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 third <strong>NHL</strong> season with the <strong>Hurricanes</strong>… established career highs in<br />
games played (82), penalty minutes (25) and plus/minus (+13)… Was first among<br />
<strong>Hurricanes</strong> forwards and tied for seventh among <strong>NHL</strong> forwards in blocked shots<br />
(73)… Ranked first among <strong>Hurricanes</strong> in plus/minus (+13)… The <strong>Hurricanes</strong> were<br />
11-0-1 when he scored a goal… Scored his 14th goal of the season at aTL (4/8)…<br />
Skated in his 200th career <strong>NHL</strong> game at NYi (4/2)… Sparred with eric Brewer and<br />
won <strong>12</strong> of 20 face-offs (60%) vs. TB (3/26)… Netted the game’s only goal with<br />
a backhanded shot past Ryan Miller at BuF (3/15)… Scored his <strong>12</strong>th goal of the<br />
season, won 18 of 25 face-offs (72%) and was (+2) vs. aTL (2/5)… Had his second<br />
multi-goal game of the season and was (+3) in 15:58 of ice time vs. TOR (1/24)…<br />
Netted his eighth goal of the season and was (+1) in 18:03 of ice time vs. NYR<br />
(1/20)… assisted on Jokinen’s first goal and was (+2) in 17:16 of ice time vs. CGY<br />
(1/11)… assisted on Corvo’s goal, registered three hits and was (+1) in 19:22 of<br />
CAREER<br />
is in his fourth <strong>NHL</strong> season with the <strong>Hurricanes</strong>… Was named an alternate captain<br />
for the <strong>Hurricanes</strong> on 9/30/10… Signed a three-year contract with the <strong>Hurricanes</strong><br />
on 7/<strong>12</strong>/11… Was born in Huntington, NY, but his hometown is Red deer, alb…<br />
Has <strong>com</strong>peted in a number of international <strong>com</strong>petitions… Was a member of Team<br />
Pacific that won a silver medal at the 2006 under-17 World Hockey Challenge…<br />
Was one of three underage players on the gold medal-winning Team Canada at the<br />
2006 Junior World Cup… Had one goal and one assist in seven games for Canada<br />
at the 2007 under-18 World Junior Championship in Finland… also represented<br />
Team Canada in the 2007 Canada-Russia Super Series, as the two nations’ top<br />
junior-aged players came together for a special international <strong>com</strong>petition, and won<br />
a gold medal with Canada at the 2008 iiHF World Junior Championship… 2004-<br />
05: Saw his first major junior hockey action, skating in seven games for Red deer of<br />
the Western Hockey League (WHL)… Had two assists and eight penalty minutes<br />
in seven regular-season games, and notched five points (1g, 4a) during Red deer’s<br />
seven-game series with Medicine Hat… 2005-06: Led all WHL 16-year-olds with<br />
22 goals during his first full season of major junior hockey… also led Red deer<br />
in goals (22) and ranked third on the team in points (46) in 68 games played…<br />
Nominated for WHL Rookie of the Year… 2006-07: Was tied for third among Red<br />
deer skaters in points with 57 in 71 games played for the Rebels… Selected to<br />
play in the 2007 CHL Top Prospects Game in January 2007… 2007-08: Served<br />
as an alternate captain for Red deer for the second consecutive season… Led<br />
the Rebels in goals (26) and points (49), despite playing in just 59 of the Rebels’<br />
72 regular-season games… Played for Team WHL in the CHL Canada/Russia<br />
Challenge… Completed his junior career with 154 career points (68g, 86a) in 205<br />
games with Red deer… Signed with the <strong>Hurricanes</strong> at the conclusion of his junior<br />
season on 3/26 and was assigned to albany… Had one goal and one assist in<br />
seven regular-season games with the River Rats… Made his professional debut<br />
with albany at Portland (3/30)… earned his first point with an assist at Wilkes-<br />
Barre/Scranton (4/2)… Netted his first pro goal with a power-play game-winner at<br />
ice time vs. aNa (<strong>12</strong>/18)… Scored his seventh goal of the season and was (+1) at<br />
