Caught Right Height 1.83 m Position Goaltender Role Ice hockey player Education University of Maine | Name Matthew Yeats Career start 2002 Playing career Weight 86 kg Played for Washington Capitals | |
Born April 6, 1979 (age 45)
Innisfail, AB, CAN ( 1979-04-06 ) NHL Draft 248th overall, 1998
Los Angeles Kings | ||
Matthew Yeats (born April 6, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played five National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Washington Capitals.
Contents
Playing 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.
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 28, 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. He left the team after the end of season.