OHL Draft: Plymouth Whalers, 9th Round, 194th Overall, 1998.
NHL Draft: Carolina Hurricanes, 6th Round, 174th Overall, 1999.

Career Notes... Recorded first career NHL assist in his second career game at Florida (4/4/04) ... Scored first career goal in his NHL debut vs. Ottawa (3/18/03).

2001-02... With Plymouth... Appeared in 6 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), scoring 3 goals with 10 penalty minutes and appeared in 55 regular-season games, recording a 28g-27a-55p line with 68 penalty minutes ... Scored goals in back-to-back games against London (3/30-31) ... Had 6-game point streak (3/7-16) with 6g-4a-10p line, including 3-game goal streak (3/7-10): Tallied a goal and an assist at Sarnia (3/7). Scored 2 goals vs. the Soo (3/10). Had assists in back-to-back games (3/13-15), including 2 assists at Kitchener (3/15). Scored 2 goals, including a shorthanded tally, vs. Windsor (3/16) ... Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, at Kingston (3/1) ... Had assists in back-to-back games with 2 assists vs. Owen Sound (2/22) and 2 goals, an assist, and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Ottawa (2/23) ... Had 4-game assist and point streak (2/2-9) with 2g-4a-6p line: Scored 2 goals and added an assist vs. Oshawa (2/8) ... Had 6-game point streak (1/12-26) with 3g-4a-7p line, including 3-game assist streak (1/12-18): Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist vs. Brampton (1/12). Scored the game-winning goal vs. Belleville (1/26) ... Had 6-game point streak (12/15-1/4) with 4g-3a-7p line, including 3-game goal streak (12/29-1/4): Had assists in back-to-back games (12/28-29), including a goal and an assist vs. Guelph (12/29) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games against Sarnia (12/7-8) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with a goal vs. Brampton (11/30) and an assist vs. Kitchener (12/1) ... Had 7-game point streak (11/9-23) with 7g-3a-10p line, including 3-game goal streak (11/9-16) and 3-game assist streak (11/16-18): Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, vs. the Soo (11/9). Tallied a goal and an assist at Sudbury (11/16). Tallied an assist and a +3 plus/minus rating at the Soo (11/18). Scored goals in back-to-back games (11/21-23), including 2 goals at Guelph (11/23) ... Notched points in back-to-back games with the game-winning goal vs. Sudbury (10/26) and an assist vs. London (10/27).

2000-01... With Plymouth... Appeared in 19 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), recording a 8g-9a-17p line with 25 penalty minutes and appeared in 55 regular-season games, recording a 26g-34a-60p line with 62 penalty minutes ... Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, at Ottawa (5/11) ... Had 5-game assist and point streak (4/26-5/6) with 4g-5a-9p line, including 3-game goal streak (4/29-5/6): Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist at Erie (4/29). Tallied back-to-back 1 goal, 1 assist games (5/5-6), including tallying a shorthanded goal vs. Ottawa (5/6) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with an assist at Windsor (4/12) and the game-winning goal at Erie (4/21) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (3/26-30) with 1g-3a-4p line, including a goal and an assist vs. Sarnia (3/28) ... Had 3-game assist and multi-point streak (3/16-23) with 2g-4a-6p line: Tallied a goal and an assist at the Soo (3/16). Notched 2 assists vs. Windsor (3/18). Recorded a goal and an assist at Sarnia (3/23) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games vs. Windsor (3/9) and vs. the Soo (3/10) ... Had 3-game point streak (2/16-21) with 1g-4a-5p line: Notched assists in back-to-back games (2/16-17), including 3 assists vs. Kitchener (2/17) ... Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, vs. Barrie (2/10) ... Had back-to-back multi-point games with a goal and an assist vs. Kitchener (1/27) and 2 assists at Windsor (1/28) ... Had 5-game point streak (1/12-20) with 4g-4a-8p line, including 3-game goal streak (1/12-14): Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist and +3 plus/minus rating vs. Mississauga (1/12). Scored a shorthanded goal vs. Windsor (1/13). Tallied assists in back-to-back games (1/19-20), inlcuidng a goal and 2 assists vs. Kingston (1/20)... Represented Team USA at the 2001 IIHF World Junior Championship in Russia (12/26-1/5), recording 2 goals and 2 assists in 7 games ... Had 4-game point streak (12/3-9) with 2g-5a-7p line: Scored goals in back-to-back games (12/3-7), including a goal and 2 assists at London (12/3). Tallied assists and a +3 plus/minus rating in back-to-back games (12/8-9), including 2 assists at Erie (12/9) ... Had 4-game point streak (11/19-12/1) with 5g-2a-7p line: Scored goals in back-to-back games (11/19-22), including a hat trick and +4 plus/minus rating vs. Sarnia (11/22). Tallied assists in back-to-back games (11/25-12/1), including a goal and an assist vs. North Bay (12/1) ... Had 4-game goal and point streak (11/5-16) with 4g-2a-6p line: Tallied a goal and an assist at the Soo (11/5). Recorded a goal, assist, and +3 plus/minus rating vs. the Soo (11/11) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with an assist vs. Sudbury (10/27) and a goal at Owen Sound (10/28) ... Notched points in back-to-back games with 3 assists vs. Owen Sound (10/15) and the game-winning goal at Guelph (10/19) ... Tallied 2 goals, including the game-winner, and an assist at Brampton (10/12).

