Casey Bailey

Casey Bailey (born October 27, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the Växjö Lakers in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Bailey played college hockey with the Penn State Nittany Lions and is the first Penn State player to play in the NHL. Bailey played 13 games in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs, whom he signed with out of college, and the Ottawa Senators.

Casey Bailey
Born (1991-10-27) October 27, 1991
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
SHL team
Former teams		 Växjö Lakers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Ottawa Senators
HC Slovan Bratislava
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present

Playing career

As a youth, Bailey played in the 2004 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Alaska.[1]

Bailey played junior A hockey for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs of the British Columbia Hockey League from 2009 to 2012 before going to play college hockey with the Penn State Nittany Lions. Having not been selected in any NHL Entry Drafts, Bailey signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 21, 2015.[2] He became the first Penn State player to sign an NHL contract, as well as the first to play in the NHL.[3][4] Bailey was coming off a sensational 2014–15 junior season in which he finished fourth in scoring within the Big Ten Conference when he signed with the Leafs. Fourteen other NHL teams had shown interest in Bailey and Bailey had previously attended training camps with the Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames.[5]

Prior to signing, Bailey was negotiating an entry-level deal with the Buffalo Sabres, however, the Sabres were unwilling to meet Bailey's demands of playing in the final few games of the team's season, prompting the signing with Toronto.[6] Bailey scored his first NHL goal in the last game of his inaugural season, on April 11, 2015, against Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens.[7] During his first full professional season in 2015–16, Bailey was assigned to the Leafs' AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, and produced 18 points in 38 contests before he was included alongside Dion Phaneuf in a nine-player trade to the Ottawa Senators organization on February 9, 2016.[8] Bailey finished the season with the Senators' AHL affiliate Binghamton Senators.

Bailey was assigned to Binghamton to start the 2016–17 season. He was called up to Ottawa in December and made his Ottawa debut on December 17 against the New Jersey Devils.

As a free agent from the Senators in the off-season, Bailey accepted an invitation to attend the New York Islanders 2017 training camp on September 12, 2017.[9] Following the conclusion of the camp with the Islanders, Bailey was not offered a contract but was reassigned to try-out with their AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on September 24, 2017.[10] After impressing in camp, Bailey was signed to a one-year AHL contract with the Sound Tigers on October 2, 2017.[11]

Unable to attract significant high level North America interest, Bailey opted to take his career overseas, signing with HC Slovan Bratislava of the Kontinental Hockey League on September 21, 2018.[12] In Slovan's last year in the KHL in 2018–19 season, Bailey was used in a bottom six checking role, contributing with just 1 goal and 5 points through 45 games.

Returning to North America as a free agent, Bailey was signed to a professional try-out agreement with the Hershey Bears of the AHL on July 30, 2019.[13] After attending the Bears training camp, he was released from his tryout prior to the 2019–20 season. He then signed an ECHL contract with the Hershey Bears's affiliate, the South Carolina Stingrays.[14] Bailey added 11 points in just 9 games with the Stingrays before he was loaned to the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL on a PTO on November 12, 2019.[15] Bailey contributed with 1 goal and 3 points in 5 games with the Checkers before he was released from his tryout on November 25, 2019.[16]

Having earlier secured a contract in Europe for the remainder of the season, Bailey was introduced on the same day on his release from the AHL by Swedish club, the Växjö Lakers of the SHL.[17]

Personal life

Bailey was born in Anchorage, Alaska, to parents Glen and Dawn Bailey. He has one brother (Kyle Bailey) and a sister (Jessica Graham). Bailey is currently working on earning a university degree in economics.[4]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Alberni Valley Bulldogs BCHL 5113112443 130222
2010–11 Alberni Valley Bulldogs BCHL 6028305874 44374
2011–12 Omaha Lancers USHL 6027336083 42246
2012–13 Penn State NCAA 2714132734 —————
2013–14 Penn State B1G 32941320 —————
2014–15 Penn State B1G 3722184037 —————
2014–15 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 61012 —————
2015–16 Toronto Marlies AHL 384141816 —————
2015–16 Binghamton Senators AHL 307142110 —————
2016–17 Binghamton Senators AHL 6221163720 —————
2016–17 Ottawa Senators NHL 70000 —————
2017–18 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 7618234125 —————
2018–19 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 4514526 —————
2019–20 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 9831110 —————
2019–20 Charlotte Checkers AHL 51230 —————
NHL totals 131012 —————

Awards and honours
Award Year
College
Big Ten Conference First All-Star Team 2015 [18]
Penn State First player to sign NHL contract 2015 [3]
Penn State First player to play in NHL 2015 [3]

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2019 – via www.publicationsports.com.
  2. "Maple Leafs sign free agent forward Casey Bailey". Toronto Maple Leafs. March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. "Bailey signs with Maple Leafs". gopsusports.com. March 21, 2015. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  4. "Casey Bailey – 26/03/2015". Toronto Maple Leafs. March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  5. "Person of Interest: Who is Casey Bailey?". Sportsnet. March 22, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  6. "Maple Leafs sign college free-agent forward Casey Bailey". theScore. March 21, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  7. "Canadiens clinch Atlantic, top Maple Leafs in shootout". NHL. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  8. "Dion Phaneuf traded to Senators in 9-player deal". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  9. "Sound Tigers sign four, Captain on tryout". CTPost.com. September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  10. "Islanders' trim training camp roster to 31". New York Islanders. September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  11. "Sound Tigers add scoring punch with Casey Bailey". Bridgeport Sound Tigers. October 2, 2017. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  12. "CASEY BAILEY POSILOU OFENZÍVY SLOVANA" (in Slovak). HC Slovan Bratislava. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  13. "Bears sign Penn State product Casey Bailey to PTO". Hershey Bears. July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  14. "Stingrays Sign Former NHL Forward Casey Bailey". South Carolina Stingrays. October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  15. "Hurricanes assign Luostarinen to Charlotte". Charlotte Checkers. November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  16. "Checkers release Casey Bailey from PTO". Charlotte Checkers. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  17. "American Casey Bailey signs with Vaxjo Lakers" (in Swedish). Växjö Lakers. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  18. "Guy Gadowksi, Casey Bailey earn Big Ten honors". blackshoediaries.com. March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
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