Matthew Yeats (born April 6, 1979 in Innisfail, Alberta) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender.

[edit] American Career

Originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Yeats was signed in 2003 as a free agent by the Portland Pirates, and then later the Washington Capitals, he played five games for the Capitals near the end of the 2003–04 NHL season.

[edit] European Career

The Norwegian team Sparta Warriors in Sarpsborg, Norway announced Yeats as their new goalie for the 07/08 season in the Get League on April 28th 2007, he left the team from Sarpsborg on 28 October 2008 and moved to Herlev Hornets[1]. He left after 3 months Denmark and joined on 1 February 2009 to Slovenian club HK Acroni Jesenice of the Erste Bank Hockey League ^[1].

[edit] Teams

• 95/96: Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
• 96-98: Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)
• 99-02: University of Maine (NCAA)
• 02: Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)
• 03: Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (ECHL)
• 03 Washington Capitals (NHL)
• 04: Portland Pirates (ECHL)
• 04: Reading Royals (ECHL)
• 05-06 Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
• 06-07 Texas Wildcatters (ECHL)
• 07-08 Sparta Warriors (Eliteserien)
• 08-09 Herlev Hornets (AL-Bank Ligaen)
• 09- HK Acroni Jesenice (Erste Bank Hockey League)

[edit] References

1. ^ http://hkjesenice.si/default.aspx?SIid=3&ARid=1543&LAid=2&p=0

[edit] External links

• Matthew Yeats's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Profile at legends of hockey.net
• Sparta Warriors (NOR): Yeats' new team, as of april 2007
• Player Profile
• Texas Wildcatter's Yeats Video

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