OHL Draft: Plymouth Whalers, 1st Round, 9th Overall, 1997.
NHL Draft: Nashville Predators, 1st Round, 2nd Overall, 1998.

Career Notes... Played first NHL game at Chicago (3/1/06) after missing 32 games after having knee surgery. Underwent surgery to repair torn cartilage in his knee (12/12/05) ... Played for Team USA at the 2005 World Championships in Austria (4/30-5/15) … Helped Team USA win the Deutschland Cup (11/10-14/04) … Re-signed with Nashville (8/15/04) … Scored first playoff shorthanded goal in franchise history in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. Detroit (4/11/04) … Posted his 100th career assist at San Jose (11/22/03) … Named the 2002-03 Predators’ Chevy Man of the Year (community service) … Missed the final 18 games of the season due to a broken collarbone suffered vs. Chicago (3/1/03) ... Tallied 100th career NHL point with a goal at Washington (10/11/02) … Missed final 7 games with back injury (3/30/02) ... Notched 2 goals and 2 assists in the TOPPS/NHL YoungStars Game (2/1/02) … Scored first career shorthanded goal vs. Edmonton (12/8/01) … Tallied the first overtime penalty-shot goal in NHL history at the New York Rangers (12/23/00) ... Played for Team USA at the 2001 World Championships in Germany, tying for second on the club in scoring with a 2g-4a-6p line ... Played for Team USA in the 2000 World Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia (4/29-5/14), recording a 1g-1a-2p line in 6 games ... Scored his first NHL goal, the game-winner, as part of his first multi-point game by adding an assist at Toronto (10/11/99) … Recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on the game-tying goal at Chicago (10/10/99) ... Played for Team USA in the 1999 World Championships in Norway (5/1-16), tallying 2 assists in 6 games ... Signed with the Predators (4/16/99) and made his NHL debut in the Predators' final regular-season game vs. New Jersey (4/17/99).

Whalers Career... Holds franchise record for point streak (26 from 1/27-10/17/98), single-season game-winning goals (10 in 1997-98), and games with a goal (42 in 1997-98).

1998-99... With Plymouth... Appeared in 11 post-season games with Plymouth, recording a 3g-8a-11p line with 11 penalty minutes and appeared in 55 regular-season games, recording a 31g-49a-80p line with 65 penalty minutes ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (4/9-13), including back-to-back goal and assist games at London (4/9) and vs. London (4/10). Goal vs. London was shorthanded ... Had 5-game assist and point streak with last game of the regular season and first 4 playoff games (3/19-26): Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist at Brampton (3/19). Scored a shorthanded goal and added an assist at Windsor (3/23). Notched 2 assists at Windsor (3/25) ... Had 4-game point streak (3/2-11), including 3-game assist streak (3/2-6), including 2 assists in back-to-back games at Erie (3/2) and vs. Kingston (3/5) ... Had 3-game multi-assist and multi-point streak with 3g-7a-10p (2/21-27): Had 2 goals and 2 assists and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. London (2/21). Tallied 3 assists vs. Owen Sound (2/24). Scored a goal and added 2 assists vs. Kitchener (2/27) ... Had multi-assist back-to-back games with 2 assists vs. Oshawa (2/13) and 3 assists at Toronto (2/18) ... Had 4-game point streak (2/5-10). Had goals in back-to-back games (2/6-7), including the game-winning goal and adding an assist vs. Toronto (2/6) ... Scored 2 goals and added an assist and a +4 plus/minus rating at Erie (1/22) ... Scored 2 goals, one was the game-winner and the other was shorthanded, and a +3 plus/minus rating at the Soo (1/17) ... Played for Team USA in the 1999 World Junior Championships in Winnipeg (12/26-1/5) …Had 5-game assist and point streak (12/12-1/14). Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Erie (12/12). Had goals in back-to-back games with a goal and 2 assists vs. Belleville (1/9) and a goal and an assist vs. the Soo (1/10) ... Had 3-game multi-point streak with 4g-3a-7p (11/27-12/4). Scored 2 power-play goals vs. North Bay (11/27). Notched 2 assists vs. Peterborough (11/28). Scored 2 goals and added an assist vs. Windsor (12/4) ... Had 4-game point streak with 4g-4a-8p (11/13-21), including 3-game assist streak (11/14-21): Scored 2 goals at London (11/13). Had back-to-back multi-point games by scoring the game-winning goal and adding an assist at Windsor (11/19) and scoring a goal and adding 2 assists at Owen Sound (11/21) ... Had 7-game assist and point streak (10/23-11/7). Scored a shorthanded goal and added an assist at Kingston (10/23). Scored 2 goals and added an assist at Windsor (10/29). Notched 3 assists vs. Brampton (10/31). Scored a goal and an assist vs. Sarnia (11/7) ... Set the recorded for longest point streak by a Whaler after notching points in his final 21 regular season games in 1997-98 and starting the season on a 5-game point streak (10/9-17), including 3-game assist streak (10/10-16) and goal streak (10/11-17): Scored 2 goals vs. Mississauga (10/9). Tallied a goal and an assist at Windsor (10/11). Scored the game-winning goal and added 2 assists vs. Erie (10/16).

