OHL Draft: Plymouth Whalers, 1st Round, 20th Overall, 1999.

NHL Draft: Florida Panthers, 1st Round, 4th Overall, 2001.

Career Notes... Wrote blog about 2007-08 season entitled "Nine" ... Missed the remainder of the 2005-06 season after having surgery for a torn ligament in his left wrist (1/2/06) ... Reached the 2004-05 Calder Cup Finals with Chicago ... Missed the final three games of the regular season with a broken leg suffered vs. Carolina (3/29/04) … Missed 16 games (2/3-3/6/04) with a sprained right knee ligament sustained at New York Islanders (1/31) ... Missed 5 games (2/18-26/03) with a broken toe sustained vs. Washington (2/15) ... Notched a goal and an assist for the Eastern Conference in the Topps/NHL YoungStars Game at the Office Depot Center (2/1/03) ... Scored first career game-winning goal in overtime vs. Carolina (1/25/03) … Notched his first career assist at Philadelphia (4/8/02) ... Scored first NHL goal in his first NHL game vs. Pittsburgh on his 19th birthday (4/3/02).

2001-02... With Plymouth... Appeared in 46 games, recording a 25g-45a-70p line with 69 penalty minutes. Led Whalers team in assists, points and plus/minus (+38), tied for first in GWG (5) and SHG (3) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (3/26-30), including 2 assists at London (3/28) and scoring the game-winning goal and adding 3 assists vs. London (3/30) ... Had assists in back-to-back games to end the regular season and start the playoffs (3/16-22), including scoring the game-winner and adding an assist vs. London (3/22) ... Had 8-game assist and point streak (2/23-3/13), including 4 straight multi-assist games (3/7-13): Scored a goal and added 2 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Ottawa (2/23). Notched 3 straight 2-assist games at Sarnia (3/7), vs. London (3/9), and vs. the Soo (3/10). Tallied 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating at the Soo (3/13) ... Had points in back-to-back games with a goal at London (2/15) and an assist vs. Sarnia (2/16) ... Represented silver medal-winning Canada in the 2002 World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic, notching 3 goals and an assist in 6 games (12/25-1/4) ... Had 9-game point streak (12/7-2/10), including 3-game assist streak (2/8-10): Tallied goals in back-to-back games (12/7-8), including a goal and an assist at Sarnia (12/8). Had back-to-back multi-point games with 2 goals, including the game-winner, vs. Mississauga (1/19) and 2 assists vs. Peterborough (1/25). Had goals in back-to-back games (2/3-8), including a goal and an assist vs. Oshawa (2/8). Tallied a goal and an assist at Brampton (2/10) ... Selected to play in 2002 Hershey Cup All-Star Series for the OHL West Team, but sat out the game with injury (11/27) ... Had 4-game assist and point streak (11/23-12/1). Notched a career-best 4 assists at Guelph (11/23). Had back-to-back goal and an assist games vs. Brampton (11/30) and vs. Kitchener (12/1) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (11/16-18). Scored a shorthanded goal and added an assist at North Bay (11/17). Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, and added 2 assists and a +4 plus/minus rating at the Soo (11/18) ... Scored a shorthanded goal vs. the Soo (11/9) ... Had 3-game goal, assist, and multi-point streak (10/26-28). Scored 2 goals and added 2 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Sudbury (10/26). Tallied back-to-back goal and assist games (10/27-28), including a +3 rating vs. London (10/27) and scoring the game-winner at Mississauga (10/28) ... Had 7-game point streak to start the season (10/5-20), including 5-game assist streak (10/12-20) and 3-game goal streak (10/5-12): Tallied a goal and an assist in his first game at London (10/5). Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist vs. Toronto (10/12). Notched 2 assists at Barrie (10/14). Scored a hat trick, including the game-winner, and added an assist and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Guelph (10/20).

