Cody Bass

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Position Centre
Shoots Right
Height
Weight
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
191 lb (87 kg/13 st 9 lb)
NHL Team Ottawa Senators
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07) (age 21),
Owen Sound, ON, CAN
NHL Draft 95th overall, 2005
Ottawa Senators
Pro career 2005 – present

Cody Bass (born on January 7, 1987 in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He plays the centre position, and specializes as a penalty killer. Known for his great work ethic, fierce competitiveness, and a responsible style of play Bass is a defensive minded forward and thus has been judged to be a great penalty killer.

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[edit] Playing career

Prior to joining the Senators, Cody played major junior with the Saginaw Spirit and Mississauga IceDogs. In 127 games with the Mississauga IceDogs, Bass has tallied 14 goals and made 24 assists, for a total of 38 points. He also collected 133 PIM over those two seasons.

Bass has also represented Canada internationally. Winning a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2004 U-18 Junior World Cup. He also played on Canada's U-18 silver medal team at the 2005 U-18 Junior World Championship, in Plzen, Czech Republic.

He was available to be drafted in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held in Ottawa. Bass was expected to be picked in the third round however he was still available early in the 4th round and was picked 95th overall by the Ottawa Senators. The Senators acquired the 95th draft pick after trading Todd White to the Minnesota Wild.

Bass played his first game in the NHL for the Ottawa Senators against the Atlanta Thrashers on December 15, 2007. He scored his first NHL goal against the Buffalo Sabres on January 4, 2008.

Due to the fact that Bass was not on the Binghamton Senators official "clear day" roster, he was ineligible to return to the American Hockey League during the 2007–08 season and remained on the roster of the Ottawa Senators.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Mississauga IceDogs OHL 61 3 7 10 30 24 2 3 5 21
2004–05 Mississauga IceDogs OHL 66 11 17 28 103 5 1 1 2 8
2005–06 Mississauga IceDogs OHL 67 16 25 41 152 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 Binghamton Senators AHL 9 1 0 1 2 -- -- -- -- --
2006–07 Mississauga IceDogs OHL 23 5 11 16 37 -- -- -- -- --
2006–07 Saginaw Spirit OHL 30 5 24 29 49 6 1 2 3 10
2006–07 Binghamton Senators AHL 5 0 2 2 9 -- -- -- -- --
2007–08 Binghamton Senators AHL 24 3 5 8 44 -- -- -- -- --
2007–08 Ottawa Senators NHL 21 2 2 4 19 4 1 0 1 6
NHL Totals 21 2 2 4 19 4 1 0 1 6
OHL Totals 247 40 84 124 35 4 6 10 2 39
AHL Totals 14 1 2 3 11 -- -- -- -- --

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