2006-07: Appeared in 78 games for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), registering 17 goals and 30 assists for 47 points, along with 213 penalty minutes … Ranked third on the Wolf Pack in assists (30) and penalty minutes (213) … Ranked fourth on the team with 47 points and seven power play goals … Placed fifth on the squad in goals (17) … Recorded 10 multiple-point games … Notched three goals, including the game-winning goal shorthanded, for his first career AHL hat trick on Mar. 31 against Manchester (First Star) … Registered a goal, along with four shots, and was named First Star in a 5-1 victory on Feb. 25 at Bridgeport … Tallied the game-winning goal and earned Third Star honors in a 2-1 Wolf Pack victory on Feb. 9 at Springfield … Tallied a power play game-winning goal on Jan. 26 vs. Bridgeport … Notched his first career game-winning goal as a pro with a third-period power play tally, and added an assist, in a 4-1 win on Jan. 3 vs. Providence (Second Star) … Recorded a five-game point scoring streak from Dec. 2 to Dec. 15, tallying three goals and four assists over the span … Netted his first career pro goal, a power play tally, on Nov. 3 vs. Providence … Picked up a pair of assists in his Wolf Pack season debut on Oct. 13 vs. Bridgeport … Appeared in seven postseason games, tallying two goals, along with 16 penalty minutes … Notched his first pro playoff point with a goal in Game Four of the Atlantic Division Semifinals on Apr. 24 at Providence.
2005-06: Appeared in 71 games for Prince Albert, registering 21 goals and 27 assists for 48 points, along with 157 penalty minutes… Registered at least one point in first eight games of the season … Third star on March 18 with an assist and game winning shootout goal … Third star on Feb. 19 with one goal and two assists … Recorded a hat trick on Feb. 15 against Swift Current and was named First Star … First star on Jan 18 with one goal and one assist … Third star on Dec. 27 with one assist… Second star on Nov. 19 with two assists… Second star Oct. 8 with one goal and one assist… Third star on Oct. 7 with one goal and again on Sept. 23 with one assist… Played in one game on December 1st for the WHL in the ADT Canada Russia Challenge, notching one assist.
2004-05: Scored his first goal of this season on October 3 against Red Deer…Skated in 65 contests this season, tallying 20 points (eleven goals, nine assists) and has accumulated 181 penalty minutes…Missed five games due to a concussion from Nov. 10 to Nov. 20… Registered his first multi-goal/point game on Dec. 5 against Moose Jaw, tallying 2 goals in the contest…Named the first star of the game after the match against Moose Jaw on Dec. 5. (W 5-1)
2003-04: Tallied nine goals and eight assists for 17 points, along with 134 penalty minutes in 51 games with the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League (WHL) … Ranked fourth on the club with 134 penalty minutes ... Collected one goal and two assists for three points in six post-season matches with Prince Albert ... His 17 penalty minutes led the club ... Collected one assist and eight penalty minutes in seven matches with Team Canada at the 2004 IIHF Under-18 World Junior Championship in Minsk ... Voted to play in the 2004 CHL Top Prospect Game ... Missed 21 WHL games due to broken finger.
BACKGROUND: Hails from Nipawin, Saskatchewan … Shoots left ... Was rated 20th among all North American skaters in the Central Scouting final rankings for the 2004 NHL Entry Draft … Appeared in 49 games with Prince Albert (WHL) during the 2002-03 season, posting 14 points (eight goals, six assists) and 46 penalty minutes ... Was Prince Alberts second pick, 21st overall, in the 2001 WHL Bantam Draft … Enjoys playing golf and baseball.
