Michael Raymond Bales (born August 6, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.

He played in the National Hockey League over four seasons from 1992 to 1997 with the Boston Bruins and the Ottawa Senators, accumulating a record of 2–15–1 and a goals against average of 4.13 in 23 games.

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.

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.