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Eric Boulton (LW)

Albany Devils

Biography

2011-12: Has appeared in four games for New Jersey … missed 13 contests (Oct. 22 – Nov. 21) with hand injury and did not dress during one occasion … made Devils debut against Philadelphia on Oct. 8 … assigned to Albany on Nov. 22 on a conditional stint …

CAREER: 2010-11: Played in 69 games with Atlanta … posted 10 points with a career-high six goals and four assists … registered 87 penalty minutes … completed campaign ranked fourth on Atlanta’s all-time games-played list (377) … appeared in 500th career NHL contest at Pittsburgh on Dec. 2 … record first hat trick/multiple-goal/three-point game against New Jersey on Dec. 18 … 2009-10: Appeared in 62 games with Atlanta, earning eight points (2g-6a) and 113 penalty minutes … led Thrashers in penalty minutes … scored his first goal of the year for his second point in as many games at St. Louis on Oct. 8 … tied career-high for most points/assists (2a) and established a season-high with a plus-two rating against Florida on Nov. 30 … collected 1,000th career penalty minute on against Montreal on Dec. 12 … 2008-09: appeared in 76 games, posting 13 points (3g-10a) and 176 penalty minutes … named co-winner, along with Garnet Exelby, of the Thrashers 2009 Gilner-Reeves Community Service Award … set a career-high for games played, points and assists ... also registered career highs in shots (71) and average ice time per game (7:32) and finished with second-highest career total in penalty minutes (176) … ranked sixth in the NHL in penalty minutes … 2007-08: played in 74 games for the Thrashers, posting nine points (4g-5a) … called for a team-high 127 penalty minutes … 2006-07: played in 45 games for the Thrashers, tallying seven points (3g-4a) and 49 penalty minutes … appeared in four post-season games and led the team with 24 penalty minutes during the playoffs … 2005-06: Scored four goals in 51 games with the Thrashers … Finished third on the team with 87 penalty minutes … played in 200th NHL game at Pittsburgh on Jan. 7 … 2004-05: Recorded 39 points (23g-16a) in 48 ECHL games with Columbia … tied for the team lead with two goals, three assists and five points in five post-season games … 2003-04: Played in 44 games with Buffalo and posted three points (1g-2a) … ranked third on the team with 110 penalty minutes … 2002-03: Tallied one goal and five assists in 58 games with Buffalo … finished seventh in the NHL with a team-best and career-high 178 penalty minutes … 2001-02: Ranked second on Buffalo with 129 penalty minutes in 35 games … posted five points with two goals and three assists … 2000-01: Finished third on the Sabres with 94 penalty minutes despite playing in just 35 games … made NHL debut against Chicago on Oct. 15 … scored first-career NHL goal at Montreal Nov. 25 … registered his first-career NHL assist against Toronto on Nov. 5 … 1999-00: Recorded four points (2g-2a) in 76 AHL games with Rochester … led team and ranked 11th in the league with 276 penalty minutes … tallied three points (2g-1a) and a team-leading 53 penalty minutes in 18 Calder Cup Playoff games … 1998-99: Split season between Kentucky (AHL) and Florida (ECHL) … registered six points (3g-3a) and 154 penalty minutes in 34 games with Kentucky and 22 points (9g-13a) and 143 penalty minutes in 26 games with Florida … earned one assist and a team-high 34 penalty minutes in 10 playoff games with Kentucky … ranked third on Kentucky in penalty minutes (154) … finished third on Florida in penalty minutes despite playing in only 26 games … 1997-98: Recorded 27 points (11g-16a) in 53 games with Charlotte (ECHL) … led the Checkers with 202 penalty minutes … tallied one goal in four playoff games … earned two assists in eight IHL games with Fort Wayne … 1996-97: Appeared in 23 AHL games with Binghamton, tallying five points (2g-3a) … appeared in three Calder Cup Playoff games … posted 25 points (14g-11a) in 44 games with Charlotte (ECHL).

OTHER: Registered 72 points (28g- 44a) and 651 penalty minutes in 162 Ontario Hockey League games over three seasons with Oshawa and Sarnia.

TRANSACTIONS: Signed as a free agent by Buffalo on Sept. 4, 1999 … signed as a free agent by Columbus on Nov. 24, 2004 … signed as a free agent by Atlanta on Aug. 8, 2005 … signed as a free agent by New Jersey on July 15, 2011.