Biography

Enters this season having spent the past 2 years in the Ottawa Senators' organization, primarily at Binghamton(AHL)...Captained Calder Cup champion Binghamton last season, scoring 32 goals with 19 assists in the regular season...Finished second in the AHL in playoff points (23) and tied for fourth in Calder Cup goals last season (10) while tying for fourth in regular-season goals with 32...Played for Barons coach Todd Nelson during rookie season with Muskegon (UHL) in 2005-06, finishing with 41 goals and 40 assists...Spent 2 seasons with Espoo in the SM-liiga in Finland, 2007-08 and 2008-09...Led the Saskatoon Blades in scoring each of the final 3 seasons in the Western Hockey League (2003-05).