Ryan Bayda

Ryan Bayda
Born December 9, 1980 (1980-12-09) (age 31)
Saskatoon, SK, CAN
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
Carolina Hurricanes
NHL Draft 80th overall, 2000
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 2002present

Ryan Bayda (born December 9, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

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Playing career

Bayda was drafted in the third round, 80th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He joined the Hurricanes' AHL affiliate the Lowell Lock Monsters at the tailend of the 2001–02 season, scoring a goal and an assist in three regular season games and also scoring three goals in five playoff games. He made his NHL debut for Carolina during the 2002–03 NHL season.

On July 3, 2007, the Hurricanes re-signed Bayda to a one-year, $475,000 contract, a two-way contract which also paid him $100,000 at the AHL level.[1]

On July 1, 2008, the Hurricanes re-signed Bayda to a one-year, $475,000 contract for the 2008-09 season.[2] Bayda in his first full NHL season, played in a career-high 70 games and helped the Hurricanes reach the Eastern Conference finals. During the finals on May 22, 2009, Bayda was fined $2,500 as a result of a match penalty he was assessed for cross-checking Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang in the chin at the end of game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.[3]

On September 3, 2009, Bayda was invited to the St. Louis Blues training camp for the 2009-10 season.[4] Ryan, however, turned down the offer after the Blues signed forward Derek Armstrong and accepted an invitation to the Pittsburgh Penguins training camp instead.[5]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Vernon Vipers BCHL 45 24 58 82 15
1999–00 University of North Dakota WCHA 44 17 23 40 30
2000–01 University of North Dakota WCHA 46 25 34 59 48
2001–02 University of North Dakota WCHA 37 19 28 47 52
2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 3 1 1 2 0 5 3 0 3 0
2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 53 11 32 43 32
2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 25 4 10 14 16
2003–04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 34 7 15 22 28
2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 44 3 3 6 22
2004–05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 80 13 27 40 91 9 3 3 6 4
2005–06 Manitoba Moose AHL 59 13 25 38 52 13 1 6 7 27
2006–07 Albany River Rats AHL 55 29 25 54 66 5 3 2 5 4
2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 9 1 1 2 2
2007–08 Albany River Rats AHL 21 7 10 17 6
2007–08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 31 3 3 6 28
2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 70 5 7 12 26 15 2 2 4 18
2009–10 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 21 8 3 11 14
2010–11 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 52 17 24 41 70 2 1 0 1 0
NHL totals 179 16 24 40 94 15 2 2 4 18

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