aTL (<strong>12</strong>/16)… Scored his sixth goal of the season and was (+1) at STL (<strong>12</strong>/11)…<br />
Netted the game-winning goal in overtime vs. COL (<strong>12</strong>/3)… Scored his fourth goal<br />
of the season and was (+4) at PiT (11/19)… Had his first multi-assist game of the<br />
season with a pair of helpers vs. edM (11/9)… Netted his third goal of the season<br />
and was (+2) vs. NYi (11/3)… earned his first career multi-goal game and was<br />
named first star against MiN (10/7) in the first game of the 2010 <strong>NHL</strong> Premiere in<br />
Helsinki… Longest goal streak: 2 games (1/24-1/26: 3g, 0a)… Longest assist<br />
streak: 3 games (2/22-2/26: 0g, 3a)… Longest point streak: 3 games (11/1-<br />
11/5: 1g, 2a; 2/22-2/26: 0g, 3a)… Multi-goal games: 2 (last: 1/24 vs. TOR: 2g,<br />
0a)… Multi-assist games: 1 (11/9 vs. edM: 0g, 2a)… Multi-point games: 3<br />
(last: 1/24 vs. TOR: 2g, 0a).<br />
Norfolk (4/4)… earned two assists while playing in all seven of albany’s Calder Cup<br />
Playoff games against Philadelphia… 2008-09: Completed his first full professional<br />
season and his first <strong>NHL</strong> season with <strong>Carolina</strong>… Skated in 50 <strong>NHL</strong> games, totaling<br />
one goal and five assists (6 points) with 16 penalty minutes… Finished the season<br />
in albany, notching four goals and eight assists (<strong>12</strong> points) in 22 aHL games…<br />
Skated against a team coached by his father, Brent, for the first time when <strong>Carolina</strong><br />
defeated NJ (1/6)… Had his first <strong>NHL</strong> fight when he sparred with Noah Welch<br />
vs. FLa (<strong>12</strong>/18)… Registered his first <strong>NHL</strong> penalty minutes (delay of game) at aTL<br />
(11/14)… earned the primary assist on LaRose’s game-winning goal before leaving<br />
the game after suffering a concussion from a collision with doug Weight at NYi<br />
(10/25)… Scored his first <strong>NHL</strong> goal, beating Marc-andre Fleury at 13:07 of the first<br />
period at PiT (10/23)… Made his <strong>NHL</strong> debut on Opening Night and earned his first<br />
<strong>NHL</strong>/<strong>Hurricanes</strong> point with an assist on the game-winner vs. FLa (10/10)… Missed<br />
eight games due to a concussion… 2009-10: established career highs in goals<br />
(21), assists (19) and points (40)… Was the first <strong>NHL</strong> player to record 20-or-more<br />
goals and just two penalty minutes since Toronto’s Sergei Berezin in 1999-00…<br />
Was tied for third on the team with a career-high 21 goals… Was third on the team<br />
in shots (168) and tied for fourth in power-play goals (5)… Had 15 points in his final<br />
22 games… Took just one penalty all season, a hooking minor at FLa (<strong>12</strong>/18)…<br />
Reached the 20-goal mark for the first time in his <strong>NHL</strong> career with a score at MTL<br />
(3/31)… Netted <strong>Carolina</strong>’s first goal and assisted on Jokinen’s game-winner at aTL<br />
(3/29)… Scored his 17th goal of the season at aTL (3/7) to extend his point streak<br />
to a career-high six games… Had his first career three-point game with a goal and<br />
two assists vs. BuF (2/11)… Played in his 100th career <strong>NHL</strong> game vs. FLa (2/9)…<br />
Netted the first game-winning goal of his <strong>NHL</strong> career with his 10th goal of the<br />
season at WSH (<strong>12</strong>/28)… earned his first career <strong>NHL</strong> multi-point game with a pair<br />
of assists and was (+2) vs. NYi (11/13)… Netted his first goal of the season and<br />
was (+1) at PHi (10/31)… Was recalled from albany 10/24… Had four points (1g,<br />
3a) in seven games for the River Rats prior to his recall.<br />
<strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> Media Guide / 59
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