Nick Bailen

Nick Bailen
Born (1989-12-12) December 12, 1989
Fredonia, NY, USA
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams		 Växjö Lakers
Rochester Americans
Tappara
HC Dinamo Minsk
National team  United States 
 Belarus
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2005–present

Nick Bailen (born December 12, 1989) is an American-Belarusian ice hockey defensemen. He is currently playing for the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League.

Career

He used to play 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 HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League where he played from 2014[2] to December 2016.[3] On December 21, 2016, he put pen to paper on a contract with the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League.[4]

International career

On December 1, 2014 he received Belarusian citizenship.[5] In accordance with IIHF rules on nationality, Bailen was eligible to join the Belarusian national team. He received his first caps in 2016.

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2010–11 [6]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2010–11
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2012–13
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2012–13

References

  1. ↑ "RPI's Nick Bailen signs with AHL Rochester Americans". Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Nick Bailen joins IHC Dynamo Minsk". Minsk Herald. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Nick Bailen on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  4. ↑ "Nick Bailen klar för Växjö Lakers - Växjö Lakers". www.vaxjolakers.se. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ All-League & All-Rookie Teams Announced


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