OHL Draft: Mississauga IceDogs, 3rd Round, 42nd Overall, 1998.
NHL Draft: San Jose Sharks, 8th Round, 246th Overall, 2000.

Career Notes... Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Washington Capitals (7/14/06) ... Notched his first career NHL assist at Atlanta (11/24/05) ... Scored his first career NHL goal vs. New Jersey (1/15/04) ... Acquired from the San Jose Sharks for Nils Ekman (8/12/03) ... Made his NHL debut at Edmonton (3/4/03).

2000-01... With Plymouth... Appeared in 19 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), recording a 12g-8a-20p line with 22 penalty minutes and appeared in 32 regular-season games, recording a 11g-16a-27p line with 12 penalty minutes ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with a goal at Ottawa (5/11) and an assist vs. Ottawa (5/13) ... Had 4-game point streak (4/24-29) with 4g-3a-7p line: Notched 3 assists at Erie (4/26). Scored goals in back-to-back games (4/28-29), including 2 goals, one being the game-winner, and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Erie (4/28) ... Had 4-game point streak (4/6-12) with 4g-2a-6p line, including 3-game goal streak (4/8-12): Scored 2 goals at Windsor (4/8). Scored the game-winning goal shorthanded vs. Windsor (4/10). Tallied a goal, assist, and +3 plus/minus rating at Windsor (4/12) ... Had 4-game point streak (3/23-28) with 3g-4a-7p line: Scored goals in back-to-back games (3/23-24), including scoring the game-winner and adding 2 assist in the regular-season finale (3/23). Tallied assists in back-to-back games (3/26-28), including scoring the game-winning goal and adding an assist vs. Sarnia (3/28)  ... Had 3-game point streak (3/9-14) ... Notched 2 assists vs. Ottawa (3/3) ... Scored the game-winning goal at Windsor (2/25) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (2/21-22), including the game-winner vs. Guelph (2/21) ... Notched 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating at Kitchener (2/2) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (1/26-27), including the game-winner vs. Kitchener (1/27) ... Had 4-game assist streak (1/6-14) with 0g-7a-7p line: Recorded 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Mississauga (1/12). Notched 2 assists at Windsor (1/14) ... Scored goals in his first 2 games as a Whaler (12/29-1/3), including 2 goals in his debut vs. Windsor (12/29). Acquired from Mississauga for Nathan O'Nabigon (12/28) ... With Mississauga... Appeared in 30 regular-season games with Mississauga (OHL), recording a 15g-29a-44p line with 22 penalty minutes ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (12/15-17), including 2 goals at Sudbury (12/15) ... Had back-to-back multi-point games with a shorthanded goal and an assist vs. North Bay (12/8) and 3 assists vs. Kitchener (12/10) ... Had 7-game point streak (11/8-12/1) with 2g-7a-9p line, including 5-game assist streak (11/10-19): Notched 2 assists at Toronto (11/11). Recorded 2 assists at London (11/17) ... Had back-to-back multi-point games with a goal and an assist at Ottawa (10/27) and a goal and 3 assists vs. London (10/29) ... Had 8-game point streak (9/29-10/20) with 6g-11a-17p line, including 3-game goal streak (9/29-10/6, 10/15-20) and 3-game assist streak (10/6-14): Recorded a goal, 2 assists, and +3 plus/minus rating vs. Sudbury (9/29). Tallied a goal and 3 assists vs. Barrie (10/6). Notched 3 assists at Toronto (10/14). Recorded back-to-back 1 goal, 1 assist games vs. Erie (10/18) and at Sarnia (10/20) ... Tallied back-to-back multi-point games to start the season with 2 assists vs. Brampton (9/22) and a goal and an assist at Brampton (9/24).

1999-00... With Mississauga... Appeared in 68 regular-season games with Mississauga (OHL), recording a 23g-45a-68p line with 53 penalty minutes ... Had 4-game point streak (3/12-19) with 3g-3a-6p line, including 3-game goal (3/15-19) and assist (3/12-17) streaks: Tallied back-to-back 1 goal, 1 assist games at Peterborough (3/15) and at Sudbury (3/17) ... Had 4-game point streak (3/3-10) with 1g-4a-5p line, including 3-game assist streak (3/5-10): Scored the game-winning goal shorthanded vs. North Bay (3/3). Notched 2 assists at Kingston (3/10) ... Had 5-game point streak (2/16-25) with 4g-7a-11p line, including 3-game assist and multi-point streak (2/20-25): Scored goals in back-to-back games (2/16-18), including a goal and 2 assists vs. Guelph (2/16). Notched 2 assists vs. Kingston (2/20). Tallied 2 goals and an assist at Oshawa (2/22). Recorded 2 assists vs. Brampton (2/25) ... Had points in back-to-back games with a goal vs. Oshawa (2/4) and an assist at Barrie (2/6) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games (1/23-28), including 3 assists at Oshawa (1/23) ... Scored a shorthanded goal at Toronto (1/15) ... Had 3-game assist streak (1/7-12), including 2 assists vs. Toronto (1/7) ... Tallied a goal and an assist vs. the Soo (12/19) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games (12/11-12), including a goal and an assist vs. Erie (12/12) ... Recorded 3 assists at the Soo (12/5) ... Had 3-game multi-point streak (11/27-12/2) with 3g-3a-6p line: Scored goals in back-to-back games with 2 goals, including his first career shorthanded goal, at Erie (11/27) and a goal and an assist vs. Kingston (11/28). Notched 2 assists at North Bay (12/2) ... Had 9-game point streak (10/29-11/19) with 4g-7a-11p line, including 5-game assist streak (11/7-19): Scored goals in back-to-back games (10/29-31), including a goal and an assist at Toronto (10/31). Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Barrie (11/17) ... Recorded a goal and an assist at Peterborough (10/23) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games to start the season (9/24-25), including 2 goals, one being the game-winner, and adding an assist at Belleville (9/25).

1998-99... With Mississauga... Appeared in 64 regular-season games with Mississauga (OHL), recording a 11g-25a-36p line with 29 penalty minutes ... Had 4-game assist streak (3/10-16) with 1g-5a-6p line: Notched 2 assists vs. Toronto (3/10). Tallied a goal and an assist at Oshawa (3/16) ... Had 4-game point streak (2/17-24) with 2g-4a-6p line, including 3-game assist streak (2/17-21): Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Barrie (2/17). Notched 2 assists vs. Owen Sound (2/21) ... Recorded 3 assists vs. Peterborough (1/29) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games (12/18-20), including a goal and 3 assists vs. Sudbury (12/20) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games vs. North Bay (12/4) and vs. Kingston (12/6) ... Tallied 2 assists vs. Barrie (11/11) ... Recorded assists in back-to-back games (11/1-6), including a goal and an assist vs. Windsor (11/1) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with an assist at Windsor (10/22) and his first career OHL goal at Barrie (10/25) ... Recorded his first career OHL assist at Peterborough (9/26) ... Made his OHL debut at Kingston (9/25).

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