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

2010-11 SEASON
Completed his first NHL season with the Hurricanes… Won the Calder Trophy
as the NHL’s top rookie, becoming the first player in franchise history and the
youngest player in NHL history to win the award… Was also voted by his peers as
the Sporting News Rookie of the Year… Ranked first among NHL rookies in points
(63), second in assists (32) and third in goals (31)… Was tied for second among
rookies in power-play assists (12) and power-play points (18)… Led all NHL skaters
in penalties drawn (45)… Was the youngest player to spend the entire season in
the NHL… Led Carolina in third-period goals (13)… Carolina was 20-4-2 when he
scored a goal… Had a three-point game with a goal and two assists at aTL (4/8)…
Scored his 30th goal of the season vs. deT (4/6), becoming the youngest player
in franchise history and the seventh-youngest player in NHL history to reach 30
goals (18 years, 325 days)… Netted a pair of goals, assisted on Pitkanen’s goal
and was (+4) vs. MTL (3/30)… Scored his 27th goal of the season and netted the
shootout game-winner at WSH (3/29)… Scored his 25th goal of the season and
earned the primary assist on Pitkanen’s overtime game-winner vs. NYi (3/18)…
Was named NHL Rookie of the Month for January, after tallying 14 points (9g,
5a) and a plus-6 rating in 14 games… earned an assist for Team Staal in the 2011
NHL all-Star Game at the RBC Center (1/30), as he became the youngest all-Star
in NHL history (18 years, 259 days), breaking the record set by Steve Yzerman (18
years, 267 days) in 1984… On 1/26, was selected to play in the 2011 NHL all-Star
Game as an injury replacement… Had his ninth multi-point game of the season
with a goal and an assist vs. NYR (1/20)… Netted the game-deciding goal in the
shootout and assisted on Ruutu’s goal vs. CGY (1/11)… On 1/11, was named one
of 12 NHL rookies to participate in the Honda NHL SuperSkills competition during
the 2011 all-Star Weekend in Raleigh… Netted a pair of goals, assisted on Cole’s
CAREER
is in his second NHL season with the Hurricanes… Signed a three-year, entry-level
contract with Carolina on 9/21/10… drafted seventh overall by the Hurricanes in the
2010 NHL entry draft… Represented Canada at the 2011 iiHF World Championship
in Slovakia, where he ranked third on the team in scoring with six points (3g, 3a)
despite being the youngest player in the tournament… also played for Canada at
the 2009 u-18 ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, leading the tournament with six
goals, including two in the gold medal game against Russia… Played for the goldmedal-winning
Team Ontario at the 2009 World under-17 Challenge, scoring the
game-winning goal against Russia in the championship final… 2007-08: Totaled
109 points (65g, 44a) in 56 games for the Toronto Young Nats, prior to beginning
his major junior career… 2008-09: Notched 27 goals and 24 assists (51 points)
in 63 games as a 16-year-old for Kitchener… Ranked fourth among OHL rookies
in goals and 10th among rookies in points… Led Kitchener in goals and was third
among Rangers skaters in points… 2009-10: Ranked second in the OHL in goals
(50) and tied for seventh in the league in scoring (90 points) in his second OHL
season… Was tied for second in the league in power-play goals (21) and fourth
in the OHL in game-winning goals (9)… Was the only Canadian Hockey League
(QMJHL, OHL, WHL) player in his draft class to score 50 regular-season goals,
game-winner and was (+3) at FLa (1/7)… Scored the game-winner and earned
an assist on Jokinen’s power-play goal at BOS (11/26)… earned his first career
multi-assist game and netted his sixth goal of the season vs. edM (11/9)… earned
his second multi-point game with a goal and an assist vs. NYi (11/3)… Had his
first NHL multi-goal and multi-point game with two goals and the primary assist
on erik Cole’s game-winner at NYR (10/29)… Beat Jonathan Bernier for his first
NHL goal at 14:39 of the second period at La (10/20)… at 18 years, 157 days old,
he became the youngest player in franchise history to score a goal, breaking the
mark held by Paul Lawless (18 years, 181 days)… Was just the second 18-year-old
to score a goal in a Hurricanes sweater (eric Staal, 10/23/03)… Took his first NHL
penalty (interference) at OTT (10/14)… earned his first NHL point with an assist on
Ruutu’s goal, and scored the game-winning goal in the shootout vs. MiN (10/8)…
With his assist, became the youngest player in franchise history to earn a point (18
years, 145 days), breaking the mark set by Paul Lawless (18 years, 172 days)…
Became the third-youngest player in NHL history to score in the shootout when he
tallied the game-winner against Niklas Backstrom (10/8)… Only younger shootout
scorers were Sam Gagner (18 years, 76 days) and Sidney Crosby (18 years, 95
days)… Was the 13th player in NHL history to score in the shootout before netting
a regulation NHL goal… Made his NHL debut against MiN (10/7) in the first game
of the 2010 NHL Premiere in Helsinki… Longest goal streak: 2 games (11/6-11/9:
2g, 3a; 1/7-1/9: 3g, 1a; 1/13-1/15: 2g, 1a; 3/29-3/30: 3g, 1a; 4/6-4/8: 2g, 2a)…
Longest assist streak: 3 games (11/20-11/26: 1g, 3a)… Longest point streak:
5 games (1/7-1/15: 5g, 3a)… Multi-goal games: 5 (last: 3/30 vs. MTL: 2g, 1a)…
Multi-assist games: 3 (last: 4/8 at aTL: 1g, 2a)… Multi-point games: 14 (last:
4/8 at aTL: 1g, 2a).
and was the first Kitchener Ranger to score 50 goals in 23 years… Played for
Team OHL at the Subway Super Series, netting a pair of goals against Russia and
earning Player of the Game honors… Was named MVP of Team Orr at the 2010 Top
Prospects Game after tallying a goal and an assist, and was crowned the winner of
the creative breakaway skills competition… also skated in the 2010 OHL all-Star
Game, netting a goal… earned a season-high, nine-game point streak from 2/5-
2/25 (8g, 8a)… Had 15 multi-goal efforts, including two hat tricks (10/30 vs. erie,
2/20 at Owen Sound)…Notched two four-point games: 12/18 vs. Guelph (2g, 2a)
and 1/23 vs. erie (1g, 3a)… Netted the game-winner with 11 seconds remaining in
the season finale vs. Owen Sound (3/12) for his 50th goal of the season… Ranked
second among league skaters in points (33) and tied for first in goals (20) during
the 2010 OHL playoffs, helping Kitchener advance to the Western Conference Final
before falling to eventual Memorial Cup champion Windsor in seven games…
Was also first among league skaters in playoff power-play goals… earned his first
career playoff hat trick with three goals in Game 4 vs. London (4/7)… Was held off
the score sheet in just three of Kitchener’s 20 postseason contests… Completed
his junior hockey career with 141 points (77g, 64a) and 106 penalty minutes in 127
regular-season games and 33 points (20g, 13a) in 20 career OHL playoff games.
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