Cody Bass

Playing career

Bass grew up in Guelph, Ontario, playing minor hockey with the Guelph Jr. Storm of the OMHA's South Central AAA League. After his Bantam season, he played for the Guelph Dominators Jr.B. team of the OHA in 2002–03 and was selected 5th overall by the Mississauga Ice Dogs in the 2003 OHL draft. He played major junior with the Saginaw Spirit and Mississauga IceDogs, tallying 124 points (40 goals, 84 assists) and 371 penalty minutes in 247 OHL games. Bass won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2004 U-18 Junior World Cup and a silver medal at the 2005 U-18 Junior World Cup in Břeclav, Czech Republic. He was drafted 95th overall by the Ottawa Senators in 2005, a pick acquired from the Minnesota Wild for Todd White. Bass scored his first professional goal with the Binghamton Senators on April 14, 2006, at Norfolk. He made his NHL debut with Ottawa on December 15, 2007, against the Atlanta Thrashers and scored his first NHL goal on January 4, 2008, against the Buffalo Sabres. Ineligible to return to the AHL for the 2007–08 season, he remained with Ottawa and played in the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins. After being assigned to Binghamton on October 7, 2008, he was recalled on November 19, 2008, but suffered a season-ending injury. Bass spent the 2009–10 season entirely in Binghamton, registering 11 points in 57 games. He was a member of Binghamton's Calder Cup-winning squad before signing as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He split the 2011–12 season between Columbus and Springfield, suffering a serious injury with Springfield on December 19, 2011. Columbus re-signed him to a one-year contract in April 2012. In 2013–14, Bass played one game for the Blue Jackets against the Buffalo Sabres, logging 2:43 of ice time and 5 penalty minutes from a fight with Zenon Konopka.