OHL Draft:
Plymouth Whalers, 7th Round, 132nd Overall, 2006.
NHL Draft:
Florida Panthers, 4th Round, 100th Overall, 2008.
Career...
Holds franchise record for consecutive games
(regular season and playoffs) played at 165
games (9/22/06-3/26/08). Became 44th player
in franchise history to record 100 career
regular-season points (1/2/09). Tied for 7th
on the Whalers all-time regular season games
played list (249). Became 25th player in franchise
history to play 200 career regular-season
games (9/26/09). Became 22nd player in
franchise history to record 100 career
regular-season assists (1/22/10). 14th on
the Whalers all-time regular season points
list (193).
2009-10...
With Plymouth... Appeared in
9 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL),
recording a 4g-8a-12p line with 14 penalty minutes and appeared in
52 regular-season games, recording a 23g-40a-63p line with
58 penalty minutes ...
Named Whalers'
Unsung Hero of the Year ...
Named most underrated player and best on
face-offs in Western Conference Coaches Poll
...
Served as
team captain ...
Tallied an
assist and was named #3 Star of the Game vs.
Windsor (4/7) ... Notched 2 goals and an
assist vs. Windsor (4/3). #2 Star of the
Game ... Had 4-game
assist streak (3/20-26) with 2g-6a-8p line:
Notched a goal, an assist, and was named #2
Star of the Game vs. the Soo (3/20). Tallied
2 assists and was named #3 Star of the Game
at the Soo (3/23). Scored a goal and added 2
assists vs. the Soo (3/26). #3 Star of the
Game ... Tallied assists in back-to-back
games (3/6-11), including 2 assists and
being named #2 Star of the Game vs. Saginaw
(3/6) ... Notched a shorthanded goal and an
assist at Saginaw (3/2). #3 Star of the Game
... Had
3-game assist and point streak (2/13-20):
Scored goals in back-to-back games with a
goal and an assist vs. Mississauga (2/19)
and a goal, 2 assists, +3 plus/minus
rating, and being named #2 Star of the Game vs. Sarnia (2/20) ... Had 3-game
point streak (1/30-2/10): Tallied assists in
back-to-back games (1/30-2/6), including
a goal and 2 assists vs. London (1/30).
Represented the Western Conference
Team at the OHL All-Star Classic in Kingston (2/2-3) ...
Had 4-game point
streak (1/18-27): Tallied back-to-back
2-assist games (1/18-22), including
his 100th career assist at Mississauga
(1/22). Scored back-to-back game-winning
goals including being
named #2 Star of the Game vs. Peterborough
(1/23) and tallying 2 goals, an assist, and
being named #1 Star of the Game at
Owen Sound (1/27) ...
Won a gold medal
with Team USA at the 2010 IIHF World Junior
Championship in Saskatchewan (12/26-1/5),
recording a 3g-2a-5p line in 7 games.
Had
5-game point streak
(12/10-1/15), including 4-game multi-point
(12/11-1/9) and goal (12/11-1/15) streaks: Tallied 2 assists and was named
#2 Star of the Game at Sarnia (12/10).
Scored the game-winning goal and added an
assist vs. Erie (12/11). Recorded a goal and
3 assists and was named #2 Star of the Game
vs. Saginaw (12/12). Tallied game-winning goal, an
assist, and was named #2 Star of the Game vs. Kitchener (1/9).
Scored a goal and was named #3 Star of the
Game vs. Barrie (1/15) ... Notched assists in
back-to-back games (12/2-4), including a
goal, 2 assists, and being named #2 Star of
the Game vs. Saginaw (12/2) ... Scored the
game-winning goal and was named #1 Star of
the Game at the Soo (11/27) ...
Had 4-game point streak (11/6-20), including
3-game assist streak (11/7-20): Scored goals
in back-to-back games with a goal and 2
assists vs. Kitchener (11/14) and a goal, an
assist, and being named #3 Star of the Game
at Ottawa (11/20) ...
Had 5-game assist and point streak
(10/3-10/16) with 3g-6a-9p line: Scored 2
goals, including the game-winning goal
shorthanded, added an assist, and was named
#1 Star of the Game at Owen Sound (10/7).
Notched 2 assists vs. Sudbury (10/10).
Tallied a goal and an assist and was named
#1 Star of the Game vs. Ottawa (10/16) ... Had
3-game goal streak (9/24-10/1),
including a shorthanded goal, assist, and
being named #3 Star of the Game vs. London
(9/26). Game marked 200th career OHL game
...
Attended Team USA's 2009 National Junior
Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, New York
(8/7-14).
2008-09...
With Plymouth... Appeared in
11 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL),
recording a 1g-2a-3p line with 18 penalty minutes and appeared in 61 regular-season games, recording a 21g-31a-52p line with
78 penalty minutes ... Served as an alternate captain ...
Had assists in back-to-back games with an
assist and being named #3 Star of the Game
at the Soo (3/13) and 2 assists vs. Sarnia
(3/15) ... Scored 2 goals and an assist at
Owen Sound (3/2). #2 Star of the Game ...
Scored the game-winning goal and added an
assist at Saginaw (2/25) ...
Notched points in back-to-back games
(2/20-21), including 3 assists at Sarnia
(2/20) ...
Had 3-game point streak (2/7-13): Tallied
assists in back-to-back games (2/7-11),
including scoring the game-winning goal, which was the
50th of his career, and adding an assist vs.
Belleville (2/7). #3 Star of the Game ...
Had 3-game point streak (1/24-28):
Named
#2 Star of the Game in back-to-back games
with 2 assists vs. Sudbury (1/24) and a goal
at Windsor (1/25). Tallied 2 assists vs.
Sarnia (1/29) ...
Suspended for 2 games for fighting incident
vs. Owen Sound (1/17) ...
