Bales\' entire career as a Boston Bruin consists of 25 minutes played in one game against the New Jersey Devils on January 9, 1993, during which he gave up one goal. His busiest NHL season was 1995–96, when he appeared in 20 games for Ottawa.\n', '

In 2001, Bales moved to play in Europe, beginning with the Belfast Giants in the British Ice Hockey Superleague. He then moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for ERC Ingolstadt and then to the Elitserien in Sweden for Leksands IF. From 2004 to 2010 he played for the Straubing Tigers where he scored his first career goal during the 2005–06 season with the Tigers.\n', '

On July 23, 2011, the Pittsburgh Penguins hired Bales as a goaltender development coach and amateur scout.1 Bales was promoted to goaltender coach by the Penguins on August 19, 2013. On June 12th, 2019 Bales resigned his position of goaltending coach with the Carolina Hurricanes.\n', '

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