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

HIGHLIGHTS
CAREER STATS
CAREER
is in his third NHL season with the Hurricanes… Signed a three-year, entry-level contract
with the Hurricanes on 7/30/08… Was born in Michigan but raised in Littleton, CO… Had
notched 29 goals and 33 assists (62 points) in 107 career aHL games entering 2011-12…
Had three points (2g, 1a) in 32 career NHL games… Concluded his junior hockey career
with 130 goals, 112 assists (242 points) and 275 penalty minutes in 265 games in the
Western Hockey League (WHL)… averaged more than a point per game in 39 career
WHL playoff games, tallying 21 goals and 19 assists, and won the 2008 Memorial Cup
Championship with Spokane… Finished his Spokane career ranked sixth in franchise history
in goals (130) and 11th all-time in points (242)… 2005-06: Was Spokane’s Rookie of the
Year as a 16-year-old in 2005-06, notching 17 goals and 34 points in 72 games… Became
the first 16-year-old to notch double-digit goals for Spokane since 1998… 2006-07:
Totaled 24 goals and 19 assists (43 points) in 61 regular-season games with Spokane…
Ranked fourth among Chiefs skaters in goals and sixth in total scoring in his second full
season of major junior hockey… Played in the CHL’s Top Prospects Game in January 2007…
Saw his first postseason action for Spokane, scoring two goals and earning five assists
(7 points) in six playoff games… 2007-08: Led Spokane and ranked tied for 10th in the
WHL in scoring during the regular season with 42 goals and 40 assists (82 points) in 66
games… Was the first Spokane skater since 1998 to net 40 goals… Scored nine gamewinning
goals and was second in the WHL with 17 power-play goals… Ranked eighth in
the league in plus/minus (+32)… Was named the WHL’s Player of the Month in November
after scoring 13 goals and earning 11 assists (24 points) and being named the Canadian
Hockey League’s Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks during the month… Had a
career- and team-high 11-game point streak from 10/28-11/24 (14g, 11a)… Was tied for
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DRAYSON BOWMAN 21
Left Wing • Shoots Left Acquired: 2007 NHL Entry Draft
6'1" • 190 lbs. 2010-11 Teams: Charlotte (AHL), Carolina (NHL)
3/8/89 • Grand Rapids, MI Drafted: Carolina 2007 (2-72-3)
NHL FIRSTS: NHL HIgHS: NHL STREAKS:
game: 1/16/10; 5-3 L vs. aTL goals: 2 (4/6/10; 8-5 W at TB) goal Streak: None
Point: 4/6/10; 8-5 W at TB (goal) Assists: 1 (3/30/11, 6-2 W vs. MTL) Assist Streak: None
goal: 4/6/10; 8-5 W at TB (Niittymaki) Points: 2 (4/6/10; 8-5 W at TB) Point Streak: None
Penalty Min: 4-2x (Last: 4/6/11; 3-0 W vs. deT)
REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
2004-05 Kimberly KiJHL 47 29 30 59 108 – – – – –
Spokane WHL 4 0 0 0 0 – – – – –
2005-06 Spokane WHL 72 17 17 34 51 – – – – –
2006-07 (a) Spokane WHL 61 24 19 43 55 6 2 5 7 4
2007-08 (b) Spokane WHL 66 42 40 82 62 21 11 9 20 8
2008-09 Spokane WHL 62 47 36 83 107 12 8 5 13 8
2009-10 albany aHL 56 17 15 32 29 8 3 6 9 12
Carolina NHL 9 2 0 2 4 – – – – –
2010-11 Carolina NHL 23 0 1 1 12 – – – – –
Charlotte aHL 51 12 18 30 53 15 2 6 8 6
Hurricanes/NHL Totals (2 Seasons) 32 2 1 3 16 – – – – –
(a) June 23, 2007—Selected by Carolina Hurricanes in the 2007 NHL entry draft. Second Hurricanes pick, 72nd overall, third round.
(b) July 30, 2008—Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.
2010-11 SEASON
Completed his second NHL season with Carolina, splitting the year between Carolina
(NHL) and Charlotte (aHL)… Skated in an NHL career-high 23 games with the Hurricanes,
notching one assist and totaling a career-high 12 penalty minutes… averaged 9:48 in ice
time per game on the NHL level… Totaled 30 points (12g, 18a) and 53 penalty minutes in 51
aHL regular-season games with Charlotte… earned his first career NHL assist on McBain’s
second goal vs. MTL (3/30)… Recalled from Charlotte (aHL) on 3/10, and would remain in
the NHL for the rest of the regular season… Notched 10 points (7g, 3a) in 13 February aHL
2011 PLAYOFFS
earned eight points (2g, 6a), skating in 15 of Charlotte’s 16 Calder Cup Playoff games as
the Checkers advanced to the eastern Conference Final… Was tied for third on the team in
games for the Checkers… Had a four-game aHL goal streak from 2/20-2/25… Had his first
two-goal, three-point aHL game of the season vs. Providence (2/6)… Missed five games
due to injury from 12/10-12/19… earned a pair of assists in his Charlotte debut vs. Portland
(11/2)… Began the season with Carolina, skating in eight games with the Hurricanes before
being reassigned to the Checkers on 10/31… Made his season debut in the Hurricanes’
opening game against MiN (10/7) in the first game of the 2010 NHL Premiere in Helsinki…
Was a healthy extra for two NHL games (10/29-10/30).
assists (6) and tied for fifth among Checkers in points (8).
third among all WHL skaters in scoring during the playoffs with 20 points, and second only
to fellow Hurricanes prospect Zach Boychuk in playoff goals with 11, leading Spokane to
the WHL Championship… Was the leading goal scorer during the 2008 Memorial Cup, with
six goals in four games… Had a hat trick and an assist in Spokane’s Memorial Cup opener
against Belleville, a 5-4 overtime win… Notched the game-winning goal in Spokane’s 4-1
victory in the Memorial Cup championship game against Kitchener, and was named to the
tournament’s all-Star Team… 2008-09: Led Spokane (WHL) in scoring for the second
consecutive season, totaling 83 points (47g, 36a) in 62 games… Ranked fourth in the WHL
in goals (47) and 14th in the league in points (83)… Became the first Chief since 1994 to
score 40 goals in back-to-back seasons… Was twice named the WHL’s Player of the Week
(2/2 and 3/16)… Netted a career-high four goals in a 5-2 win vs. Kamloops (2/25), his third
hat trick of the season and sixth of his junior career… Had 32 goals and 49 points in the final
30 games of the regular season… Had a season-high, 10-game point-scoring streak from
1/10-1/31 (10g, 9a)… Had 21 multi-point games, including two five-point nights and four
four-point games… Led the Chiefs in postseason scoring with eight goals and 13 points in
12 playoff games… 2009-10: Completed his first professional season, splitting the year
between albany (aHL) and Carolina (NHL)… Skated in nine games with Carolina, scoring
two goals… Was tied for fourth among River Rats with 17 goals in 56 aHL games… Made
his NHL debut vs. aTL (1/16)… Beat antero Niittymaki for his first NHL goal and point,
and added a second goal for his first career multi-point game, at TB (4/6)… Scored his
first professional goal (and point) in albany’s season opener vs. Manchester (10/3)… Led
albany in playoff assists (6) and was tied for the team lead in scoring (9 points), playing in
all eight of the River Rats’ Calder Cup Playoff contests.