2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com
2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com
2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com
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2010-11 SEASON<br />
Completed his fifth <strong>NHL</strong> season and first with atlanta, establishing career highs in<br />
games played (80), goals (14), assists (25), points (39) and penalty minutes (55)…<br />
Was seventh among Thrashers in goals, tied for sixth in assists and eighth in points…<br />
Matched his career high with a pair of assists at PHi (3/<strong>12</strong>)… Scored his 14th goal<br />
of the season and earned an assist vs. NYR (2/11)… Found the net in consecutive<br />
games vs. TB (1/20) and vs. NYR (1/22)… Notched career-long four-game assist<br />
and point streaks from <strong>12</strong>/16-<strong>12</strong>/21 (2g, 5a)… Scored the game-winning goal and<br />
had an assist at TOR (<strong>12</strong>/20), marking his third consecutive multi-point game…<br />
Tallied a pair of assists vs. NJ (<strong>12</strong>/18)… Scored a goal and added an assist vs.<br />
CaR (<strong>12</strong>/16)… Had points in three consecutive games from 11/28-<strong>12</strong>/2 (1g, 2a)…<br />
Scored the game-winning goal in overtime at COL (11/30)… Netted a power-play<br />
CAREER<br />
is in his sixth <strong>NHL</strong> season and first with <strong>Carolina</strong>… Signed a two-year contract<br />
with the <strong>Hurricanes</strong> on July 2, <strong>2011</strong>… Represented Canada at the World Junior<br />
Championship twice… Won a gold medal at the 2005 World Junior Championship<br />
in North dakota, earning three goals and one assist (4 points) in six games… Was<br />
tied for the team lead in scoring at the 2004 World Junior Championship with 11<br />
points, helping Canada win the silver medal… Won a gold medal with Canada at the<br />
2003 u-18 World Junior Championship, and was named to the tournament’s all-Star<br />
team after leading Canada with six goals… also won a gold medal with Canada’s<br />
u-18 team at the 2002 eight Nations Cup in Slovakia, and a bronze medal with<br />
Team Ontario at the 2002 World u-17 Challenge in Stonewall, Manitoba… 2001-<br />
02: earned 43 points (19g, 24a) in 65 games during his rookie OHL campaign… Was<br />
14th among OHL rookies and third among Kingston Frontenacs skaters in scoring…<br />
Voted Kingston’s Rookie of the Year… 2002-03: Registered an OHL career-high 70<br />
points (32g, 38a) in 68 games… Led the Frontenacs in points and goals, and ranked<br />
third in assists… Was named Kingston’s Scholastic Player of the Year… Played in<br />
the 2003 CHL Top Prospects Game in Kitchener, Ont… 2003-04: appeared in 53<br />
games with Kingston, earning 58 points (35g, 23a) and serving as the Frontenacs’<br />
team captain… Was second on the team in goals and fourth in points… Voted<br />
to have the Hardest Shot in the OHL’s eastern Conference in the OHL’s Coaches<br />
Poll… Played for Team OHL in the CHL’s Canada-Russia Challenge… Was second<br />
among Kingston skaters with seven points (3g, 4a) in five OHL playoff games, as<br />
the Frontenacs fell to Barrie in the opening round… 2004-05: Played his final<br />
season of junior hockey for Kingston, posting 67 points (32g, 35a) in 62 games with<br />
Kingston… Led the team in points, was tied for the team lead in goals and ranked<br />
third in assists… Served as an alternate captain for Team OHL at the CHL’s Canada-<br />
Russia Challenge… Was the OHL’s Player of the Week for the week ending 11/28<br />
after notching six goals and nine points in three games… Completed his junior<br />
hockey career with 238 points (118g, <strong>12</strong>0a) in 248 career Ontario Hockey League<br />
games with Kingston… Made his professional debut after Kingston’s season ended,<br />
joining San antonio of the american Hockey League (aHL)… earned three points<br />
(1g, 2a) in 10 games… 2005-06: earned three points (2g, 1a) in 10 games during<br />
his first <strong>NHL</strong> season with the Panthers… added five points (2g, 3a) in four aHL<br />
