He would also make his NHL debut for the Carolina Hurricanes that same season during their inaugural campaign, with the franchise having been relocated from Hartford.īattaglia would remain with Carolina until late in the 2002-03 season and became a permanent fixture on the team and well-loved by fans. The Chicago native began his rookie season in the AHL with the fabulously named Beast of New Haven and prospered at that level with 36 points in 48 games including fifteen goals Unlike the majority of players featured in this series, Bates Battaglia was attempting to keep his career afloat when he joined the Toronto Marlies in 2005-06.Īs a free agent the year before, Battaglia was fast out of options during the 2004-05 NHL lockout and chose to sign in the ECHL with Mississauga Wolves, for whom he would play the entire season alongside his younger brother, Anthony.īattaglia was drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim132nd overall, of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft but would be traded to Hartford Whalers in March of 1997 before turning professional later that year.

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