Matthew Yeats

Matthew Yeats
Born	April 6, 1979 (1979-04-06) (age 32) Innisfail, AB, CAN
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Right
Played for	Washington Capitals
NHL Draft	248th overall, 1998 Los Angeles Kings
Playing career	2002–present

Matthew Yeats (born April 6, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played five National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Washington Capitals.

Playing career

Originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Yeats was signed in 2003 as a free agent by the Portland Pirates, and then later the Washington Capitals, he played five games for the Capitals near the end of the 2003–04 NHL season.

The Norwegian team Sparta Warriors in Sarpsborg, Norway announced Yeats as their new goalie for the 07/08 season in the Get League on April 28, 2007, he left the team from Sarpsborg on 28 October 2008 and moved to Herlev Hornets[1]. He left after 3 months Denmark and joined on 1 February 2009 to Slovenian club HK Acroni Jesenice of the Erste Bank Hockey League.^[1] He left the team after the end of season.

Teams

• 95/96: Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
• 96-98: Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)
• 99-02: University of Maine (NCAA)
• 02: Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)
• 03: Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (ECHL)
• 03 Washington Capitals (NHL)
• 04: Portland Pirates (ECHL)
• 04: Reading Royals (ECHL)
• 05-06 Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
• 06-07 Texas Wildcatters (ECHL)
• 07-08 Sparta Warriors (Eliteserien)
• 08-09 Herlev Hornets (AL-Bank Ligaen)
• 09-09 HK Acroni Jesenice (Erste Bank Hockey League)

References

1. ^ http://hkjesenice.si/default.aspx?SIid=3&ARid=1543&LAid=2&p=0

External links

• Matthew Yeats's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Matthew Yeats's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Matthew Yeats's NHL player profile
• Matthew Yeats at TSN.ca
• Player Profile
• Texas Wildcatter's Yeats Video

Persondata
Name	Yeats, Matthew
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey player
Date of birth	April 6, 1979
Place of birth	Innisfail, Alberta, Canada
Date of death
Place of death