Bates Battaglia

Jonathan “Bates” Battaglia (born December 13, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Carolina Hurricanes, Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals and the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1997 to 2008. He finished his professional career in 2012 with Karlskrona HK of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan.

PositionLeft Wing
International HockeyUnited States
World Junior Championships (1995)
World Championships (1998 & 2004 Bronze medal – third place)
Club HockeyTeam Illinois AAA (Midwest Elite Hockey League)
Caledon Canadians (Metro Junior A Hockey League)
Lake Superior State University (Central Collegiate Hocky Association)
Beast of New Haven (American Hockey League)
Carolina Hurricanes (National Hockey League)
Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
Washington Capitals (NHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves (East Coast Hockey League)
Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
Toronto Marlies (AHL)
Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Helsingin Jokerit (SM Liiga – Top Tier Finland)
Rochester Americans (AHL)
Lausitzer Füchse (2nd Budesliga – 2nd Tier Germany)
Tulsa Oilers (Central Hockey League)
Karlskrona HK (Hockeyettan – 3rd Tier Sweden)
Awards and HonorsCCHA All-Tournament Team (1995)
CCHA Champion (1994-95)
CCHA Best Defensive Forward (1995-96)
Hockeyettan to HockeyAllvenskan Promotion (2011-12)
Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame (2013-14)
Winner Amazing Race Season 22 (2013)

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Transactions

1994-06-24Drafted in the 6th Round and 132nd pick overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1997-03-18Traded by Anaheim with 4th round draft pick in 1998 (Josef Vasicek) to the Hartford Whalers for Mark Janssens.
2003-03-11Traded by the Carolina Hurricanes to the Colorado Avalanche for Radim Vrbata.
2003-10-22Traded by the Colorado Avalanche with Jonas Johansson to the Washington Capitals for 3rd round draft pick in 2004 and Steve Konowalchuk.
2005-02-21Signed as a Free Agent with Mississippi (ECHL).
2005-10-02Signed to a PTO (professional tryout) contract by Toronto (AHL)
2006-07-08Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
2009-11-18Signed as a Free Agent with Syracuse (AHL).
2010-02-03Signed as a Free Agent with Jokerit Helsinki (Finland).
2010-12-08Signed to a PTO (professional tryout) contract by Rochester (AHL)
2011-01-27Signed as a Free Agent with Lausitzer Fuchse (German-2).
2011-03-16Signed as a Free Agent with Tulsa (CHL).