Billy Tibbetts
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Billy Tibbetts (born October 14, 1974 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a professional hockey player who last played on the Boston Bruins roster. On September 18, 2006, Tibbetts was officially released from the club. Previously, he had played for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. He is notable for having served three years in jail from 1996 to 1999 after being convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and a probation violation. On the ice he is known as a fighter and an enforcer. In 2005–06 he played for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League.
In the 2006–07 season, Tibbetts didn't play in the autumn until he signed a tryout with HPK of the Finnish SM-liiga. After only four games with HPK, Tibbetts signed with HIFK of the same league for the rest of the season.
He was arrested early in the morning of August 13, 2007, after leading a Massachusetts State Police trooper on a high-speed chase from Scituate, MA to Abington, MA, where he crashed his 2007 BMW into a fence and a telephone pole, and fled on foot. At November 7, 2007 he signeda contract with EHC Olten, Switzerland (National League B)
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2006–07 | HPK | SM-liiga | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006–07 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | |||||||
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