OHL Draft: Plymouth Whalers, 2nd Round, 40th Overall, 2000.
NHL Draft: Undrafted.

Career Notes... Acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks along with a 6th round draft pick in 2008 for Nikita Alexeev (2/27/07) ... Scored his first career NHL goal at Phoenix (11/16/06) ... Claimed off waivers by the Chicago Blackhawks from the Pittsburgh Penguins (10/26/06) ... Claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins from the Atlanta Thrashers (9/27/06) ... Recipient of 2004-05 Dan Snyder Wolves Man of Year Award. Chicago's nomination for 2004-05 American Specialty/AHL Man of Year Award ... Made NHL debut and tallied first NHL assist at Columbus (11/7/03) ... Signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Thrashers (9/28/01).

2002-03... With Plymouth... Appeared in 17 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), recording a 7g-10a-17p line with 31 penalty minutes and appeared in 68 regular-season games, recording a 35g-50a-85p line with 120 penalty minutes ... Second among vote-getters for Fastest Skater, Best Skater and Best Body Checker awards in annual OHL coaches' poll … Had assists in back-to-back games (4/20-22), including 2 vs. Kitchener (4/22) ... Scored 2 goals, including 1 shorthanded, vs. London (4/14) ... Had assists in back-to-back games (4/9-11), including 2 goals and an assist vs. London (4/11) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (3/25-4/6), including 2 goals and an assist vs. Owen Sound (3/25) ... Notched 2 assists vs. Owen Sound (3/22) ... Had 4-game point streak (3/7-14). Scored goals in back-to-back games (3/8-9), including scoring the game-winning goal and adding an assist and a +3 plus/minus rating at Erie (3/8). Tallied an assist and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. the Soo (3/14) ... Had goals in back-to-back games with a goal and an assist and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Ottawa (2/28) and the game-winning goal vs. Sarnia (3/1) ... Had 7-game point streak with a 6g-7a-13p line (2/7-21), including a 5-game goal streak (2/8-20), 4-game assist streak (2/7-14), and 3-game multi-point streak (2/8-14): Had back-to-back goal and assist games (2/8-13), including the game-winner vs. Oshawa (2/8). Scored 2 power-play goals, including the game-winner, and added 2 assists vs. Saginaw (2/14). Notched 2 assists at Guelph (2/21) ... Had 8-game point streak with a 7g-7a-14p line (1/7-25), including 4-game goal streak (1/17-24) and 3-game assist streaks (1/7-11 and 1/19-25): Had back-to-back goal and assist games (1/7-10), including scoring the game-winner and having a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Windsor (1/10). Notched 2 assists vs. Sarnia (1/11). Tallied a goal and an assist at Toronto (1/19). Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist at the Soo (1/24) ... Had 4-game point streak (12/15-30). Had goals in back-to-back games with 2 goals at Saginaw (12/27) and a shorthanded goal vs. Windsor (12/28). Notched 2 assists vs. Kitchener (12/30) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (12/6-12). Notched 2 assists vs. the Soo (12/7). Tallied a goal and an assist at Peterborough (12/12) ... Had assists in back-to-back games (11/29-30), including scoring a goal and adding 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Saginaw (11/29) ... Had 3-game goal and point streak (11/17-22), including scoring the game-winner and adding an assist vs. the Soo (11/22) ... Had 4-game point streak with 3g-7a-10p line (11/2-10). Had goals in back-to-back games (11/2-8), including scoring 2 goals and 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. London (11/2). Tallied back-to-back 2 assist games vs. Sarnia (11/9) and at Windsor (11/10) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games (10/25-26), including a goal and an assist vs. Sudbury (10/26) ... Had 6-game assist and point streak with 5g-8a-13p line (9/27-10/11). Had 3 straight multi-point games: Scored the game-winning goal and added 2 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Barrie (9/27). Notched 2 assists vs. Guelph (9/28). Scored 2 goals and added an assist at Oshawa (10/4). Had back-to-back goal and an assist games at Mississauga (10/6) and at London (10/11) ... Helped the Atlanta Thrashers win the bronze medal at Traverse City Rookie Evaluation Tournaments.

2001-02... With Plymouth... Appeared in 6 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), tallying 2 assists with 21 penalty minutes and appeared in 65 regular-season games, recording a 20g-23a-43p line with 104 penalty minutes ... Voted as OHL's top penalty killer by league's coaches. Second among vote-getters for Fastest Skater and Hardest Worker awards in OHL coaches' poll … Had assists in back-to-back games vs. Owen Sound (2/22) and vs. Ottawa (2/23) ... Notched a goal and an assist at London (2/15) ... Had goals in back-to-back games (2/9-10), including the game-winner at Brampton (2/10) ... Had 3-game point streak (1/26-2/2), including 2 assists vs. Belleville (1//26) ... Tallied assists in back-to-back games at Erie (1/18) and vs. Mississauga (1/19) ... Had assists in back-to-back games (1/11-12), including a goal and an assist vs. Brampton (1/12) ... Had 3-game goal streak (12/28-1/1) ... Had 3-game point streak (11/23-30). Had goals in back-to-back games with the game-winner at Guelph (11/23) and 2 goals vs. North Bay (11/24) ... Notched 2 assists at Sudbury (11/16) ... Scored a hat trick and added an assist and a +4 plus/minus rating at Windsor (11/4) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (10/19-20), including 2 vs. Guelph (10/20) ... Had 4-game point streak (10/5-13), including 3-game assist streak (10/5-12) ... Had 3-game assist streak (9/28-30), including 2 assists at Windsor (9/30) ... Helped the Atlanta Thrashers win the bronze medal at Traverse City Rookie Evaluation Tournaments.

2000-01... With Plymouth... Appeared in 19 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), recording a 3g-4a-7p line with 14 penalty minutes and appeared in 68 regular-season games, recording a 9g-14a-23p line with 87 penalty minutes ... Scored goals in back-to-back games against Erie (4/28-29) ... Had 4-game point streak (3/28-4/8), including 3-game assist streak (3/30-4/8): Tallied 2 assists vs. Windsor (4/6) ... Had assists in back-to-back games (3/3-6), including 2 assists vs. Sarnia (3/6) ... Tallied his first career game-winning goal and an assist vs. Kitchener (2/17) ... Notched 2 assists vs. Barrie (2/9) ... Scored his first career shorthanded goal at the Soo (1/19) ... Recorded 2 assists vs. Sarnia (1/3) ... Had his first multi-goal game with 2 goals vs. London (12/16) ... Had 3-game point streak (12/2-7). Had assists in back-to-back games (12/2-3), including 2 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating at London (12/3) ... Scored his first career OHL goal vs. Toronto (10/20) ... Notched his first career point with an assist vs. Owen Sound (10/15) ... Made his OHL debut vs. Erie (9/23).

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