Cody Bass (born January 7, 1987) is a
Canadian
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former professional
ice hockey
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player. He played for the
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators (french: Sénateurs d'Ottawa), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a membe ...
,
Columbus Blue Jackets
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and
Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators (commonly referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference, and ha ...
in the
National Hockey League
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(NHL). The Senators drafted Bass in the fourth round, 95th overall during the
2005 NHL Entry Draft
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Special procedures were required to determine the order of picks, because ...
.
Playing career
Born in
Owen Sound
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The primary tourist attractio ...
,
Ontario
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, Bass grew up in
Guelph
Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...
, Ontario, playing much of his minor hockey with the Guelph Jr. Storm of the OMHA's South Central AAA League. After his Bantam season, Bass played for the Guelph Dominators Jr.B. team of the OHA in the 2002-03 season and was the 1st round choice (5th overall) selection of the OHL's Mississauga Ice Dogs in 2003.
Prior to joining the Senators organization, Bass played major junior with the
Saginaw Spirit
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and
Mississauga IceDogs
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of the
OHL. In 247 career OHL games, Bass tallied 124 points (40 goals and 84 assists) and collected 371
PIM.
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 Cup The 2005 U-18 Junior World Cup was an ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Piešťany, Slovakia between August 9, 2005 and August 14, 2005. The venues used for the tournament were Zimní Stadion in Břeclav and Zimny Stadion i ...
in
Břeclav
Břeclav (; german: Lundenburg) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Town parts of Charvátská Nová Ves and Poštorná are administrative parts of Břeclav.
Etymol ...
,
Czech Republic
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.
Bass was eligible to be drafted in the
2005 NHL Entry Draft
The 2005 NHL Entry Draft was the 43rd NHL Entry Draft. Originally scheduled to be held on June 25, the 2004–05 NHL lockout led to the draft being postponed to July 30.
Special procedures were required to determine the order of picks, because ...
which was held in
Ottawa, and was chosen in the fourth round, 95th overall, by the hometown
Ottawa Senators
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. The Senators had earlier acquired the selection from the
Minnesota Wild
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in exchange for
Todd White. Bass joined the
Binghamton Senators and scored his first professional goal with Binghamton, on April 14, 2006 at Norfolk.
Bass played his first game in the
NHL
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with Ottawa against the
Atlanta Thrashers on December 15, 2007, and scored his first NHL goal against the
Buffalo Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1970, along w ...
on January 4, 2008. Because he was not on the Binghamton Senators official "clear day" roster, he was ineligible to return to the AHL during the
2007–08 season and remained on the roster of the Ottawa Senators. He played in the
Stanley Cup playoffs in a first round series against the
Pittsburgh Penguins
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. In Ottawa's 2008–09 training camp, he was one of the team's final cuts, and was assigned to Binghamton on October 7, 2008. He was recalled to Ottawa on November 19, 2008, only to sustain a season-ending injury shortly thereafter.
Bass spent the entire
2009–10 season in Binghamton, registering 11 points in 57 games. Bass played another season with Binghamton, and was a member of the
Calder Cup
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The cup is made of sterling silver mounted on a base of Brazilian mahogany. In its cur ...
-winning squad. Bass then signed as a free agent with the
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets (often simply referred to as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ...
. He split the season between Columbus and Springfield, suffering a serious injury while with Springfield on December 19, 2011. Columbus re-signed Bass to a one-year contract in April 2012.
Cody Bass played only one game in the
2013–14 season with the Blue Jackets against the
Buffalo Sabres
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, playing a limited 2:43 of ice-time and 5 PIMS from a fight with
Zenon Konopka
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.
On July 1, 2014, Bass signed a one-year, two-way contract with the
Chicago Blackhawks
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. On September 30, 2014, he was assigned to the
Rockford IceHogs
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, the team's AHL affiliate. In the
2014–15 season, Bass appeared in 61 games with the IceHogs to contribute with 14 points and 165 penalty minutes.
On July 4, 2015, having left the Blackhawks as a free agent, Bass signed a one-year, two-way contract with the
Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators (commonly referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference, and ha ...
.
Bass left the Predators' organization after three seasons. On September 12, 2018, Bass agreed to attend the
Colorado Avalanche
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training camp on a professional tryout. After attending camp and participating in the pre-season, the Avalanche released Bass from his tryout on September 27. On September 30, 2018, he was signed to a one-year AHL contract for the
2018–19 season with the Avalanche's affiliate, the Colorado Eagles.
On August 28, 2019, Bass announced his retirement from professional hockey after 12 seasons. He accepted a position to remain within the Colorado Avalanche organization as a professional scout.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Awards and honours
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Binghamton Senators players
Canadian ice hockey centres
Colorado Avalanche scouts
Colorado Eagles players
Columbus Blue Jackets players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Milwaukee Admirals players
Mississauga IceDogs players
Nashville Predators players
Ottawa Senators draft picks
Ottawa Senators players
Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players
Saginaw Spirit players
Springfield Falcons players
Sportspeople from Guelph
Sportspeople from Owen Sound