OHL Draft: Plymouth, 1st Round, 20th Overall, 2000.
NHL Draft: Chicago Blackhawks, 5th Round, 156th Overall, 2002.
Career Notes... Missed 10 games (12/30/07-1/16/08) due to sprained knee suffered vs. Nashville (12/26) ... Tore his ACL vs. Los Angeles missing the rest of the season (3/6/07) ... Scored his first career goal at Phoenix (3/23/06) … Tallied the first assists of his career in back-to-back games at San Jose (2/8/06) and at Los Angeles (2/11/06) … Made NHL debut at St. Louis (2/2/06).
Whalers Career... Franchise leader in career regular season points by a defenseman (187). Ranks 13th on the all-time career regular season points list ... Franchise leader in career regular season goals by a defenseman (52) ... Franchise leader in career regular season assists by a defenseman (135). Ranks 8th for all-time career regular season assists ... Franchise leader in career regular season plus/minus rating with a +125 mark ... Ranks 14th for career regular season games played (217).
2003-04... Appeared in 9 post-season games with Plymouth, recording a 3g-7a-10p line with 8 penalty minutes and appeared in 50 regular-season games, recording a 17g-53a-70p line with 63 penalty minutes ... Named OHL and CHL Defenseman of the Year ... Served as team's captain ... Notched a career-best 5 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating at Kitchener (3/26). #2 Star of the Game ... Had 9-game point streak (2/28-3/22), including 6-game assist streak (2/28-3/14) and 3-game goal streak (3/14-20): Had 4 assists vs. Erie (3/6). #1 Star of the Game. Tallied an assist and a +3 plus/minus rating at Erie (3/13). Recorded a goal and an assist vs. Windsor in regular season finale (3/14). Goal marked the 52nd of his career, setting a new franchise record for regular-season career goals by a defenseman. #3 Star of the Game. Notched 2 goals, including the game-winner, and an assist vs. Kitchener (3/20). #1 Star of the Game ... Had 4-game assist and point streak (2/15-26). Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist at Saginaw (2/15). #2 Star of the Game. Notched back-to-back 1 goal and 1 assist games (2/21-26), including having a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Kitchener (2/21). Goal vs. Kitchener was the 50th of his career ... Represented the OHL West at the 2004 OHL All-Star Game (1/27) ... Had 6-game point streak (1/15-25), including 5-game assist streak (1/16-25) and 3-game goal streak (1/15-17): Scored a power-play goal and was named #2 Star of the Game at Windsor (1/15). Had back-to-back multi-point games with a goal and an assist vs. Mississauga (1/16) and a goal and 3 assists vs. Kitchener (1/17). #2 Star of the Game vs. Kitchener. Fourth point on the night, an assist, marked the 165th point of his career, setting the new franchise record for regular-season points by a defenseman. Notched 2 assists vs. London (1/24) ... Won a gold medal with Team USA and contributed 2 goals and 3 assists in 6 games at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Finland (12/26-1/5) ... Had 7-game assist and point streak (11/14-12/11), including 3-game goal and multi-point streak (11/21-26): Notched 2 assists vs. Brampton (11/14). Had a goal and an assist at London (11/21). #3 Star of the Game. Tallied a goal and 2 assists vs. Erie (11/22). #2 Star of the Game. Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Windsor (11/26). #2 Star of the Game. Recorded 2 assists at Sarnia (11/27). Notched 3 assists at Peterborough (12/11). #3 Star of the Game ... Had career-best 12-game point streak (10/9-11/8), including career-best 8 game assist streak (10/18-11/8) and career-best 4-game goal streak (10/10-18): Tallied an assist and was named #3 Star of the Game at Windsor (10/9). Scored a goal and was named #2 Star of the Game vs. the Soo (10/11). Scored his first career shorthanded goal vs. Guelph (10/17). Tallied a goal and 2 assists vs. Sarnia (10/18). Notched 2 assists in 3 straight games (10/30-11/7). #3 Star of the Game vs. Windsor (11/7) ... Had 5-game assist and point streak to start the season (9/19-10/3). Recorded a goal and an assist at Kitchener (9/19). Scored game-winning goal and added an assist at Kingston (9/26). #1 Star of the Game. Notched 2 assists at Belleville (9/27). #1 Star of the Game.
