OHL Draft: North Bay Centennials, 1st Round, 6th Overall, 1999.
NHL Draft: Buffalo Sabres, 2nd Round, 50th Overall, 2001.

Career Notes... Recorded first career NHL goal and added an assist at Anaheim (11/6/06) ... Tallied first career NHL point with an assist at Colorado (12/4/05) ... Made his NHL debut vs. San Jose (12/2/05).

2002-03... With Plymouth... Appeared in 18 playoff games with Plymouth (OHL), recording a 11g-9a-20p line with 10 penalty minutes and appeared in 27 regular-season games, recording a 11g-22a-33p line with 56 penalty minutes ... Named Whalers' Playoff Most Valuable Player and Leading Scorer ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with a goal vs. Kitchener (4/26) and an assist at Kitchener (4/28) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games (4/20-22), including 2 goals vs. Kitchener (4/22) ... Scored the game-winning goal at Kitchener (4/16) ... Had 4-game point streak (4/6-11) with 3g-5a-8p line, including 3-game multi-point streak (4/6-9): Tallied 2 assists at London (4/6). Scored 2 goals vs. London (4/8). Notched 3 assists at London (4/9) ... Had 4-game point streak to start the playoffs (3/22-27) with 4g-2a-6p line: Scored goals in back-to-back games (3/22-23), including a goal and an assist vs. Owen Sound (3/22). Scored 2 goals at Owen Sound (3/27) ... Scored 3 goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. the Soo (3/14) ... Notched points in back-to-back games with a goal at Sarnia (3/7) and 4 assists at Erie (3/8) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games (2/28-3/1), including 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Ottawa (2/28) ... Had 4-game point streak (2/14-21) with 2g-4a-6p line, including 3-game assist streak (2/14-20): Recorded a goal and an assist vs. Mississauga (2/15). Tallied 2 assists at Sarnia (2/15) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (2/2-5), including a goal and an assist at Brampton (2/2) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games vs. Windsor (1/25) and vs. Toronto (1/31) ... Had 5-game point streak (1/10-19) with 3g-6a-9p line, including 4-game assist streak (1/11-19): Notched a goal and 2 assists vs. Sarnia (1/11). Recorded a goal and an assist at Erie (1/18). Tallied 2 assists at Toronto (1/19) ... Made his Whaler debut at Kitchener (1/7) ... Acquired from the Saginaw Spirit along with a conditional 5th round draft pick in 2004 for Taylor Raszka and Oshawa's second round draft pick in 2003 (1/6) ... With Saginaw... Appeared in 37 regular-season games with Saginaw (OHL), recording a 19g-19a-38p line with 68 penalty minutes ... Had 5-game point streak (12/28-1/4) with 4g-5a-9p line, including 4-game assist streak (12/29-1/4) and 3-game goal and multi-point streak (12/31-1/4): Notched a goal and 2 assists vs. Kitchener (12/31). Recorded a goal and an assist at Mississauga (1/3). Tallied a goal and an assist at Erie (1/4) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (11/29-12/1) with 2g-4a-6p line: Tallied a goal and an assist at Plymouth (11/29). Scored a goal and added 2 assists at Brampton (12/1) ... Scored 2 goals at Kitchener (11/15) ... Had points in back-to-back games (11/8-9), including 2 goals at Guelph (11/8) ... Notched a goal and an assist at the Soo (11/1) ... Scored 2 goals vs. Plymouth (10/20) ... Scored the game-winning goal and added 3 assists vs. Mississauga (10/12) ... Had 3-game assist streak (10/2-5), including 2 assists vs. Sudbury (10/5) ... Recorded 2 goals and an assist vs. Windsor (9/27) ... Team relocated from North Bay to Saginaw at the start of the 2002-03 season.

