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| Position | Goaltender |
| Catches | Right |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg/13 st 13 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Minnesota Wild San Jose Sharks |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | January 15, 1980 , Yellow Grass, SK, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 166th overall, 2000 San Jose Sharks |
| Pro career | 2003 – present |
Nolan Schaefer (born January 15, 1980 in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian goaltender for the National Hockey League (NHL) Minnesota Wild organization.
Nolan was selected by the San Jose Sharks in fifth round (166th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 24, 2000. He followed in his brother Peter Schaefer's footsteps and became the second person from Yellow Grass to be drafted and play in the NHL.
Nolan signed a contract with San Jose, August 19, 2003, and spent three seasons playing with the San Jose Sharks AHL affiliated Cleveland Barons (The Cleveland Barons moved to Worcester, Massachusetts and changed the team name to the Sharks in 2006). On August 15, 2005 he was re-signed to one-year contract as restricted free agent by San Jose.
Nolan made his first NHL appearance by being called up to replace the injured Vesa Toskala on October 26, 2005. He would end up playing 7 games in total with very respectable statistics. He subsequently bounced back and forth between San Jose and Cleveland serving as the third string goaltender. Nolan did not see play during the Sharks 2006 Stanley Cup playoff run.
On February 27, 2007, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2007 late-round draft pick. On July 3, 2007, Schaefer signed with the Minnesota Wild as a free-agent.
Schaefer also runs the website unmasklyme.com, which he uses to increase the awareness of lyme disease, which his wife currently suffers from.
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Career statistics
Regular season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | Fresno Falcons | ECHL | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 654 | 34 | 1 | 3.12 | .910 |
| 2003–04 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 27 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1592 | 62 | 2 | 2.34 | .925 |
| 2004–05 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 43 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 2417 | 110 | 3 | 2.73 | .907 |
| 2005–06 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 36 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 2059 | 118 | 2 | 3.44 | .887 |
| 2005–06 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 352 | 11 | 1 | 1.87 | .920 |
| 2006–07 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 921 | 43 | 0 | 2.80 | .878 |
| 2006–07 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 162 | 10 | 0 | 2.70 | .897 |
| 2006–07 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 804 | 30 | 1 | 2.24 | .914 |
| NHL Totals | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 352 | 11 | 1 | 1.87 | .920 | ||
| AHL Totals | 140 | 43 | 53 | 6 | 6068 | 290 | 7 | 2.86 | .905 | ||
Trivia
- Schaefer was a studio art major and 2003 Graduate of Providence College. He played in 99 games and recorded a school record 2,848 saves. He enjoyed his most successful season as a Friar in 2000–01 when he posted 15 wins, led PC to the NCAA Tournament and was named to the All-America second team.
- Schaefer was the first Sharks goaltender to earn a win in the regular season shootout implemented in the 2005–06 NHL season.
- Schaefer was featured as an answer on the January 11, 2006 episode of Jeopardy: “Nolan Schaefer of Yellow Grass, Sask., and Glenn Olson of Port McNeil, B.C., play this sport for the Cleveland Barons”.
- Nolan is the younger brother of Peter Schaefer, a left-winger of the Boston Bruins
- While playing a minor hockey league game, Nolan successfully completed a "change on the fly" with his teams other goaltender while play was heading up ice.
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