Ross Yates

Ross Yates
Yates in 2006
Born	(1959-06-18) June 18, 1959 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	Hartford Whalers
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1981–1992

Ross Richard Yates (born June 18, 1959) is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) player and a former American Hockey League (AHL) head coach.

Biography

As a youth, Yates played in the 1970, 1971 and 1972 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Mount Royal, Quebec. Yates was an All-Canadian with the Mount Allison University Mounties where he set Canadian college scoring records. He played seven (NHL) games with the Hartford Whalers during the 1983–84 season. He played in Europe after his NHL years and then entered coaching. He is the former head coach of both the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL and the Saint John Sea Dogs of the QMJHL.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1976–77	Mount Allison University	AUAA		20	7	7	14	18		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Mount Allison University	AUAA		20	8	21	29	38		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Mount Allison University	AUAA		20	21	26	47	34		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Mount Allison University	AUAA		27	23	54	77	14		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Mount Allison University	AUAA		21	16	56	72	12		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		14	4	1	5	2		5	0	0	0	0
1981–82	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		80	22	23	45	53		15	5	6	11	10
1982–83	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		77	41	84	125	28		5	0	6	6	2
1983–84	Hartford Whalers	NHL		7	1	1	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		69	35	73	108	82		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Mannheimer ERC	1.GBun		35	31	39	70	45		9	9	8	17	—
1984–85	Fredericton Express	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		5	0	2	2	4
1985–86	Mannheimer ERC	1.GBun		36	20	41	61	38		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Rochester Americans	AHL		22	4	8	12	4		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	EHC Kloten	NDA		33	36	39	75	28		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	EHC Kloten	NDA		36	31	40	71	26		5	1	9	10	12
1988–89	EHC Kloten	NDA		36	34	36	70	21		6	2	6	8	2
1989–90	EHC Kloten	NDA		31	15	26	41	40		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	SC Rapperswil–Jona	SUI.2		32	26	39	65	34		6	5	9	14	4
1991–92	HC Auronzo	ITA.2		24	29	40	69	26		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	EHC Kloten	NDA		2	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				262	106	189	295	169		30	5	14	19	16
1.GBun totals				71	51	80	131	83		9	9	8	17	—
NDA totals				138	116	142	258	115		11	3	15	18	14

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com