2001-02... With North Bay... Appeared in 5 playoff games with North Bay (OHL), recording a 1g-2a-3p line with 8 penalty minutes and appeared in 67 regular-season games, recording a 15g-43a-58p line with 112 penalty minutes ... Had assists in back-to-back games (3/24-26), including a goal and an assist at Toronto (3/24) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (3/9-13) with 1g-8a-9p line: Scored the game-winning goal shorthanded and added 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Sudbury (3/9). Notched 4 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Kingston (3/10) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games (2/28-3/1), including a goal and an assist vs. Guelph (2/28) ... Had 6-game assist streak and point streak (2/7-22): Scored a goal and added an assist at Oshawa (2/17) ... Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, vs. the Soo (1/26) ... Had 3-straight 2-assist games vs. Oshawa (1/10), vs. Sudbury (1/12), and at Ottawa (1/18) ... Had assists in back-to-back games at Barrie (1/4) and vs. Windsor (1/5) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games (12/27-29), including a goal and an assist at Peterborough (12/27) ... Had 3-game assist streak (12/9-15): Tallied back-to-back 2-assist games at Toronto (12/9) and at London (12/14) ... Scored a shorthanded goal at Plymouth (11/24) ... Tallied 2 assist vs. Plymouth (11/17) ... Notched a goal and 2 assists vs. Kingston (11/10) ... Recorded a goal, 2 assists, and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. Sudbury (10/7) ... Had 6-game point streak to start the season (9/15-10/4) with 5g-4a-9p line, including 4-game goal streak (9/22-10/4): Tallied 2 assists at Kingston (9/21). Notched back-to-back 1 goal, 1 assist games vs. Belleville (9/30) and vs. Mississauga (10/4).

2000-01... With North Bay... Appeared in 4 playoff games with North Bay (OHL), tallying an assist with 9 penalty minutes and appeared in 66 regular-season games, recording a 22g-32a-54p line with 64 penalty minutes ... Notched points in back-to-back games (3/16-18), including 2 assists at Mississauga ... Recorded points in back-to-back games (2/22-25), including 2 assists vs. Kingston (2/25) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games at Belleville (2/17) and vs. Belleville (2/18) ... Scored 2 goals and added an assist vs. Owen Sound (2/11) ... Notched 2 assists at Mississauga (2/2) ... Tallied 2 assists vs. Peterborough (1/14) ... Recorded assists in back-to-back games at Kingston (1/5) and at Belleville (1/6) ... Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, vs. Erie (12/28) ... Had 6-game point streak (12/3-16) with 3g-7a-10p line, including 3-game multi-assist streak (12/10-16): Notched 2 assists vs. Sudbury (12/10). Scored a goal and added 2 assists vs. Mississauga (12/14). Tallied 2 assists at Owen Sound (12/16) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games vs. Sudbury (11/26) and at Plymouth (12/1) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (11/10-12), including 2 goals, one being the game-winner, at Kingston (11/10) ... Had 11-game point streak (9/29-10/27) with 6g-11a-17p line, including 7-game assist streak (9/30-10/15): Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, at London (9/29). Tallied 2 assists at Erie (9/30). Notched 3 assists at Kitchener (10/1). Scored 2 goals and added an assist at Toronto (10/8). Scored goals in back-to-back games vs. Kitchener (10/19) and vs. Sudbury (10/22).

1999-00... With North Bay... Appeared in 6 playoff games with North Bay (OHL), tallying 2 assists with no penalty minutes and appeared in 56 regular-season games, recording a 12g-8a-20p line with 33 penalty minutes ... Tallied the first career playoff points with assists in back-to-back games against Barrie (3/28-30) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games (3/12-17), including a goal and an assist at Toronto (3/17) ... Had 3-game point streak (2/17-19), including scoring 2 goals vs. Oshawa (2/17) ... Scored the game-winning goal vs. Toronto (2/3) ... Had 3-game point streak (11/28-12/4) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (11/12-13), including his first career shorthanded goal at Sarnia (11/13) ... Recorded his first career OHL points with a goal and an assist vs. Ottawa (9/26) ... Made his OHL debut vs. Erie (9/23).

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