Bates Battaglia

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Left wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 205
team = Toronto Maple Leafs
former_teams = Carolina Hurricanes
Colorado Avalanche
Washington Capitals
league = NHL
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|12|13
birth_place = Chicago, IL, USA
career_start = 1997
draft = 132nd overall
draft_year = 1994
draft_team = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Jonathan Bates Battaglia (born December 13, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American professional hockey left winger. On December 13, 2007, he was sent to the Toronto Marlies for a conditioning stint. The Marlies are the American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs. He is the grandson of Chicago Outfit loanshark and muscle man, Sam Battaglia.

Battaglia was drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the sixth round (132nd overall selection) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. Before joining the Capitals, Battaglia played for the Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes, where he was a third of the BBC line (Brind'Amour, Battaglia, Cole) during their 2001–2002 Stanley Cup run; the Capitals acquired him and Jonas Johansson in a trade that sent Steve Konowalchuk to the Avalanche. Because of the NHL lockout, Bates Battaglia joined his younger brother Anthony on the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL for the 2004–05 season on February 21 2005. This was the first time that he had played on the same team with his younger brother.

Growing up, Bates played hockey in Park Ridge, Illinois, under Coach Tom Godwin. He played on the three-time NCAA National Championship Lake Superior State University Lakers from 1994–1997.

Battaglia lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, the home of his former team, the Carolina Hurricanes. He owns a neighborhood bar called "Lucky B's Around The Corner," located in the heart of Raleigh's Glenwood South District.

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ee also

* List of NHL players

External links

*hockeydb|21984