2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com

HIGHLIGHTS
50 / 2011-12 Media Guide
Center/Right Wing • Shoots Left Acquired: 2010 NHL Entry Draft
5'11" • 193 lbs. 2010-11 Team: Carolina
5/16/92 • Markham, Ont. Drafted: Carolina 2010 (1-7-1)
NHL FIRSTS: NHL HIgHS:
game: 10/7/10; 4-3 W at MiN in Helsinki, Finland goals: 2-5x (Last: 3/30/11; 6-2 W vs. MTL)
Point: 10/8/10; 2-1 SO W vs. MiN in Helsinki, Finland (assist) Assists: 2-3x (Last: 4/8/11; 6-1 W at aTL)
goal: 10/20/10; 4-3 L at La (Bernier) Points: 3-5x (Last: 4/8/11; 6-1 W at aTL)
Penalty Min: 4 (12/19/10; 4-0 W at OTT)
goal Streak: 2 games-5x (Last: 4/6/11-4/8/11: 2g)
Assist Streak: 3 games (11/20/10-11/26/10: 3a)
Point Streak: 5 games (1/7/11-1/15/11: 5g, 3a)
CAREER STATS
JEFF SKINNER 53
REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
2007-08 Toronto Nats GTHL 56 65 44 109 163 – – – – –
2008-09 Kitchener OHL 63 27 24 51 34 – – – – –
2009-10 (a) Kitchener OHL 64 50 40 90 72 20 20 13 33 14
2010-11 (b) Carolina NHL 82 31 32 63 46 – – – – –
Hurricanes/NHL Totals (1 Season) 82 31 32 63 46 – – – – –
(a) June 25, 2010—Selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL entry draft. First Hurricanes pick, seventh overall, first round.
(b) Sept. 21, 2010—Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes to a three-year, entry-level contract.
PERSONAL
Jeff is single and spends his summers in his hometown of Markham, Ontario… He
is the second-youngest of six hockey-playing siblings, including four siblings who
played college hockey: andrea (Cornell), Jennifer (Harvard), erica (Carleton) and
Ben (Wilfrid Laurier)… His youngest sister, Jillian, plays junior for the Mississauga
Chiefs… Jeff was also a competitive figure skater growing up, winning a bronze
medal at the 2004 Skate Canada Junior Nationals… He began playing hockey
when he was 3 years old, and his first team was in the Markham house league…
He cites his family as the biggest influence on his career, and his favorite player
growing up was Mats Sundin… Jeff’s charity involvement includes Head Strong,
a brain injury awareness organization… His favorite television show is Friends,
favorite movie is 300 and favorite book is The Scarlet Pimpernel… He enjoys
VS. NHL
CLUB gP g A PTS PIM
aNa 1 0 1 1 0
BOS 4 1 2 3 0
BuF 4 1 1 2 2
CGY 1 0 1 1 2
CaR 0 0 0 0 0
CHi 1 1 0 1 0
COL 1 1 0 1 0
CBJ 1 1 0 1 2
daL 2 0 0 0 0
deT 1 1 0 1 0
edM 1 1 2 3 0
FLa 6 3 4 7 0
La 1 1 0 1 0
MiN 2 0 1 1 0
MTL 4 2 2 4 2
NSH 2 0 1 1 0
NJ 4 4 0 4 4
NYi 4 2 2 4 4
NYR 4 3 2 5 2
OTT 4 0 2 2 6
PHi 4 1 1 2 2
PHX 1 0 0 0 0
PiT 4 0 0 0 2
STL 1 0 0 0 0
SJ 1 0 1 1 0
TB 6 3 3 6 8
TOR 4 2 0 2 4
VaN 1 0 0 0 0
WSH 6 1 2 3 4
WPG 6 2 4 6 2
country music, and his first job was as a newspaper carrier… Jeff’s favorite meal
is chicken parm, favorite website is YouTube.com and favorite video game is NHL
11… He enjoys watching football and is also a fan of Roger Federer and the Toronto
Blue Jays… The person, past or present, that he would most like to meet is Terry
Fox… His favorite former teammate is Gabriel Landeskog… Jeff wore 23 as a kid,
but switched to 53 at the suggestion of his mom and brother when another player
already had 23 in Kitchener… His favorite road city is Toronto and favorite road
arena is air Canada Centre… His most memorable hockey moments were being
drafted by the Hurricanes and scoring his first NHL goal, each of which happened
at Staples Center in Los angeles… His favorite thing about playing in the NHL is
playing with guys he grew up watching.