Mark Bell (hockey)

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Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	San Jose Sharks Chicago Blackhawks
Nationality	Canada
Born	August 5, 1980, St. Paul's, ON, Canada
NHL Draft	8th overall, 1998 Chicago Blackhawks
Pro Career	2000 – present

For other persons named Mark Bell, see Mark Bell (disambiguation).

Mark Bell (born on August 5, 1980 in St. Paul's, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey forward.

Bell currently plays for the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft with the eighth overall pick and then was traded in 2006 to the San Jose Sharks for Tom Preissing and Josh Hennessy.

Bell is in the first year of a 3 year, US$6.5 million contract signed in July 2006. Bell will be paid US$2 million for the first two years of the contract and US$2.5 million for the final year.

During the 2006 Labor Day weekend, Bell was arrested in the San Jose area for alleged hit and run and driving under the influence. Both are felony offenses.[1] He will be arraigned on January 3rd, 2007.[2]

[edit] Career Statistics

                                     Regular Season              
Season  Team                       Lge   GP   G   A    Pts  PIM   
     
2000-01 [[Chicago Blackhawks]]     NHL   13   0   1    1    4
2001-02 [[Chicago Blackhawks]]     NHL   80   12  16   28   124
2002-03 [[Chicago Blackhawks]]     NHL   82   14  15   29   113
2003-04 [[Chicago Blackhawks]]     NHL   82   21  24   45   106
2005-06 [[Chicago Blackhawks]]     NHL   82   25  23   48   107
2006-07 [[San Jose Sharks]]        NHL   29   05  02   07   040
                   
                   NHL Totals            368  77  81   158  494