Mike Bales

Mike Bales
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Born	(1971-08-06) August 6, 1971 Prince Albert, SK, CAN
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Shot	Left
Played for	Boston Bruins Ottawa Senators Belfast Giants (ISL) ERC Ingolstadt (DEL) Iserlohn Roosters Leksands IF (Elitserien) Straubing Tigers (DEL)
NHL Draft	105th overall, 1990 Boston Bruins
Playing career	1991–2010

Michael Raymond Bales (born August 6, 1971) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. A goaltender, he has played for the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League. He attended the Ohio State University, lettering with the Buckeyes from 1990 to 1992, and was drafted by Boston in the fifth round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He played in the NHL for parts of four seasons, accumulating a record of 2–15–1 and a GAA of 4.13 in 23 games. He has played with the DEL's Straubing Tigers from 2004 until 2010. On January 29, 2011, he signed a contract with the Iserlohn Roosters, DEL, as stand-by-goalie. He is the current professional goaltending coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Career

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Bales' entire career as a Boston Bruin consists of 25 minutes played in one game against the New Jersey Devils on January 9, 1993, during which he gave up one goal. His busiest NHL season was 1995–96, when he appeared in 20 games for Ottawa.

In recent years Bales has been active in the European ice hockey leagues, beginning with the Belfast Giants in the Ice Hockey Superleague in 2001. He then moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for ERC Ingolstadt and then to the Elitserien in Sweden for Leksands IF. From 2004 to 2010 he played for the Straubing Tigers where he scored his first career goal during the 2005–06 season with the Tigers.

Transactions

• Selected by Boston Bruins in fifth round (fourth Bruins pick, 105th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 16, 1990.
• Signed as free agent by Ottawa Senators, July 4, 1994.
• Signed as free agent by Buffalo Sabres, September 9, 1997.
• Signed as free agent by Dallas Stars (two year contract), July 8, 1998.

Coaching

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Bales working with Penguins goaltender Fleury during a game in 2016.

On July 23, 2011, the Pittsburgh Penguins hired Bales as a goaltender development coach and amateur scout. Bales was promoted to goaltender coach by the Penguins on August 19, 2013.

Statistics

Season	Team	Lge	GP	G	A	PIM	Min	GA	SO	GAA	W	L	T	Svs	Pct	GP	G	A	PIM
1989–90	Ohio State University	NCAA	21	0	1	2	1117	95	0	5.10	6	13	2	0	0.000
1990–91	Ohio State University	NCAA	39	0	4	18
1991–92	Ohio State University	NCAA	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.000
1992–93	Providence Bruins	AHL	44	0	1	6	2363	166	1	4.21	22	17	0	1135	0.872	2	0	0	0
1992–93	Boston Bruins	NHL	1	0	0	0	25	1	0	2.40	0	0	0	9	0.900	-	-	-	-
1993–94	Providence Bruins	AHL	33	0	1	8	1757	130	0	4.44	9	15	4	816	0.863	-	-	-	-
1994–95	Prince Edward Island Senators	AHL	45	0	3	4	2649	160	2	3.62	25	16	3	1335	0.893	9	0	0	2
1994–95	Ottawa Senators	NHL	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	1.000	-	-	-	-
1995–96	Prince Edward Island Senators	AHL	2	0	0	0	118	11	0	5.58	0	2	0	51	0.823	-	-	-	-
1995–96	Ottawa Senators	NHL	20	0	0	2	1040	72	0	4.15	2	14	1	488	0.871	-	-	-	-
1996–97	Baltimore Bandits	AHL	46	0	2	20	2544	130	3	3.07	13	21	8	1156	0.899	-	-	-	-
1996–97	Ottawa Senators	NHL	1	0	0	0	52	4	0	4.62	0	1	0	14	0.778	-	-	-	-
1997–98	Rochester Americans	AHL	39	0	0	6	2229	127	0	3.42	13	19	5	1060	0.893	-	-	-	-
1998–99	Michigan K-Wings	IHL	32	0	2	16	1773	96	1	3.25	11	17	3	859	0.899	-	-	-	-
1999–2000	Michigan K-Wings	IHL	25	0	0	0	1341	56	0	2.50	9	9	5	647	0.920	-	-	-	-
2000–01	Utah Grizzlies	IHL	50	0	5	10	2697	111	5	2.47	22	19	3	1193	0.915	-	-	-	-
2001–02	Belfast Giants	BISL	34	0	3	10	1996	77	0	2.31	0	0	0	888	0.920	5	0	0	0
2002–03	Ingolstadt ERC	DEL	47	0	0	6	1323	58	1	2.63	0	0	0	668	0.920	-	-	-	-
2003–04	Leksands IF	SEL	23	0	1	2	1354	66	0	2.92	0	0	0	584	0.898	-	-	-	-
2004–05	Straubing Tigers	2.GBun	45	0	1	2	2741	111	3	2.43	0	0	0	0	0.000
2005–06	Straubing EHC	2.GBun		1	0	0	----

