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Position: Defense / Shoots: RightHeight: 6-4 / Weight: 225Age: 36 (Turns 37 on December 10, 2006)Birthplace: Simcoe, Ontario(December 10, 1969)ACQUIRED BY KINGS: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2006.2005-06: Led all Colorado defensemen in scoring with 51 points and finished 11th among NHL defensemen inscoring…reached the 50-plus point plateau for the seventh time in his career…tied John-Michael Liles for mostgoals by a Colorado defender with 14…led the Avs in shots with 264, tops among all NHL blueliners…averaged ateam high 24:22 of ice time/game...recorded his 200th NHL goal vs. Chicago on 4/3/06, becoming the 17thdefensemen in NHL history to reach the milestone…finished the season ranked second among active defensemenin career goals with 200 (Brian Leetch/247)…notched his 600th NHL point with a power play goal at Phoenix on11/16/05, becoming the 29th defensemen in league history to accomplish that feat…seven of his 14 goals werescored on the power play…110 of his 200 career goals have come on the power play (55 percent)…was a careerbest plus-5 in a 6-5 loss at San Jose on 3/19/06…led the NHL in takeaways with 89…had a pair of five-gameassist streaks; 10/14-10/25/05 and 12/20-12/28/05…missed one game due to a hand injury on 1/5/06 atMinnesota…represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games…played in all nine post season games forColorado scoring three goals to lead all Avalanche defenders…averaged a team high 28:19 of ice time/game.CAREER:2004-05: Did not play during the lockout.2003-04: Finished tied for ninth in scoring among NHL defensemen with 46 points and collected 40-plus pointsfor the ninth time in his career...led all NHL blueliners with 242 shots on goal…became the 10th active defensemanto play in 900 career games and tally 400 assists...played in his 900th NHL game at Detroit on 3/27/04 andcollected his 400th NHL assist at Minnesota on 3/31/04…matched his career-best with a six-game scoring streak(1-7=8) that lasted from 11/9-11/20/03...voted a starter for the 2004 NHL All-Star Game at Minnesota, his seventhAll-Star Game appearance…made his 10th career post season appearance...led all Avalanche defensemen inplayoff scoring with five points (0-5=5).2002-03: Finished second in scoring among defensemen for the Avalanche with 45 points (Derek Morris/48points)…collected 40-plus points for the eighth time in his career…recorded his 500th career point at Minnesotaon 10/29/02...recorded his second career short-handed goal vs. Chicago on 11/25/02…played in the 2003 NHLAll-Star Game at Florida…appeared in his 800th NHL game vs. Detroit on 2/8/03.2001-02: Named to the NHL’s Second Team All-Star squad for the third consecutive season and third time in hiscareer…finished third among NHL defensemen in scoring (56 points), tied for fourth in goals (16) and ranked thirdin assists (40)…was second among NHL defensemen in power play goals (10)...was third on the Avs in shots ongoal (229)... appeared in his 700th NHL game vs. Florida on 11/27/01…registered a season and team-high 10shots on goal on two occasions; vs. San Jose on 12/14/01 and at Minnesota on 12/16/01…(his career high forshots on goal is 11 vs. Calgary while with the Kings on 3/11/00)...picked up three points (1-2=3) vs. NY Rangerson 1/3/02, including his second career overtime goal…played in the 2002 NHL All-Star Game at STAPLESCenter…finished fourth in the NHL with an average of 27:34 ice time/game…was fourth in scoring among NHLdefensemen in the post season...matched a career high with six goals in the post-season.2000-01: Named to the NHL’s Second Team All-Star squad (second time in career)…finished the season tied withRay Bourque for third in scoring among NHL defensemen with 59 points (49 with LA, 10 with Colorado)...tied forsecond in goals (19) and power play goals by a defenseman (12)...was second among NHL defensemen in shots(268)…recorded his 400th Kings/NHL point at the New York Rangers on 11/28/00…played in 13 games withColorado after his acquisition from Los Angeles and the club went 10-1-0-2 in the 13 games...recorded a careerhighfive points (3-2=5) - including the first hat trick of his career - vs. the New York Rangers on 12/14/00…ledNHL defensemen in total playoff points with 19, matching the Colorado franchise mark for points by a defensemanin the playoffs (Sandis Ozolinsh had 19 points in 1996)...recorded the most points by a defenseman in the postseason since Brian Leetch (34 points) in 1994...recorded the most goals (6) by a defenseman in a playoff sinceSergei Gonchar (7) in 1998...recorded a playoff career-best four points (1-3=4) in Game 1 (CQF) vs. Vancouver on4/12/01, including