Nick Bailen
Nick Bailen | |||
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Born |
Fredonia, New York, U.S. | December 12, 1989||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
Weight | 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb) | ||
Position | Defense | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
KHL team Former teams |
Traktor Chelyabinsk Rochester Americans Tappara HC Dinamo Minsk Växjö Lakers | ||
National team |
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NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2013–present |
Nick Bailen (born December 12, 1989) is an American-Belarusian professional ice hockey defensemen. He is currently playing for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
Undrafted, Bailen played collegiate for RPI Engineers men's ice hockey of ECAC Hockey, a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. After a short stint with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League in 2013,[1] Bailen took his game overseas, spending the 2013–14 season with Tappara of the Finnish top-flight Liiga. He reached the Liiga finals with the team, while making the All-Star team.
His next stop was Belarusian club, HC Dinamo Minsk of the KHL where he played from 2014[2] to December 2016.[3] On December 21, 2016, he was released from his contract to put pen to paper on a contract with the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League.[4]
Bailen returned to the KHL for the following 2017–18 season, after an initial try-out he secured a lucrative two-year deal with Russian club, Traktor Chelyabinsk on September 5, 2017.[5]
International play
On December 1, 2014 he received Belarusian citizenship.[6] In accordance with IIHF rules on nationality, Bailen was eligible to join the Belarusian national team. He received his first caps in 2016.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2005–06 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 52 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
2006–07 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 53 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
2007–08 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 58 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 157 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
2008–09 | Bowling Green State U. | CCHA | 37 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 58 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 97 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
2010–11 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 38 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 39 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 35 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Tappara | Liiga | 54 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 49 | ||
2013–14 | LeKi | Mestis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 60 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
2015–16 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 40 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | Växjö Lakers | SHL | 20 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 56 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 38 | ||
Liiga totals | 54 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 49 | ||||
KHL totals | 169 | 32 | 75 | 107 | 126 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2016 | Belarus | OGQ | DNQ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Senior totals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Awards and honors
Award | Year | |
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USHL | ||
All-Star Game | 2010 | |
College | ||
All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 2011, 2013 | [7] |
AHCA East Second-Team All-American | 2011 | |
ECAC All-Academic Team | 2011 | |
AHCA East First-Team All-American | 2012–13 | |
Liiga | ||
All-Star Team | 2014 | |
KHL | ||
All-Star Game | 2015 |
References
- ↑ "RPI's Nick Bailen signs with AHL Rochester Americans". Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ↑ "Nick Bailen joins IHC Dynamo Minsk". Minsk Herald. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ↑ "Nick Bailen on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ↑ "Nick Bailen klar för Växjö Lakers - Växjö Lakers". www.vaxjolakers.se. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ↑ "Transfers for September 1, 2017" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ↑ HC Dinamo Minsk (2014-12-01). "Ник Бэйлен стал гражданином Республики Беларусь и сможет сыграть за сборную уже на ЧМ-2016" (in Russian). HCDinamo.by. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
- ↑ "All-League & All-Rookie Teams Announced". ECAC Hockey. 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Profile on the CHL website