2002-03... Appeared in 18 post-season games with Plymouth, recording a 2g-10a-12p line with 14 penalty minutes and appeared in 52 regular-season games, recording a 18g-34a-52p line with 60 penalty minutes ... Named #3 Star of the Game at Kitchener (4/20) ... Had points in back-to-back games with a goal at Kitchener (4/16) and an assist vs. Kitchener (4/18) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games (4/9-11), including the game-winning goal and an assist vs. London (4/11) ... Had 4-game assist streak to start the playoffs (3/22-27), including registering a playmaker with 3 assists at Owen Sound (3/23) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games vs. the Soo (3/14) and vs. Kitchener (3/15) ... Scored a power-play goal and was named #1 Star of the Game at Sarnia (3/7) ... Had 5-game assist and point streak (2/13-21), including 3-game goal and multi-point streak (2/15-21): Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Mississauga (2/15). #2 Star of the Game. Notched a goal and 3 assists at Sarnia (2/20). #1 Star of the Game. Had a goal and an assist at Guelph (2/21). #2 Star of the Game ... Named #2 Star of the Game vs. Oshawa (2/8) ... Notched 2 assists at Brampton (2/2) ... Had 3-game goal and point streak (1/19-25), including scoring the game-winning goal and having a +3 plus/minus rating at Toronto (1/19). Tallied a goal and an asist vs. Windsor (1/25) ... Had 3-game assist streak (1/10-17) ... Represented Team USA and contributed 4 assists in 7 games at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Halifax/Sydney, Canada (12/26-1/5) ... Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist at Kingston (12/15). #1 Star of the Game ... Had 6-game assist and point streak (11/21-12/7), including 3 straight multi-point games (11/21-30): Notched a goal and 2 assists at Saginaw (11/21). Tallied 2 assists vs. the Soo (11/22). Recorded a goal and an assist vs. London (11/30). #1 Star of the Game ... Tallied a goal and an assist at Saginaw (12/6). #3 Star of the Game. Notched 2 assists vs. the Soo (12/7) ... Had 6-game point streak (10/30-11/10), including 5-game assist streak (11/1-10) and 3-game goal streak (10/30-11/2): Tallied 3 straight multi-point games (11/1-8). Had a goal and an assist at Guelph (11/1). Scored his first career hat trick with 3 power-play goals, including the game-winner, and adding 2 assists vs. London (11/2). #2 Star of the Game. Notched 2 assists vs. Erie (11/8). #1 Star of the Game ... Scored the first goal of the season vs. Windsor (10/18).
2001-02... Won a gold medal with Team USA and had 1 goal and 2 assists in 3 games at the World Under-18 Championship in Slovakia (4/11-21) ... Appeared in 6 post-season games with Plymouth, recording a 1g-2a-3p line with 6 penalty minutes and appeared in 62 regular-season games, recording a 11g-25a-36p line with 100 penalty minutes ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with an assist at London (3/28) and a goal vs. London (3/30) ... Had 4-game point streak (3/1-9). Had power-play goals in back-to-back games (3/1-3) and assists in back-to-back games (3/7-9), including 2 at Sarnia (3/7) ... Tallied an assist and had a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Ottawa (2/23) ... Had points in back-to-back games with the game-winning goal vs. Oshawa (2/8) and an assist vs. Windsor (2/9) ... Had 4-game point streak (12/15-29), including 3-game assist streak (12/15-28) ... Had assists and points in back-to-back games (12/7-8), including a goal and 3 assists at Sarnia (12/8) ... Had a 4-game point streak (11/16-21). Tallied an assist and a +3 plus/minus rating at Sudbury (11/16). Scored goals in back-to-back games (11/17-18), including having a +3 plus/minus rating at the Soo (11/18) ... Had a +3 plus/minus rating at Mississauga (10/28) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games vs. Sudbury (10/26) and vs. London (10/27) ... Scored a power-play goal and had a +3 plus/minus rating at London (10/5) ... Had a +3 plus/minus rating at Windsor (9/30) ... Scored 2 power-play goals and added 2 assists vs. Windsor (9/29).
2000-01... Appeared in 19 post-season games with Plymouth, recording a 3g-10a-13p line with 34 penalty minutes and appeared in 53 regular-season games, recording a 6g-23a-29p line with 72 penalty minutes ... Named Plymouth's Rookie of the Year and was a member of the OHL First All-Rookie Team ... Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Ottawa (5/13) ... Notched 2 assists vs. Ottawa (5/6) ... Tallied an assist and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Erie (4/28) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (4/8-12), including a goal and an assist vs. Windsor (4/10) ... Had points in back-to-back games (3/24-26), including a playmaker with 3 assists vs. Sarnia in his playoff debut (3/24) ... Had 3-game assist streak (3/3-18) ... Notched 2 assists vs. Kitchener (2/17) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games (1/14-19), including a goal and an assist at the Soo (1/19) ... Had assists in back-to-back games (1/6-12), including 2 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Mississauga (1/12) ... Had assists in back-to-back games vs. Guelph (12/13) and vs. London (12/16) ... Notched 2 assists vs. Sudbury (11/3) ... Had a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Sudbury (10/27) ... Recorded 2 assists at London (10/6) ... Had 3-game goal and point streak to start his career (9/23-29). Made OHL debut and tallied his first career power-play goal and assist vs. Erie (9/23). Notched 2 goals and an assist at Peterborough (9/28).
OHL Career Bests...
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Single Game |
Streak |
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5 points, twice, most recent-
(0g-5a-5p) March 26, 2004 at Kitchener
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12 games (4g-13a-17p)
October 9-November 8, 2003
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Goals |
3 goals (3g-2a-5p)
November 2, 2002 vs. London
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4 games (4g-2a-6p)
October 10-18, 2003
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Assists |
5 assists (0g-5a-5p)
March 26, 2004 at Kitchener
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8 games (1g-12a-13p)
October 18-November 8, 2003
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