Sholl rejoins Steelheads

BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Steelheads, ECHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars, announced that the club has signed goaltender Tomas Sholl to a contract for the 2024-25 season.  

Sholl, 30, enters his eighth professional season, fourth with Idaho, after spending the parts of the last four seasons playing overseas. He was named ECHL Goaltender of the Year in 2019-20 leading the league with 2.14 goals-against average, appearing in 41 games posting a 28-8-5 record with a .924 save percentage. In addition, he was named to the All-ECHL First Team, Goaltender of the Month in February and Goaltender of the Week on four separate occasions. During his first full season in the ECHL in 2018-19, Sholl led the league with a .928 save percentage appearing in 39 contests pitching a 26-12-1 record with 2.25 goals-against average. He was named to the ECHL All-Star Game, ECHL All-Rookie Team, All-ECHL Second Team and Goaltender of the Week twice. During the summer of 2019 he signed an American Hockey League contract with the Texas Stars.

The Hermosa Beach, California native was originally acquired by Idaho from the Adirondack Thunder on Feb. 28, 2018 where he went onto post a 9-0-2 record in 11 games with a 1.24 goals-against average and .953 save percentage. He began the 2017-18 season in the SPHL where he led the league with a 2.53 goals-against average splitting time with Macon and Evansville posting a 14-3-3 record in 20 contests with a .917 save percentage. In addition, he was selected to the SPHL All-Rookie Team and Second All-Star Team.

Last season playing in Sweden with Södertälje SK he led HockeyAllsvenskan with a 2.22 goals-against average collecting a 17-14-0 record in 32 games with a .910 save percentage. He played two seasons in the ICEHL with HC Pustertal and led the league with a .923 save percentage during 2022-23 and was named to the All-Star Team in 2021-22.

In parts of three seasons in the ECHL, Sholl was appeared in 99 games posting a 68-20-9 record with a 2.07 goals-against average and .930 save percentage. In Idaho’s ECHL era, he is first in team history in shutouts (12), second in wins (63), third in goals against average (2.07) and fourth in save percentage (.929).