Matthew Yeats

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.
==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 the Herlev Hornets. He left Denmark after 3 months and joined the Slovenian club HK Acroni Jesenice of the Erste Bank Hockey League on February 1, 2009.http://hkjesenice.si/default.aspx?SIid=3&ARid=1543&LAid=2&p=0. He left the team after the end of season.
==Teams==
*95/96:	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
*96-98:	Olds Grizzlys	(AJHL)		
*99-02:	University of Maine	(NCAA)	
*02:	Philadelphia Phantoms	(AHL)	
*03:	Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies	(ECHL)	
*03	Washington Capitals	(NHL)	
*04:	Portland Pirates	(ECHL)	
*04:	Reading Royals	(ECHL)	
*05-06	Idaho Steelheads	(ECHL)	
*06-07	Texas Wildcatters	(ECHL)	
*07-08	Sparta Warriors	(Eliteserien)	
*08-09	Herlev Hornets	(AL-Bank Ligaen)
*09 HK Acroni Jesenice (Erste Bank Hockey League)
==References==
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*Texas Wildcatter's Yeats Video
Category:Born in 1979
Category:Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies players
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Idaho Steelheads players
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Category:Reading Royals players
Category:Texas Wildcatters players
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