| Nick Bailen | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 12, 1989, Fredonia, New York, U.S. |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb) |
| Position | Defense |
| Shoots | Left |
| KHL team F. teams |
Traktor Chelyabinsk Rochester Americans Tappara HC Dinamo Minsk Växjö Lakers |
| Ntl. team |  Belarus
|
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
Nick Bailen (born December 12, 1989) is an American-Belarusian professional ice hockey defensemen. He is currently playing for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career[]
Undrafted, Bailen played collegiate for RPI Engineers men's ice hockey of ECAC Hockey, an 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 Belarusian club, HC Dinamo Minsk of the KHL where he played from 2014[2] to December 2016.[3] On December 21, 2016, he was released from his contract to put pen to paper on a contract with the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League.[4]
Bailen returned to the KHL for the following 2017–18 season, after an initial try-out he secured a lucrative two-year deal with Russian club, Traktor Chelyabinsk on September 5, 2017.[5]
International play[]
On December 1, 2014 he received Belarusian citizenship.[6] In accordance with IIHF rules on nationality, Bailen was eligible to join the Belarusian national team. He received his first caps in 2016.
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2005–06 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 52 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2006–07 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 53 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2007–08 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 58 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 157 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Bowling Green State U. | CCHA | 37 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 58 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 97 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 38 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 39 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 35 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Tappara | Liiga | 54 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 49 | ||
| 2013–14 | LeKi | Mestis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 60 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2015–16 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 40 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Växjö Lakers | SHL | 20 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 56 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 38 | ||
| 2018–19 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 62 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 36 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 54 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 49 | ||||
| KHL totals | 267 | 50 | 106 | 156 | 185 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 54 | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Belarus | OGQ | DNQ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Belarus | WC-D1 | 18th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Senior totals | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||
Awards and honors[]
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| USHL | ||
| All-Star Game | 2010 | |
| College | ||
| All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 2011, 2013 | [7] |
| AHCA East Second-Team All-American | 2011 | |
| ECAC All-Academic Team | 2011 | |
| AHCA East First-Team All-American | 2012–13 | |
| Liiga | ||
| All-Star Team | 2014 | |
| KHL | ||
| All-Star Game | 2015 | |
References[]
- ↑ "RPI's Nick Bailen signs with AHL Rochester Americans".
- ↑ "Nick Bailen joins IHC Dynamo Minsk", 2014-06-11. (en-US)
- ↑ "Nick Bailen on Twitter".
- ↑ Nick Bailen klar för Växjö Lakers - Växjö Lakers.
- ↑ Transfers for September 1, 2017 (Russian) (2017-09-05). Retrieved on 2017-09-05.
- ↑ HC Dinamo Minsk (2014-12-01). Ник Бэйлен стал гражданином Республики Беларусь и сможет сыграть за сборную уже на ЧМ-2016 (Russian). HCDinamo.by. Retrieved on 2014-12-02.
- ↑ All-League & All-Rookie Teams Announced. ECAC Hockey (2011-03-16). Retrieved on 2011-03-17.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Profile on the CHL website
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