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Ethan Bear

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	New York Islanders
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	1 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	197	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	28 (June 26, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 5, Overall 124 (EDM)

News and Opinions

Can the Bridgeport Islanders make the playoffs next season ? at Eyes on Isles (Fri Jul 18, 2025)
Red Wings Take Care of Bear Necessities at Detroit Hockey Now (Wed Jul 16, 2025)
Islanders downgraded their defense in free agency and called it a plan at Eyes on Isles (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
New York Islanders send clear message on Day 1 of NHL free agency at Eyes on Isles (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Islanders sign Jonathan Drouin, Tony DeAngelo, David Rittich, Ethan Bear at Lighthouse Hockey (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
The NY Islanders sign Mathew Barzal's close friend, Ethan Bear, to a one-year, two-way contract at Eyes on Isles (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
Washington Capitals loan Ethan Bear, Clay Stevenson, and Mitchell Gibson to Hershey Bears at Stars and Sticks (Sun May 18, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2025	New York Islanders	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
May 16, 2025	Washington Capitals	Assigned to AHL
Apr 18, 2025	Washington Capitals	Recalled from AHL
Oct 5, 2024	Washington Capitals	Assigned to AHL
Oct 5, 2024	Washington Capitals	Cleared Waivers
Oct 4, 2024	Washington Capitals	Placed on Waivers
Dec 28, 2023	Washington Capitals	Signed 2 years @ $2.063M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 28, 2022	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 1 year @ $2.200M AAV starting in 2022-23
Dec 29, 2020	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 2 years @ $2.000M AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 2, 2016	Edmonton Oilers	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	SAAHL U15	Melville Millionaires U15 AA	21	16	19	35		34
2011-12	High-BC	PoE Acad. Bant.	40	12	32	44		45
2012-13	SMHL	Yorkton	38	7	28	35		30				5	1	1	2
2012-13	WHL	Seattle	1	0	0	0
2013-14	WHL	Seattle	58	6	13	19	+1	18				9	2	2	4		6
2014-15	WHL	Seattle	69	13	25	38	+1	23				6	1	2	3	-8
2015-16	WHL	Seattle	69	19	46	65	+14	33				18	8	14	22	+11	8
2016-17	M-Cup	Seattle Thunderbirds	3	0	0	0	-4	2
2016-17	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	67	28	42	70	+34	21				17	6	20	26	+11	12
2017-18	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	18	1	3	4	-11	10	20	5.0	18:38
2017-18	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	37	6	12	18	-8	12
2018-19	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	52	6	25	31	+14	34				8	2	2	4		4
2019-20	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	71	5	16	21	-4	33	99	5.1	21:58	4				-4		3	0.0	22:37
2020-21	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	43	2	6	8	-1	14	53	3.8	17:58	4				-4	2	7	0.0	18:18
2021-22	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	58	5	9	14	+1	20	97	5.2	16:05
2022-23	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	61	3	13	16	+6	25	75	4.0	18:32
2022-23	WC	Canada	8	0	0	0	-1	4
2023-24	NHL	Washington Capitals	24	1	3	4	-5	10	24	4.2	14:54
2024-25	AHL	Hershey Bears	62	10	36	46	+33	30				2				-3	2
NHL Career			275	17	50	67	-14	112	368	4.6	18:30	8				-8	2	10	0.0	20:27

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2017-18	EDM	18	290:30	0.00	0.41	0.41	0.09	-0.09	0.00	2.69	-2.69	0.00	4.35
2019-20	EDM	71	1273:25	0.19	0.71	0.90	0.14	0.05	5.00	3.67	1.33	0.96	1.92
2020-21	EDM	43	643:59	0.19	0.56	0.75	0.17	0.02	4.26	3.81	0.45	1.59	0.00
2021-22	CAR	58	811:33	0.37	0.59	0.96	0.23	0.14	5.81	3.69	2.13	0.00	3.54
2022-23	VAN	61	973:55	0.12	0.55	0.68	0.18	-0.06	2.94	4.26	-1.32	0.00	4.21
2023-24	WSH	24	336:50	0.00	0.36	0.36	0.24	-0.24	0.00	5.98	-5.98	0.00	2.50

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2017-18	EDM	18	290:30	40.07	1.45	2.30	53.08	3.51	3.61	29.17	38.93	-0.30	0.65	-7.90
2019-20	EDM	71	1273:25	41.70	2.87	2.58	44.20	3.30	2.71	46.56	48.76	0.31	0.35	-0.28
2020-21	EDM	43	643:59	35.31	2.05	2.42	35.40	2.52	2.05	44.90	54.16	0.12	-0.41	5.81
2021-22	CAR	58	811:33	50.20	2.66	2.98	38.37	2.51	2.43	51.43	55.13	-0.01	-0.07	0.68
2022-23	VAN	61	973:55	38.44	2.46	2.46	37.33	2.53	2.31	49.38	51.58	0.05	-0.45	4.90
2023-24	WSH	24	336:50	36.16	1.60	1.90	41.33	3.03	2.53	34.62	42.86	-0.59	-0.04	-6.32

