Mark Bell (ice hockey)

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Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
Height
Weight		 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
220 lb (100 kg/15 st 10 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 Toronto Maple Leafs
San Jose Sharks
Chicago Blackhawks
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born August 5, 1980 (1980-08-05) (age 27),
St. Pauls Station, ON, Canada
NHL Draft 8th overall, 1998
Chicago Blackhawks
Pro career 2000 – present

Mark Bell (born on August 5, 1980 in St. Paul's, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.

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[edit] Playing career

Bell started playing hockey at four years old, and grew up admiring Wayne Gretzky and Doug Gilmour.[1] He played four seasons in the minor Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67s, and was part of the Memorial Cup championship in 1998-99. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft as the eighth overall pick, and scored his first goal against Patrick Roy.[1] Bell was a bronze medalist with Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships in 2000. In the summer of 2006, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks in a three-way deal involving Chicago and the Ottawa Senators:[2]

He was acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs via trade at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft on June 22, 2007.

Bell is currently in the second year of a 3-year, US$6.5 million contract signed in July 2006. Bell will be paid US$2 million for the first two years of the contract and US$2.5 million for the final year.

[edit] Hit and Run

During the 2006 Labour Day weekend, Bell was arrested in the San Jose area for alleged hit and run and driving under the influence.[3] Both are felony offences. His arraignment was set for January 3, 2007.[4] Bell pleaded no contest to drunk driving causing injury and hit-and-run on August 14, 2007. He will serve six months in jail after completing the 2007-08 hockey season.[5] Mark Bell was placed in Stage 2 of the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse Program and was suspended for 15 games by the NHL on September 12, 2007.[6]

[edit] Career statistics

                                     Regular Season              
Season  Team                   Lge   GP   G   A    Pts  PIM   
     
2000-01 Chicago Blackhawks     NHL   13   0   1    1    4
2001-02 Chicago Blackhawks     NHL   80   12  16   28   124
2002-03 Chicago Blackhawks     NHL   82   14  15   29   113
2003-04 Chicago Blackhawks     NHL   82   21  24   45   106
2005-06 Chicago Blackhawks     NHL   82   25  23   48   107
2006-07 San Jose Sharks        NHL   71   11  10   21   83
2007-08 Toronto Maple Leafs    NHL   35   4   6    10   60 
                   
         NHL Totals                 445   87  95  182   597

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Chicago's Mark Bell: Lighting Lamps and Ringing Bells in The Windy City. NHL. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  2. ^ "Leafs get Toskala and Bell from Sharks", Canadian Press, 2007-06-22. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. 
  3. ^ "Sharks' Bell arrested on DUI suspicion", The Sports Network, 2006-09-05. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. 
  4. ^ "Sharks' Bell charged with felonies after Labor Day crash", CBS, 2006-12-07. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. 
  5. ^ "Jail time tolls for new Leaf Bell", 2007-08-14. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. 
  6. ^ "Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mark Bell suspended indefinitely by NHL", The Canadian Press, 2007-09-04. Retrieved on 2007-09-04. 

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