1999-00... With Plymouth... Appeared in 20 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), recording a 9g-8a-17p line with 10 penalty minutes and appeared in 66 regular-season games, recording a 34g-44a-78p line with 114 penalty minutes ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with 2 goals at Barrie (5/10) and an assist vs. Barrie (5/12) ... Had 4-game goal and point streak (4/12-22) with 4g-2a-6p line: Scored the game-winning goal vs. Windsor (4/12). Tallied a goal, 2 assists, and a +4 plus/minus rating at Windsor (4/14) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games (3/29-31), including a goal and an assist vs. Guelph (3/29) ... Recorded 2 assists vs. Guelph (3/25) ... Tallied a goal and an assist at Sarnia (3/19) ... Had 4-game point streak (3/7-3/17) with 1g-5a-6p line, including 3-game assist streak (3/7-12): Notched 2 assists in back-to-back games vs. Kingston (3/7) and vs. London (3/11) ... Had 8-game point streak (2/11-26) with 9g-11a-20p line, including 4-game goal and multi-point streak (2/11-17) and 5-game assist streak (2/12-19): Scored 2 goals at Kitchener (2/11). Tallied a hat trick, including the game-winner and a shorthanded goal, 2 assists, and a +6 plus/minus rating vs. Mississauga (2/12). Notched a goal and an assist vs. Erie (2/13). Scored the game-winning goal and added 2 assists at Guelph (2/17). Scored the game-winning goal in back-to-back games (2/19-24), including tallying a goal and 2 assists vs. London (2/19). Tallied 3 assists vs. Windsor (2/26) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (2/4-5), including 2 goals, 4 assists, and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Guelph (2/5) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with an assist vs. Brampton (1/15) and a goal at the Soo (1/21) ... Recorded points in back-to-back games with a goal vs. Belleville (1/8) and 3 assists at Windsor (1/13) ... Had 5-game assist and point streak (12/17-1/5) with 2g-6a-8p line: Tallied 2 goals, 2 assists, and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Kitchener (12/30) ... Had back-to-back multi-point games with 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. London (12/4) and 2 goals at Owen Sound (12/5) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games (11/19-21), including a goal and an assist at Ottawa (11/21) ... Had 9-game point streak (10/24-11/13) with 7g-5a-12p line, including 3-game goal streaks (10/24-30 and 11/6-12): Tallied assists in back-to-back games at Sarnia (10/31) and at Oshawa (11/5). Scored 2 goals at Belleville (11/6). Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist at Toronto (11/7). Notched 2 assists vs. Kitchener (11/13) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (10/16-21), including the game-winner and adding an assist at North Bay (10/21) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games at Mississauga (10/3) and vs. Brampton (10/8).

1998-99... With Plymouth... Appeared in 11 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), recording a 3g-6a-9p line with 15 penalty minutes and appeared in 65 regular-season games, recording a 17g-15a-32p line with 62 penalty minutes ... Had 3-game point streak (4/5-9), including assists in back-to-back games against London (4/7-9) ... Had 5-game point streak (3/19-26) with 2g-5a-7p line, including 3-game assist streak (3/23-26): Scored his first career playoff goal vs. Windsor (3/21). Notched first 2 playoff assists at Windsor (3/23). Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Windsor (3/26) ... Had 4-game point streak (2/28-3/6) with 3g-2a-5p line: Scored goals in back-to-back games (2/28-3/2), including 2 goals at Erie (3/2). Tallied assists in back-to-back games vs. Kingston (3/5) and vs. the Soo (3/6) ... Had 3-game point streak (2/13-20): Tallied assists in back-to-back games vs. Oshawa (2/13) and at Toronto (2/18). Scored the game-winning goal vs. Erie (2/20) ... Had 5-game goal and point streak (1/30-2/10) with 5g-2a-7p line: Tallied a shorthanded goal and an assist vs. the Soo (1/30). Scored the game-winning goal at Kitchener (2/5). Notched a goal and an assist at Sarnia (2/7). Scored a shorthanded game-winning goal vs. Sarnia (2/10) ... Recorded a hat trick, including his first career shorthanded goal and first career game-winning goal, at Guelph (1/8) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games (12/27-29), including a goal and an assist vs. London (12/29) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games (12/12-18), including a goal and an assist vs. Erie (12/12) ... Had 3-game point streak (10/9-11): Scored his first career OHL goal vs. Mississauga (10/9). Tallied the first OHL assists of his career in back-to-back games vs. Windsor (10/10) and at Windsor (10/11).