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 fourth <strong>NHL</strong> season and second with the <strong>Hurricanes</strong>… Matched<br />
his career highs for assists (6) and penalty minutes (14), skating in 57 games for<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong>… also played five games on the american Hockey League (aHL) level<br />
for Charlotte during a conditioning stint… Scored his sixth goal of the season and<br />
was (+1) vs. BuF (3/3)… Netted his fifth goal of the season and was (+1) at<br />
aTL (2/13)… Scored a goal and earned an assist vs. aTL (2/5) for his first multipoint<br />
game of the season… assisted on Sutter’s goal and was (+1) in 11:15 of<br />
ice time at NYi (1/26)… Was (+3) in 11:29 of ice time vs. TOR (1/24)… assisted<br />
on Samsonov’s goal and was (+2) at PiT (1/22)… Returned to action for the first<br />
time since <strong>12</strong>/16 and was (even) in 9:32 of ice time vs. NYR (1/20)… activated<br />
from injured reserve on 1/17… Placed on injured reserve on 1/7 (upper-body),<br />
CAREER<br />
is in his fifth <strong>NHL</strong> season and third with <strong>Carolina</strong>… acquired by the <strong>Hurricanes</strong> from<br />
Toronto <strong>12</strong>/3/09 in exchange for the rights to center Philippe Paradis… Signed a<br />
one-year contract with <strong>Carolina</strong> on 7/1/11… Has represented the Czech Republic<br />
in three major international tournaments… Played seven games for the Czech<br />
Republic at the 2005 iiHF World u-18 Championship, totaling three goals and two<br />
penalty minutes… Played four games for the Czech Republic at 2006 World Junior<br />
Championship (u-20)… Helped the Czech Republic earn bronze at the 2006 u-18<br />
World Championship, ranking eighth in the tournament in scoring with seven points<br />
(4g, 3a) in seven games… Named to the 2006 u-18 tournament all-Star team…<br />
2003-04: Played 51 games for Kladno Jr. of Czech Republic u-20 extraleague<br />
collecting 13 points (10 goals, 3 assists) with <strong>12</strong> penalty minutes… 2004-05:<br />
Played 42 games for Kladno Jr. of Czech Republic u-20 extraleague, totaling 15<br />
goals and <strong>12</strong> assists (27 points) with 54 penalty minutes… 2005-06: Played 44<br />
games for Kladno of Czech Republic extraleague earning seven goals and three<br />
assists (10 points) with 51 penalty minutes… also played six games for Kladno<br />
Jr. of Czech Republic u-20 extraleague… 2006-07: Completed his first season<br />
in North america, splitting the year between Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario Hockey<br />
League) and Toronto (american Hockey League)… Played six games for the Toronto<br />
Marlies (aHL), earning four points (3g, 1a) with four penalty minutes… Played 37<br />
games for Sault Ste. Marie (OHL), totaling 13 goals and 21 assists (34 points) and 28<br />
penalty minutes… Ranked seventh among Greyhounds skaters in points… Played<br />
13 playoff games for Sault Ste. Marie, netting nine goals and earning eight assists<br />
(17 points) with 14 penalty minutes… Ranked tied for first among Greyhounds in<br />
playoff goals, and second in points… 2007-08: Completed his first <strong>NHL</strong> season,<br />
appearing in 58 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs… Totaled 10 goals and six<br />
assists (16 points) with 14 penalty minutes in his rookie season… also played 14<br />
games for the Toronto Marlies (aHL), collecting 18 points (7 goals, 11 assists) with<br />
eight penalty minutes… earned his first <strong>NHL</strong> recall on 10/24… Made his <strong>NHL</strong> debut<br />
at PiT (10/25), scoring a pair of goals including the game-winning goal… Became<br />
the first Maple Leafs player to score two goals in his first <strong>NHL</strong> game since Nikolai<br />
retroactive to <strong>12</strong>/16… Left the game at aTL (<strong>12</strong>/16) with an upper-body injury<br />
after a hit by Ben eager… Notched his second goal in as many games at daL<br />
