Mike Bales

Michael Raymond Bales (born August 6, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League over four seasons with the Boston Bruins and the Ottawa Senators, accumulating a record of 2–15–1 and a GAA of 4.13 in 23 games. He currently serves as goaltending coach for the NHL's Buffalo Sabres.

Mike Bales
Bales with the Straubing Tigers in 2007.
Born (1971-08-06) August 6, 1971
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
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
ERC Ingolstadt
Leksands IF
Straubing Tigers
NHL Draft 105th overall, 1990
Boston Bruins
Playing career 1991–2010

Playing career
Bales in 2008.

Bales attended Ohio State University, lettering with the Buckeyes from 1990 to 1992, and was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the fifth round, 105th overall, of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. 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 2001, Bales moved to play in Europe, beginning with the Belfast Giants in the British Ice Hockey Superleague. 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. On January 29, 2011, he signed a contract with the Iserlohn Roosters as stand-by-goalie but ultimately never played a game for the team.[1]

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

On July 23, 2011, the Pittsburgh Penguins hired Bales as a goaltender development coach and amateur scout.1 Bales was promoted to goaltender coach by the Penguins on August 19, 2013. In 2017, he became goaltending coach of the Carolina Hurricanes. On June 12th, 2019 Bales resigned from the Hurricanes[2] and became goaltending coach for the Buffalo Sabres.

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 Buckeyes CCHA 21 0 1 2 1117 95 0 5.10 6 13 2 0 0.000
1990–91 Ohio State Buckeyes CCHA 39 0 4 18
1991–92 Ohio State Buckeyes CCHA 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 ERC Ingolstadt 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 Tigers 2.GBun 1 0 0 ----
NHL totals 23 0 2 0 4.13 2 15 1 512 0.869

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].

Notes
1.^ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11204/1162507-61.stm
gollark: Go just generally is actively hostile to abstraction.
gollark: lol no generics may be a meme, but it's also true - Go has no generics apart from compiler-magic maps/channels/arrays and possibly some other thing.
gollark: But seriously, in Go you literally cannot write `Math.max` without either using `interface{}` (effectively, dropping the type system) or probably some horrible interface hax, because lol no generics.
gollark: I see.
gollark: Oh, you mean you want a language where | is max, not where you can somehow use bitwise or for max?

References
  1. "Roosters verpflichten Stand-by-Goalie | Iserlohn Roosters". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19.
  2. "Canes PR". nhl.com. nhl.com.
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