2000-01... Appeared in 62 games, recording a 40g-47a-87p line with 45 penalty minutes. Led Plymouth in goals, assists and points ... Voted the Western Conference's Smartest Player and Best Stickhandler in the 2001 OHL Coaches Poll. Was a finalist for Best Playmaker in the poll ... Had points in back-to-back games with an assist at Ottawa (5/11) and a goal vs. Ottawa (5/13) as Plymouth reached the OHL Finals ... Had 4-game assist and point streak (4/24-29), including a goal and an assist at Erie (4/26) and 2 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Erie (4/28) ... Had 4-game assist and multi-point streak (4/6-12). Notched 2 assists vs. Windsor (4/6). Scored game-winning goal and added 2 assists at Windsor (4/8). Tallied 2 assists vs. Windsor (4/10). Recorded a goal, an assist, and a +3 plus/minus rating at Windsor (4/12) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak to start the playoffs (3/24-28), including notching 2 goals and an assist vs. Sarnia (3/24) and a goal and an assist vs. Sarnia (3/28) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games (3/9-10), including a goal and an assist vs. Windsor (3/9) ... Had 5-game point streak (2/17-25), including 3-game goal streak (2/22-25): Tallied assists in back-to-back games vs. Kitchener (2/17) and vs. Guelph (2/21). Tallied back-to-back goal and an assist games vs. London (2/24) and at Windsor (2/25) ... Served as an alternate captain for Team Orr at the 2001 Top Prospects Game in Calgary, where he scored a goal (2/7) ... Had back-to-back 2-goal games (2/2-3). Scored 2 goals and 2 assists at Kitchener (2/2) and 2 goals, including the game-winner, vs. Belleville (2/3) ... Had back-to-back multi-point games with 2 assists vs. Kitchener (1/27) and 2 goals and an assist at Windsor (1/28) ... Played for OHL Western Conference Team in the 2001 CHL All-Star Cup in Guelph, Ontario, notching a goal (1/24) ... Had 5-game assist and point streak (1/6-20), including 2 goals and an assist vs. Erie (1/6) and at the Soo (1/19) ... Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Sarnia (1/3) ... Had 4-game point streak (12/8-27). Notched 2 assists at Erie (12/8). Scored first regular-season shorthanded goal at Erie (12/9). Tallied assists in back-to-back games (12/17-27), including a playmaker with 3 assists vs. Owen Sound (12/27) ... Had 5-game point streak (11/19-12/2), including 3-game assist and multi-point streak (11/19-25): Tallied a goal and an assist at Oshawa (11/19). Notched 2 goals, including the game-winner, and an assist and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. Sarnia (11/22). Notched 2 assists vs. Peterborough (11/25). Scored the game-winning goal on the power-play vs. North Bay (12/1) ... Named OHL Player of the Month for October (12g-9a-21p in 11 games) ... Named OHL Player of the Week Oct. 29 ... Had 10-game point streak (10/20-11/16), including 7-game assist streak (10/29-11/16) and 5-game goal streak (10/20-11/2): Notched back-to-back multi-point games with a goal and 2 assists vs. Toronto (10/20) and 2 goals, 2 assists, and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Sudbury (10/27). Recorded 4 straight multi-point games with a goal and an assist at Toronto (10/29); 2 goals, including the game-winner, 2 assists, and a +3 plus/minus rating at North Bay (11/2); and 2 assists at Sudbury (11/3) and at the Soo (11/5). Tallied a goal and an assist vs. the Soo (11/11) ... Had 3-game goal and point streak (10/12-15), including a goal and 2 assists vs. Toronto (10/12) and a hat trick vs. Owen Sound (10/15) ... Notched 2 power-play goals and 2 assists at London (10/6) ... Started season on 3-game goal and point streak (9/23-29), including back-to-back goal and an assist games (9/23-28), including the game-winner at Peterborough (9/28) ... Was a member of Canada's gold medal-winning team at the Four Nations Under-18 Tournament in Slovakia and was named tournament's Best Forward (8/18-20).

1999-00... Appeared in 64 games, recording a 24g-42a-66p line with 35 penalty minutes ... Named Plymouth's Rookie of the Year and a finalist for OHL Rookie of the Year. Named to the OHL All-Rookie Team ... Scored his first career shorthanded goal and added 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Barrie in the OHL Finals (5/8) ... Tallied a goal and an assist at the Soo (4/26) ... Notched 2 assists vs. the Soo (4/22) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (4/1-8). Notched playermaker with 3 assists and +3 plus/minus rating vs. Guelph (4/1). Tallied 2 goals and an assist and a +3 plus/minus rating at Guelph (4/2) ... Had 4-game assist and point streak to end the regular season and start the playoffs (3/24-29): Notched a power-play goal and an assist vs. Guelph (3/25). Scored his first career hat trick, including the game-winner, and added 2 assists and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. Guelph (3/29) ... Had 3-game point streak (3/12-18), including 2 assists vs. Owen Sound (3/12). Had goals in back-to-back games (3/17-18), including the game-winner and 2 assists vs. Windsor (3/18) ... Had 3-game assist and point streak (3/1-7), including 2 goals and an assist vs. Kingston (3/7) ... Had 7-game point streak (2/12-26), including 6-game goal streak (2/12-24) and 3-game assist streak (2/12-17): Had 3 straight 3-point games with 2 goals, an assist, and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. Mississauga (2/12); 2 goals, including the game-winner, an assist, and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Erie (2/13); a goal and 2 assists at Guelph (2/17). Notched a goal and an assist vs. London (2/19) ... Had assists in back-to-back games at the Soo (2/4) and vs. Guelph (2/5) ... Notched a playmaker with 3 assists vs. Owen Sound (1/22) ... Won a silver medal with Team Ontario at the World Under-17 Challenge in Timmins, Ontario leading the team with 10 goals and 4 assists in 6 games (12/28-1/3) ... Had goals in back-to-back games (12/17-18), including 2 goals, an assist, and a +3 plus/minus rating at Erie (12/18) ... Notched 2 assists vs. Erie (12/11) ... Recorded 2 assists at Windsor (11/28) ... Tallied a goal and an assist at Owen Sound (11/24) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games (11/7-12), including 2 at Toronto (11/7) ... Had 4-game point streak (10/24-31), including 3-game assist streak (10/29-31): Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, at the Soo (10/24). Notched 2 assists vs. Sarnia (10/29). Tallied a power-play goal and an assist vs. the Soo (10/30) ... Tallied the game-winning goal and 2 assists at Windsor (10/10) ... Started career on 3-game assist and point streak (9/24-10/1). Made OHL debut and tallied first career assist at Sarnia (9/24). Tallied first goal and added an assist vs. Oshawa (9/25). Scored his first power-play goal and game-winner with 2 goals and 3 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Sudbury (10/1).

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