(<strong>12</strong>/10)… Netted his second goal of the year at NSH (<strong>12</strong>/4)… assisted on dwyer’s<br />
goal and was (+1) vs. edM (11/9)… Scored his first goal of the season and was<br />
(+2) vs. NYi (11/3)… Made his <strong>NHL</strong> season debut at NYR (10/29)… Was recalled<br />
from Charlotte on 10/26 after totaling two points (1g, 1a) during a five-game, 14day<br />
aHL conditioning stint… Was assigned to Charlotte (aHL) for a conditioning<br />
stint on 10/<strong>12</strong>… Missed 14 games due to injury (upper-body: <strong>12</strong>/18-1/15)… Was<br />
a healthy extra for six games (10/7-10/8, 10/27, 11/19, 1/17-1/18)… Longest goal<br />
streak: 2 games (<strong>12</strong>/4-<strong>12</strong>/10: 2g, 0a)… Longest point streak: 2 games (<strong>12</strong>/4-<br />
<strong>12</strong>/10: 2g, 0a; 2/13-2/16: 1g, 1a)… Multi-point games: 1 (1/5 vs. aTL: 1g, 1a).<br />
Borchevsky (10/6/92 vs. Washington)… earned his first <strong>NHL</strong> assist at NJ (11/2)…<br />
Missed five games due to a shoulder injury from 11/24-<strong>12</strong>/4… Scored goals in backto-back<br />
games at CaR (1/31) and vs. OTT (2/2)… Collected a career-high (tie) three<br />
points (2g, 1a), including the game-winning goal, vs. MTL (3/29)… Named aHL<br />
Player of the Week for the period ending 4/13, totaling four goals and six assists (10<br />
points) and earning a plus-10 rating in four games… Played 19 playoff games for the<br />
Marlies, notching two goals and eight assists (10 points) with 8 penalty minutes…<br />
Ranked fourth among Toronto skaters in playoff assists and fifth in points… 2008-<br />
09: Split the season between the <strong>NHL</strong> and aHL, earning four assists in 14 games for<br />
the Maple Leafs on the <strong>NHL</strong> level… Played 66 games for the Toronto Marlies (aHL),<br />
notching 25 goals and 41 assists (66 points) with 26 penalty minutes… Registered<br />
a career-high three assists and a (+3) rating at CaR (1/15)… Named CCM/aHL<br />
Player of the Month for February, totaling <strong>12</strong> goals and 11 assists (23 points) and<br />
earning a (+11) rating… Set Toronto Marlies franchise record with five goals in a<br />
single game vs. Syracuse (2/18)… Set Toronto Marlies franchise record with six<br />
points (2g, 4a) in a single game vs. Providence (3/4)… Played six playoff games for<br />
the Toronto Marlies, scoring one goal and earning two assists (3 points)… 2009-<br />
10: Skated in 18 <strong>NHL</strong> games with the <strong>Hurricanes</strong> and two with the Maple Leafs,<br />
totaling one goal and five assists (6 points)… Notched 30 points (14g, 16a) in 39<br />
aHL games with Toronto and albany… Recalled by the Maple Leafs and made his<br />
<strong>NHL</strong> season debut at BuF (10/30)… acquired by <strong>Carolina</strong> from Toronto <strong>12</strong>/3 in<br />
exchange for the rights to center Philippe Paradis… Made his albany (aHL) debut<br />
on <strong>12</strong>/6 in the River Rats’ 4-1 win against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton… Recalled to<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong> for the first time on <strong>12</strong>/11, and made his <strong>Hurricanes</strong> debut, scoring a goal<br />
that night at WSH… earned the primary helper on the goal by Tom Kostopoulos<br />
at NYR (1/2) for his first assist with <strong>Carolina</strong>… Had a three-game assist streak for<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong> from 1/10-1/14 (0g, 3a)… Had a five-game aHL point streak from 2/5-<br />
2/15 (5g, 2a)… Missed 15 aHL games from 2/20-3/20 with a lower-body injury…<br />
Skated in five Calder Cup Playoff games for albany, earning his only point of the<br />
postseason with an assist at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (4/19).<br />
<strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> Media Guide / 61
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