goal vs. deT (11/24)… earned assists in consecutive games vs. PiT (11/13) and<br />
at WSH (11/14)… Had a three-game assist streak from 10/23-10/29, including a<br />
two-assist game at NYR (10/27)… Found the net for the second consecutive night<br />
at SJ (10/16)… earned his first career hat trick with three goals at aNa (10/15)…<br />
The goals marked his first points as a Thrasher and his first multi-point effort in the<br />
<strong>NHL</strong> since 11/6/08 as a member of the Florida Panthers… Longest goal streak:<br />
2 games (10/15-10/16: 4g, 0a; 1/20-1/22: 2g, 0a)… Longest assist streak: 4<br />
games (<strong>12</strong>/16-<strong>12</strong>/21: 2g, 5a)… Longest point streak: 4 games (<strong>12</strong>/16-<strong>12</strong>/21: 2g,<br />
5a)… Multi-goal games: 1 (10/15 at aNa: 3g, 0a)… Multi-assist games: 3<br />
(last: 3/<strong>12</strong> at PHi: 0g, 2a)… Multi-point games: 8 (last: 3/<strong>12</strong> at PHi: 0g, 2a).<br />
games with Rochester… earned his first-career <strong>NHL</strong> recall on 10/18 and made his<br />
<strong>NHL</strong> debut that night at NJ, recording his first career point with an assist… Scored<br />
his first career <strong>NHL</strong> goal in his second game, vs. WSH (10/20)… Suffered a wrist<br />
injury vs. CaR (11/11)… Was placed on injured reserve on 11/<strong>12</strong>, and missed the<br />
majority of the season with the injury… 2006-07: Spent the majority of the season<br />
in the aHL, recording one assist in 10 <strong>NHL</strong> games with the Panthers… appeared in<br />
62 aHL games with Rochester (aHL), totaling 27 points (13g, 14a)… Was recalled<br />
to the <strong>NHL</strong> four times during the season, making his season debut at TOR (<strong>12</strong>/19)…<br />
earned his only <strong>NHL</strong> point of the season, an assist at WSH (1/20), during his third<br />
recall of the season… Played in six Calder Cup Playoff games for Rochester, scoring<br />
two goals as the amerks fell to Hamilton in the opening round… 2007-08: Split<br />
the season between the aHL and <strong>NHL</strong>, earning one assist in 26 <strong>NHL</strong> games with<br />
Florida during six separate <strong>NHL</strong> recalls… Totaled 31 points (13g, 18a) in 54 aHL<br />
games with Rochester… Recorded a season-high three points (2g, 1a) in his aHL<br />
season debut with the americans vs. Syracuse (10/5)… earned his first <strong>NHL</strong> recall<br />
of the season on 10/15 and made his season debut with Florida at MTL (10/16)…<br />
appeared in five games during his first stint with Florida before returning to the aHL<br />
on 10/29… Had an aHL-season-high five-game point streak from 11/16-11/30 (3g,<br />
6a)… earned his only <strong>NHL</strong> point of the season during his fourth recall of the season,<br />
an assist vs. MTL (<strong>12</strong>/28)… 2008-09: established then-career-highs in games<br />
played (59), assists (5) and points (7), spending the entire season on the <strong>NHL</strong> level<br />
with the Florida Panthers… Collected his first point of the season with an assist at<br />
aTL (11/2)… earned his only multiple-point game of the season with a goal and an<br />
assist at La (11/6)… Netted his second goal of the year at CaR (2/<strong>12</strong>)… 2009-10:<br />
Spent the entire season on the aHL level with the Chicago Wolves, posting 31<br />
points (<strong>12</strong>g, 19a) in 77 regular-season games… Scored a goal and added an assist<br />
for his first multiple-point game of the season at Milwaukee (11/4)… earned backto-back<br />
multiple-point games (1g, 1a) from 2/<strong>12</strong>-2/13… Played in 13 Calder Cup<br />
Playoff games, recording <strong>12</strong> points (9g, 3a) as Chicago beat Milwaukee in seven<br />
games before falling to Texas in seven games… Led the Wolves in playoff goals and<br />
finished tied for second on the team in points… Tallied a career-high eight-game<br />
point streak from 4/26-5/11, amassing 10 points (7g, 3a) in that span.<br />
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