2006-07: Skated in 44 games with the Rangers, registering four goals and four assists, along with 16 penalty minutes ... Established career-highs in games played (44), goals (four), assists (four), points (eight), penalty minutes (16) and shots on goal (76) … Led team defensemen in shots per game (1.72) … Collected six points (three goals and three assists) in the last 11 games of the season … Notched his first career multi-point game with a goal and an assist on Mar. 31 at Philadelphia; Also tied a game-high with four blocked shots, posted a plus-one rating and tied a team-high with four shots on goal … Registered a goal on Mar. 27 at Montreal … Recorded a season-high five blocked shots on Mar. 25 at NY Islanders … Scored the game-tying goal with 1:40 remaining in the third period on Mar. 24 at Boston (Third Star); Also posted a plus-one rating and recorded three blocked shots in the game … Registered an assist on Mar. 21 vs. Philadelphia … Picked up a power play assist and posted a plus-one rating on Mar. 17 vs. Boston … Delivered a season-high three hits on Mar. 11 vs. Carolina … Logged a season-high 21:36 of total ice time on Feb. 3 at Tampa Bay … Recorded one assist, along with a plus-one rating in four games with the Wolf Pack after being assigned to Hartford (AHL) on December 11 for conditioning … Notched a goal, blocked four shots and posted a plus-one rating on Oct. 10 vs. Philadelphia … Picked up an assist and posted a plus-one rating on Oct. 7 at Philadelphia … Made his season debut with the Rangers on Oct. 5 vs. Washington ... Skated in four postseason games with the Rangers, registering three assists, along with four penalty minutes ... Registered an assist on Matt Cullen's series-clinching goal on Apr. 18 vs. Atlanta ... In his NHL playoff debut, assisted on the game-winning goal on Apr. 12 at Atlanta.
2005-06: Skated in eight games with the Rangers, registering one goal and one assist, along with four penalty minutes… Tallied a goal and had three shots on goal on Mar. 8 at Atlanta… Picked up an assist and registered three shots on goal and three blocked shots on Mar. 6 vs. Carolina… Made his season debut with the Rangers on Jan. 16 at Columbus... Also appeared in 67 games with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), registering 15 goals and 46 assists for 61 points, along with 99 penalty minutes… Ranked second on the Wolf Pack in assists (46) and tied for fifth on the team in scoring (61 points)… His 61 points also ranked third among all AHL defensemen… With a goal and an assist on Feb. 26 at Lowell, set a Wolf Pack franchise record for points in a single season by a defenseman, as he eclipsed Mike Mottau's mark of 51 points… On Jan. 11, he was selected to represent Planet USA in the 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic… Skated in six playoff games with the Wolf Pack, notching three assists along with 15 penalty minutes.
2004-05: Spent a majority of the season with the Hartford Wolf Pack, registering one goal and five assists, along with 55 penalty minutes in 50 games… Tallied his first AHL goal (game-winning, power play tally) at Springfield on Apr. 16 in 4-1 victory… Re-assigned to Wolf Pack from Austrian National Team on Feb. 15, after joining Austria on Feb. 7 for Olympic qualifying tournament… Recalled from Charlotte on Jan. 23, after being reassigned to Checkers on Jan. 19… Injured Dec. 5 at Manchester and missed 19 games… Notched his first multiple-point game on Nov. 27 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, with two assists… Registered his first AHL point with an assist on Nov. 20 at Springfield… Skated in six playoff contests for Hartford, registering one assist and eight penalty minutes.
2003-04: Appeared in six matches with the Rangers, tallying two goals and two assists for four points ... Made his Rangers/NHL debut and tallied his first NHL goal/point on Mar. 23 vs. Pittsburgh ... Registered an assist on Mar. 25 vs. Nashville, becoming the first Rangers rookie to record points in his first two NHL matches since Ken Gernander in 1996 ... Prior to joining the Rangers, he skated in 37 matches with the Massachusetts Minutemen of Hockey East (H.E.), tallying 16 goals and 25 assists for 41 points, along with 48 penalty minutes ... Ranked first on the team in all major offensive categories with 16 goals, 25 assists and 41 points ... Named a Hockey East First Team All-Star and is a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate player ... Named to the Hockey East All-Tournament Team and selected as the Hockey East’s Defensive Player of the Week, while helping to lead the Minutemen to their first-ever tournament finals appearance ... Led all players in the tournament with seven points, along with a plus-7 rating ... Finished his UMass career tied for sixth on the school’s scoring list with 102 points.