NHL game log

• Selected by Boston Bruins in NHL Entry Draft.
• 01/09/93: - (25m41s, 9/10) 2–6 defeat vs. New Jersey (Terreri) [Replaced Blue].
• Signed as free agent by Ottawa Senators.
• 02/02/95: - (2m36s, 1/1) 4–6 defeat at Boston (Lacher) [Replaced Beaupre, replaced by Beaupre].
• 10/13/95: - (20m, 8/10) 2–6 defeat at Florida (Fitzpatrick) [Replaced Beaupre].
• 10/28/95: L (59m, 24/27) 1–4 defeat vs. Florida (Fitzpatrick).
• 11/04/95: L (35m02s, 5/6) 4–5 defeat vs. Hartford (Reese) [Replaced Beaupre].
• 11/09/95: L (60m, 47/51) 3–4 defeat at Boston (Lacher, Billington).
• 11/16/95: L (45m59s, 26/31) 3–5 defeat at Philadelphia (Hextall) [Replaced by Beaupre].
• 11/22/95: L (60m, 35/42) 2–7 defeat at Pittsburgh (Barrasso).
• 11/25/95: T (65m, 37/40) 3–3 OT tie vs. Boston (Bailey).
• 12/07/95: W (60m, 38/40) 5–2 victory at Chicago (Belfour).
• 12/12/95: L (60m, 22/24) 1–2 defeat at San Jose (Terreri).
• 12/13/95: L (60m, 38/44) 2–6 defeat at Los Angeles (Hrudey).
• 12/17/95: L (59m23s, 24/28) 1–4 defeat at Vancouver (>McLean) [Replaced by Beaupre, replaced Beaupre]
• 12/27/95: W (60m, 26/29) 4–3 victory at Buffalo (Biron).
• 12/30/95: L (60m, 23/27) 1–4 defeat vs. Montreal (Thibault).
• 01/06/96: L (60m, 24/29) 4–5 defeat at NY Islanders (Soderstrom).
• 01/13/96: L (60m, 37/41) 1–4 defeat at Tampa Bay (Puppa).
• 01/22/96: L (40m, 11/16) 3–7 defeat vs. Chicago (Hackett) [Replaced by Beaupre].
• 02/08/96: - (40m, 10/13) 2–6 defeat at Winnipeg (Khabibulin) [Replaced Rhodes].
• 03/19/96: - (20m, 5/6) 2–5 defeat at Florida (Vanbiesbrouck) [Replaced Rhodes].
• 03/21/96: L (60m, 29/32) 1–3 defeat at Boston (Ranford).
• 03/29/96: L (60m, 19/24) 0–5 defeat at Washington (Carey).
• 02/26/97: L (51m44s, 14/18) 5–8 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Snow) [Replaced Tugnutt].

External links

• Mike Bales's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Mike Bales's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• www.mike-bales.de - Unofficial Webpage
• Roosters engage Stand-by-Goalie

Notes

1.^ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11204/1162507-61.stm