 of 10 faceoffs (80%) in Game 2 ... Won 6 of 7 faceoffs (85%) in Game 1 vs. NYI.
Personal: Tim and his wife, Jodi, have two children: daughter Brittany and son Wyatt … Younger brother, Chris, enters the 2003-04 season with 95 career NHL games played … Tim’s wife, Jodi, is the sister of Chris’s wife, Lisa … Supports many charitable programs in the Tampa Bay area.

 Career: Regular Seasons 

 
 Season   League   Team   GP   G   A   PTS   +/-   PIM   S 
 1986-87   OHL   London Knights   34   7   9   16   0   11   0 
 1987-88   OHL   London Knights   64   46   50   96   0   66   0 
 1988-89   OHL   London Knights   61   34   80   114   0   93   0 
 1989-90   AHL   Baltimore Skipjacks   74   22   21   43   0   63   0 
 1990-91   AHL   Baltimore Skipjacks   79   25   42   67   0   75   0 
 1991-92   AHL   Baltimore Skipjacks   65   9   18   27   0   131   0 
 1992-93   AHL   Baltimore Skipjacks   41   15   16   31   0   49   0 
 1992-93   AHL   Hamilton Canucks   36   15   22   37   0   37   0 
 1993-94   AHL   Adirondack Red Wings   79   36   81   117   0   86   0 
 1993-94   NHL   Detroit Red Wings   1   1   0   1   -1   0   4 
 1994-95   NHL   Detroit Red Wings   22   0   4   4   +3   16   21 
 1995-96   NHL   Detroit Red Wings   72   11   14   25   +11   39   81 
 1996-97   NHL   Detroit Red Wings   44   3   4   7   -6   52   44 
 1997-98   NHL   Boston Bruins   79   20   11   31   -16   57   127 
 1998-99   NHL   Boston Bruins   49   4   7   11   -10   55   76 
 1999-00   NHL   New-York Rangers   76   9   11   20   -4   72   79 
 2000-01   NHL   New-York Rangers   38   2   5   7   -6   16   34 
 2001-02   NHL   Tampa Bay Lightning   48   4   4   8   -2   25   50 
 2002-03   NHL   Tampa Bay Lightning   82   4   8   12   -13   38   95 
 2003-04   NHL   Tampa Bay Lightning   82   7   15   22   -5   25   95 
 2005-06   NHL   Tampa Bay Lightning   82   7   6   13   -13   22   109 
   NHL   Totals   675   72   89   161   -62   417   815 
   TBL   Totals   294   22   33   55   -33   110   349 


 
 Career: Play Off 

 
 Season   League   Team   GP   G   A   PTS   +/-   PIM   S 
 1987-88   OHL   London Knights   12   9   9   18   0   26   0 
 1988-89   OHL   London Knights   21   21   25   46   0   58   0 
 1989-90   AHL   Baltimore Skipjacks   9   2   2   4   0   13   0 
 1990-91   AHL   Baltimore Skipjacks   5   0   1   1   0   4   0 
 1993-94   AHL   Adirondack Red Wings   12   2   10   12   0   12   0 
 1994-95   NHL   Detroit Red Wings   6   0   1   1   0   12   0 
 1995-96   NHL   Detroit Red Wings   18   0   4   4   0   4   0 
 1996-97   NHL   Detroit Red Wings   2   0   0   0   0   0   0 
 1997-98   NHL   Boston Bruins   6   0   0   0   0   10   0 
 1998-99   NHL   Boston Bruins   12   0   3   3   0   8   0 
 2002-03   NHL   Tampa Bay Lightning   11   0   1   1   +1   6   14 
 2003-04   NHL   Tampa Bay Lightning   23   2   3   5   -2   31   21 
 2005-06   NHL   Tampa Bay Lightning   5   0   0   0   -2   2   7 
   NHL   Totals   83   2   12   14   -3   73   42 
   TBL   Totals   39   2   4   6   -3   39   42 

 

 

 

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