Shawn Bates

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = None
former_teams = New York Islanders
Boston Bruins
league = NHL


position = Center
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 210
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1975|4|3|mf=y
birth_place = Medford, MA, USA
draft = 103rd Overall
draft_year = 1993
draft_team = Boston Bruins
career_start = 1997

Shawn Bates (b. April 3, 1975 in Medford, Massachusetts) is an American professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League who has played for the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders.

College

Bates played four seasons with the Boston University Terriers. In his four years he helped lead the team to the Frozen Four each year. Bates' teams appeared in two NCAA Finals and won the NCAA Championship in 1995, Bates was named to the All Tournament team. Overall, Bates compiled 73 goals, 71 assists, 144 points, and 190 penalty minutes in a total of 160 games.

NHL

Bates was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 4th Round, 103rd Overall. After four years with the Bruins, he was signed as a free agent by the Islanders on April 8, 2001. Bates is remembered most for scoring on a penalty shot in Game 4 of the Islanders' Eastern Conference Quarterfinal playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Bates beat Maple Leaf goaltender Curtis Joseph top shelf to give the Islanders a 4–3 lead with 2:37 to go in regulation, and the Islanders went on to win the game and tied the series 2–2. The penalty shot was the third playoff Penalty Shot in Islander history and the first to be successful. Bates is known by many as a character outside of hockey playing pranks on friends and family, sometimes crossing the line. He is in the second year of a three year contract but has missed a lot of games due to injury. Placed on waivers by the Islanders on June 27, 2008.

In the 2002–03 NHL season, Bates led the NHL with six short-handed goals.

International

Bates played for Team USA in the 1995 World Juniors, recording six points (5–1–6) in seven games.

Career statistics

Regular Season Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM 1997–98 Boston Bruins NHL 13 2 0 2 21998–99 Boston Bruins NHL 33 5 4 9 21999–2000 Boston Bruins NHL 44 5 7 12 142000–01 Boston Bruins NHL 45 2 3 5 262001–02 New York Islanders NHL 71 17 35 52 30 2002–03 New York Islanders NHL 74 13 29 42 522003–04 New York Islanders NHL 69 9 23 32 46 2005–06 New York Islanders NHL 66 15 19 34 602006–07 New York Islanders NHL 48 4 6 10 342007-08 New York Islanders NHL 2 0 0 0 0

NHL Totals 465 72 126 198 266

ee also

* List of NHL players

External links

*hockeydb|22501