Had 5-game point
streak (1/2-11) with 3g-5a-8p line: Tallied back-to-back multi-point games with 2 power-play goals, the first being the 100th point of his career, and being named #1 Star of the Game at Saginaw (1/2) and 2 assists vs. Guelph (1/3).
Scored the game-winning goal and was named
#1 Star of the Game at Kingston(1/9).
Notched assists in back-to-back games
(1/10-11), including 2 assists and a +3
plus/minus rating at Ottawa (1/11) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (12/19-27), including a goal and 3 assists at Mississauga (12/19) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with an assist vs. Kitchener (12/13) and a goal at Owen Sound (12/17) ... Had 3-game point streak (11/22-28): Notched assists in back-to-back games (11/22-26), including 2 assists and being named #2 Star of the Game vs. the Soo (11/22) ... Had 3-game goal streak (10/31-11/2), including 2 goals and being named #1 Star of the Game vs. Kitchener (11/1) ... Had assists in back-to-back games (10/17-18), including notching 2 assists and the shootout clincher vs. Oshawa (10/18). #2 Star of the Game ... Scored a goal and was named #1 Star of the Game vs. Kingston (10/11) ... Injured in first game back at the Soo
(9/26), missing 3 games ... Had consecutive games played streak
snapped at 165 games
(including playoffs) due to attending Florida Panthers
training camp (9/19) ... Attended Team USA's
2008 National Junior Evaluation Camp in Lake
Placid, New York (8/1-9).
2007-08... With Plymouth... Appeared in 4 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), scoring a goal with 4 penalty minutes and appeared in 68 regular-season games, recording a 26g-29a-55p line with 94 penalty minutes ... Named Whalers' Academic Player of the Year for second straight season ... Served as an alternate captain ... Scored his first career playoff goal vs. Kitchener (3/22) ... Had 3-game point streak to end the season (3/14-16): Tallied assists in back-to-back games (3/14-15), including notching 2 assists and being named #3 Star of the Game vs. Sarnia (3/15) ... Had 3-game assist streak (2/22-29):
Recorded a goal and an assist vs. Brampton (2/22). Notched 3 assists at Sarnia (2/29) ... Scored a goal and was #1 Star of the Game vs. Sarnia (2/13) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with an assist vs. Kingston (2/3) and a goal at Ottawa (2/8) ... Had 3-game assist streak (1/20-26), including scoring the game-winning goal, adding an assist, and being named #3 Star of the Game vs. Peterborough (1/26) ... Participated in the 2008 Home Hardware CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game on January 22-23 in Edmonton ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games (1/5-9), including being named #3 Star of the Game vs. Guelph (1/5) ... Had 7-game point streak (12/7-29) with 5g-6a-11p line: Had back-to-back 3-point games with 3 assists and being named #3 Star of the Game vs. Windsor (12/7) and scoring his first career hat trick with 3 goals and being named #1 Star of the Game vs. Barrie (12/8) ... Had points in back-to-back games with 2 goals, including the game-winner, and being named #2 Star of the Game vs. Sudbury (11/24) and tallying an assist at Kitchener (11/30) ... Had 3-game point streak (11/17-21), including a goal at London (11/18) ... Had points in back-to-back games with an assist and being named #2 Star of the Game vs. Mississauga (11/9) and his first career shorthanded goal vs. Guelph (11/10) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games with a goal and an assist and being named #3 Star of the Game at Niagara (11/1) and the game-winning goal at Erie (11/3) ... Scored 2 goals and was a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Owen Sound (10/20). #2 Star of the Game ... Had 5-game point streak (9/29-10/13) with 5g-1a-6p line, including 4-game goal streak (10/3-13): Scored 2 goals and was named #3 Star of the Game at Owen Sound (10/3). Scored first career game-winning goal at Sudbury (10/13) ... Played for Team USA at the 2007 Under-18 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (8/14-18), recording a 1g-1a-2p line with 16 penalty minutes. Named U.S. Player of the Game vs. Czech Republic (8/18).
2006-07...
With
Plymouth... Appeared in 25 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL) and won the OHL Championship, notching 2 assists and 10 penalty minutes and appeared in 68 regular-season games, recording a 9g-14a-23p line with 50 penalty minutes ... Named Whalers' Academic Player of the Year ...
Recorded first career point in the Memorial Cup with an assist vs. Vancouver (5/25) ... Tallied his first career playoff point with an assist at Sudbury (5/8) ... Had points in back-to-back games with a goal vs. Sarnia (3/3) and an assist vs. Mississauga (3/4) ... Scored his first career power-play goal and added 2 assists at the Soo (2/18) ... Scored 2 goals at Toronto (1/28) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games at Owen Sound (1/1) and at London (1/5) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games at Brampton (12/17) and vs. Windsor (12/28) ... Scored 2 goals
and was named #3 Star of the Game vs. Peterborough (11/25) ... Notched 2 assists vs. Sarnia (11/11) ... Tallied 2 assists and was named #1 Star of the Game vs. the Soo (9/30) ... Scored his first career goal at Saginaw (9/27) ... Made OHL debut and notched first career assist in season opener at Sarnia (9/22).
Career Bests...
|
Single Game |
Streak |
|
4 points,
twice, most recent-
(1g-3a-4p) December 12, 2009
vs. Saginaw
|
7 games (5g-6a-11p)
December 7-29, 2007
|
Goals |
3 goals (3g-0a-3p)
December 8, 2007 vs. Barrie
|
4 games (5g-0a-5p)
October 3-13, 2007
|
Assists |
3 assists, four
times, most recent-
(1g-3a-4p)
December 12, 2009 vs. Saginaw
|
5 games (3g-6a-9p)
October 3-16, 2009
|
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