1997-98... With Plymouth... Appeared in 15 post-season games with Plymouth, recording a 8g-12a-20p line with 24 penalty minutes and appeared in 59 regular-season games, recording a 54g-51a-105p line with 56 penalty minutes ... Named the CHL Rookie of the Year, OHL Rookie of the Year, OHL Most Valuable Player and a member of the OHL First All-Star Team and OHL All-Rookie Team. Became the first rookie in 24 years to capture MVP honors in the OHL and is only the second U.S.-born player to be named MVP (Pat Peake in 1993) … Led all OHL rookies and ranked third in the league in points (105) … Led Plymouth in goals (54), assists (51) and points … Had 4-game point streak with 3g-5a-8p (4/1-7), including 3-game assist streak (4/1-5): Notched 2 assists at Belleville (4/1). Scored a power-play goal and added 2 assists at Belleville (4/5). Scored 2 goals vs. Belleville (4/7) ... Notched 2 assists vs. Belleville (3/28) ... Had 25-game point streak over the last 21 games of the regular season and first 4 games of the playoffs with 19g-25a-44p (1/27-3/21), including 6-game goal streak (3/7-19), 4-game goal streak (2/21-28), 3-game assist streaks (2/15-21 and 3/1-5) and goal streak (1/27-31): Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, and had a +4 plus/minus rating at the Soo (1/27). Tallied assists in back-to-back games (1/31-2/1), including scoring the game-winning goal and adding an assist vs. Sarnia (1/31). Had goals in back-to-back games (2/14-15), including scoring a goal and 2 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating at the Soo (2/15). Recorded a goal and 2 assists vs. the Soo (2/21). Scored a goal and added 2 assists at Oshawa (2/27). Notched 2 assists at Erie (3/1). Tallied 3 assists at Sarnia (3/5). Scored the game-winning goal vs. the So (3/7). Had 3 straight multi-point games (3/11-17): Scored the game-winning goal and added 3 assists and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. Windsor (3/11). Tallied a goal and 2 assists vs. Sarnia in the first game of the playoffs (3/14). Scored 2 goals at Sarnia (3/17). Notched 3 assists at Sarnia (3/21) ... Played for Team USA in the 1998 World Junior Championships in Helsinki, Finland (12/25-1/3) … Had 14-game point streak with 17g-17a-34p (11/22-1/22), including 9-game goal and multi-point streak (11/22-1/7), 6-game assist streak (11/29-12/12), and 5-game assist streak (1/7-1/18): Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, and had a +3 plus/minus rating at Erie (11/22). Scored 2 power-play goals and added an assist vs. Oshawa (11/29). Had back-to-back 2 goal and 2 assist games at Windsor (12/4) and vs. Erie (12/6). Scored the game-winning goal and added 2 assists vs. Erie (12/7). Scored 2 goals and added an assist at North Bay (12/11). Recorded a goal and an assist at Sudbury (12/12). Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, at Toronto (12/14). Scored 2 goals and added an assist at Erie (1/7). Notched 3 assists at Barrie (1/11). Tallied 2 assists vs. Sudbury (1/17) ... Had 10-game goal and point streak with 12g-9a-21p (10/24-11/18), including 3-game assist and multi-point streaks (10/26-11/2 and 11/9-16): Had 3 straight goal and 2 assist games at Ottawa (10/26), vs. Erie, including the game-winner and +3 plus/minus rating, (11/1), and vs. Windsor, including +3 plus/minus rating, (11/2). Tallied a goal and an assist at the Soo (11/9). Scored a hat trick and added an assist vs. the Soo (11/15). Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Sarnia (11/16) ... Had 6-game point streak with 5g-5a-10p (10/4-19), including 5-game goal streak (10/4-18): Tallied back-to-back goal and 2 assist games (10/5-11), including his first 2 OHL assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Windsor (10/5). Scored the game-winning goal vs. Barrie (10/18) ... Had 3-game goal streak to start his career (9/20-26). Made his OHL debut and scored a goal vs. London (9/20). Scored his first career game-winning goal vs. Windsor (9/21). Netted his first career hat trick with first 2 power-play goals and first shorthanded goal at London (9/26).

1996-97... With Compuware... Named NAHL Rookie of the Year ... Played in the NAHL All-Star Game and was named to the post-season All-Star Team and the All-Rookie Team ... Named to the All-Time NAHL Team during the league's 25th Anniversary in 2000-01.

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