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Columbus Sends Cody Bass Down to Springfield

Friday, Dec. 9th, 2011

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned center Cody Bass to the Springfield Falcons, Columbus’ American Hockey League affiliate, club Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Scott Howson announced today.

Bass, 24, has registered one assist and 32 penalty minutes in 14 games with the Blue Jackets. He ranks third on the club in penalty minutes. He also has collected 2-2-4 and 13 penalty minutes in five games with Springfield this season.

A native of Owen Sound, Ontario, Bass made his NHL debut against Atlanta on December 15, 2007 and has tallied 2-3-5 and 66 penalty minutes in 48 career NHL games with Ottawa and Columbus. He was scoreless in one game for the Ottawa Senators in 2010-11 and registered 6-9-15 and 111 penalty minutes in 58 games for the AHL’s Binghamton Senators. He was awarded the Yanick Dupré Memorial Award as the AHL’s Man of the Year. He added 2-2-4 and 24 penalty minutes in 18 playoff games to help Binghamton win the Calder Cup.

Ottawa’s third pick, 95th overall, in the 2005 Entry Draft, he has totaled 18-25-43 and 329 penalty minutes in 176 career AHL games with Binghamton and Springfield. Prior to his professional career, he notched 40-84-124 and 371 penalty minutes in 247 career OHL games with Mississauga and Saginaw.



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