his first post season goal since 1993...recorded a playoff career-best six-game scoring/assiststreak (0-8=8 during the streak)…ranked fourth in the NHL in post season ice time with an average of29:25/game…led the NHL in post season hits with 93.1999-00: Named to the NHL’s Second Team All-Star squad…led all Kings defensemen in scoring for the fourthstraight year and sixth time overall with 57 points...led all Kings defenders in goals (18), assists (39) andplus/minus (plus-10)...ranked third among NHL defensemen in scoring with 57 points, trailing only NicklasLidstrom (73) and Chris Pronger (62)…was a finalist for the Norris Trophy with Lidstrom and Pronger, marking thesecond time in his career he has been a finalist for the honor (hecaptured the Norris Trophy in 1998)...led all Kings and was fourthoverall in the NHL in ice time, averaging 28:29 per game(Pronger, 30:14; Sergei Zubov, 28:50; and Lidstrom, 28:44)…secondin the league in shots on goal with 327 (Pavel Bure - 360),a club record for defensemen...held without a shot in only fourgames, and registered 10 shots at Calgary on 2/23/00...secondon the Kings with 12 power play goals (Luc Robitaille/13), andonly Ray Bourque had more PPG’s among NHL defensemen...secondon the Kings in hits with 202 (Mattias Norstrom/261)...voted as a starter for the 2000 NHL All-Star Game in Toronto, histhird all-star appearance and first as a starter…had 12 multipointgames…passed Juha Widing and Bob Berry during theseason to move into 10th place on the Kings all-time scoring listwith 380 points…passed Mark Hardy for the most career assistsby a Kings defenseman at Vancouver on 2/25/00 with his 251sthelper…played in his 600th Kings/NHL game vs. St. Louis on3/17/00…voted as the Kings MVP (second time) andOutstanding Defenseman (sixth time) by the local media andreceived the Kings Care Foundation’s Community Service Award(third time)…tied Kelly Hrudey for fifth on the Kings all-timeplayoff games list with 57.1998-99: Led all Kings defensemen in scoring for the fifth timein his career with 35 points...also led all Kings blueliners in goals(12) and assists (23)…scored his 100th Kings/NHL goal vs.Ottawa on 3/15/99, becoming the first Kings defenseman toreach the milestone…along with Pavel Rosa, assisted on LucRobitaille’s 500th career goal vs. Buffalo on 1/7/99...appeared inhis second NHL All-Star Game at Tampa Bay and scored aBLAKE —vs— NHLGP G A PTS PIM VAN 66 14 25 39 152WSH 23 8 11 19 32GP G A PTS PIMMTL 19 4 7 11 32NSH 22 2 10 12 18NJ 23 6 3 9 23NYI 20 1 10 11 22NYR 22 7 12 19 26OTT 16 7 5 12 22PHI 25 5 11 16 35PHX 65 15 18 33 83PIT 24 4 9 13 26SJ 55 8 23 31 110STL 45 5 18 23 79TB 18 4 10 14 16TOR 27 1 14 15 36CAREER RECORDCAREERHIGHLIGHTSMOST POINTS, Game: 5 (3-2=5)December 14, 2000 vs. NY RangersMOST GOALS, Game: 3December 14, 2000 vs. NY RangersMOST ASSISTS, Game: 4 (2 times)Last: January 29, 1998 vs. CalgaryCAREER PENALTY SHOTS: 1April 13, 1998 vs. Calgary(Roloson) – MissedCAREER OVERTIME GOALS: 2Last: January 3, 2002 vs.NY RangersREGULAR SEASONPLAYOFFSSEASON CLUB LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM1987-88 Bowling Green State NCAA 43 5 8 13 88 – – – – –1988-89 Bowling Green State NCAA 46 11 21 32 140 – – – – –1989-90 Bowling Green State NCAA 42 23 36 59 140 – – – – –1989-90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 4 0 0 0 4 8 1 3 4 41990-91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 75 12 34 46 125 12 1 4 5 261991-92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 57 7 13 20 102 6 2 1 3 121992-93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 16 43 59 152 23 4 6 10 461993-94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 84 20 48 68 137 – – – – –1994-95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 24 4 7 11 38 – – – – –1995-96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 1 2 3 8 – – – – –1996-97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 62 8 23 31 82 – – – – –1997-98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 81 23 27 50 94 4 0 0 0 61998-99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 62 12 23 35 128 – – – – –1999-00 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 18 39 57 112 4 0 2 2 42000-01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 54 17 32 49 69 – – – – –2000-01 Colorado Avalanche NHL 13 2 8 10 8 23 6 13 19 162001-02 Colorado Avalanche NHL 75 16 40 56 58 20 6 6 12 162002-03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 79 17 28 45 57 7 1 2 3 82003-04 Colorado Avalanche NHL 74 13 33 46 61 9 0 5 5 62005-06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 81 14 37 51 94 9 3 1 4 8NHL Totals 984 200 437 637 1329 125 24 43 67 152KINGS TOTALS 662 138 291 429 1051 57 8 16 24 98THE PLAYERS3233