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	58	21.4	0.2	5.5	6.0	91.2	62.7	75.9	21.7	2.4	35.9	18.8	45.4
2022-23	61	22.0	0.3	8.4	8.6	89.3	62.0	70.2	26.3	3.5	41.1	17.7	41.2
2023-24	24	21.2	0.2	8.7	8.7	87.8	63.8	78.9	15.8	5.3	45.7	18.1	36.2
2024-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2023-24	Edmundson, J	WSH	125:21	1.91	4.31	30.77	2.27	2.60	46.54	-0.13	0.07	-2.14
2023-24	Sandin, R	WSH	69:34	2.59	1.72	60.00	1.42	2.72	34.24	-1.05	0.14	-14.60
2023-24	Alexeyev, A	WSH	41:25	1.45	2.90	33.33	2.21	2.36	48.42	0.16	0.05	1.35
2023-24	Fehérváry, M	WSH	40:04	0.00	4.49	0.00	1.82	3.10	36.95	-0.48	0.65	-11.48
2023-24	van Riemsdyk, T	WSH	36:10	1.66	0.00	100.00	1.36	1.55	46.61	-0.96	-1.28	1.56
2022-23	Hughes, Q	VAN	353:27	3.23	2.38	57.58	2.48	1.93	56.32	0.06	-0.77	9.07
2022-23	Ekman-Larsson, O	VAN	228:36	2.10	3.15	40.00	2.50	2.45	50.52	0.01	-0.26	2.63
2022-23	Myers, T	VAN	69:49	2.58	3.44	42.86	2.97	1.53	66.03	0.55	-1.10	18.10
2022-23	Stillman, R	VAN	63:41	0.94	1.88	33.33	2.40	3.53	40.43	-0.21	0.96	-9.88
2022-23	Burroughs, K	VAN	59:32	1.01	3.02	25.00	2.84	2.19	56.45	0.49	-0.22	7.12
2022-23	McWard, C	VAN	55:46	1.08	2.15	33.33	2.12	2.78	43.21	0.27	-0.15	4.56
2022-23	Rathbone, J	VAN	49:50	3.61	3.61	50.00	2.45	2.77	46.99	0.30	0.27	0.67
2022-23	Dermott, T	VAN	20:18	2.96	2.96	50.00	2.13	2.05	50.92	-0.19	-0.97	7.52
2021-22	Slavin, J	CAR	382:10	2.83	1.88	60.00	2.82	2.25	55.69	-0.19	-0.23	0.83
2021-22	Cole, I	CAR	240:26	2.50	2.50	50.00	3.04	2.29	57.00	0.10	-0.18	2.73
2021-22	Smith, B	CAR	107:00	2.80	3.36	45.45	3.74	3.05	55.07	0.78	0.67	-0.28
2021-22	Skjei, B	CAR	38:20	1.57	0.00	100.00	2.69	2.79	49.12	-0.32	0.38	-6.47
2020-21	Nurse, D	EDM	253:38	3.08	3.08	50.00	3.22	2.41	57.24	1.01	0.09	8.41
2020-21	Jones, C	EDM	226:10	0.80	2.39	25.00	1.81	2.02	47.21	-0.64	-0.39	-3.15
2020-21	Russell, K	EDM	119:37	2.01	1.50	57.14	1.91	1.64	53.85	-0.28	-0.76	6.05
2020-21	Koekkoek, S	EDM	29:52	0.00	4.02	0.00	1.96	1.89	50.93	-0.57	0.15	-8.34
2020-21	Nurse, D	EDM	29:20	0.00	2.05	0.00	3.51	3.48	50.22	0.88	1.74	-9.91
2019-20	Nurse, D	EDM	1119:49	2.73	3.32	45.13	2.57	2.71	48.64	0.28	0.33	-0.45
2019-20	Klefbom, O	EDM	102:35	4.09	2.34	63.64	2.94	2.51	53.94	0.61	0.01	5.70
2019-20	Nurse, D	EDM	60:10	2.99	6.98	30.00	3.06	2.37	56.42	0.03	-0.11	1.40
2017-18	Russell, K	EDM	140:42	1.71	2.99	36.36	2.64	3.01	46.75	-0.05	-0.08	0.16
2017-18	Klefbom, O	EDM	76:20	1.57	4.72	25.00	2.41	4.22	36.38	0.18	0.99	-4.52
2017-18	Nurse, D	EDM	31:43	1.89	1.89	50.00	1.80	3.77	32.37	-0.73	0.61	-12.19
2017-18	Sekera, A	EDM	23:18	0.00	5.15	0.00	1.19	3.52	25.21	-1.18	0.19	-16.27

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	28		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$325,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$325,000

Signed: July 1, 2025

Team: New York Islanders

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.81

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $425,000.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	26	$2,062,500	$2,062,500	-	-	$1,375,000	$1,375,000	$1,375,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	27	$2,062,500	$2,062,500	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$4,125,000	$4,125,000	$4,125,000

Signed: Dec 28, 2023

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.47

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	25		$2,200,000	$2,200,000	-	-	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	$2,200,000

Signed: July 28, 2022

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 2.67

Retained Salary: Carolina Hurricanes retained 18.2% of total salary on October 28, 2022

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	23	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	RFA
2021-22	24	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000

Signed: Dec 29, 2020

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.45

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	19	$721,667	$800,000	-	$80,000	-	$80,000	-	ELC
2017-18	20	$720,000	$798,333	$145,000	$80,000	$650,000	$730,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	21	$720,000	$798,333	$70,000	$80,000	$650,000	$730,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	22	$720,000	$798,333	$20,000	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$235,000	$240,000	$2,000,000	$2,240,000	$210,000

Signed: July 2, 2016

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15