Biography

2008-09: Missed last five games of regular season, and entire playoffs, due to injury…Led Wolf Pack in regular-season assists and ranked second on club in points and goals (29-49-78 in 74 GP)…Finished regular season ninth in AHL in points…Named a First-Team AHL All-Star 4/2/09…Equaled his own team season high, with three assists, in Third-Star outing 3/4/09 vs. Worcester (3-1 victory)…Posted six-game point-scoring streak (3-7-10), 1/24-2/8/09…Registered team season-high eight-game point and assist streak (4-10-14), 1/6-1/19/09…Equaled team season best with four-game goal streak (4-4-8), 1/14-1/19/09…Chalked up Wolf Pack’s first three-assist game of season in 6-3 victory 1/6/09 @ Manitoba (Second Star)…Struck for Wolf Pack’s first four-point game of season, and his first in a Wolf Pack uniform, with 2-2-4 in First-Star performance 11/16/08 @ Lake Erie (5-3 win)…2007-08: Top postseason goal and point-scorer (3-2-5 in 5 GP) on Wolf Pack club…Earned his first career AHL All-Star nod with Second All-Star Team selection…Led Wolf Pack team in regular-season points, goals and assists (34-47-81 in 75 GP), and finished fourth overall in the AHL in points…Registered his pro career-high 81st point with a goal in 3-2 win 4/13/08 @ Bridgeport…Equaled a Wolf Pack season high with five-game goal-scoring streak (6-4-10) 3/16-3/26/08…Posted six-game point-scoring streak (5-5-10), 2/15-2/23/08…Earned his first NY Ranger recall 1/8/08, returned to Wolf Pack 1/9…Had at least a point in Wolf Pack season-high seven straight games (4-6-10) 11/14-11/24/07…Tallied OT-GWG, added an assist, and set a Wolf Pack season high with eight shots on net, in First-Star performance 11/24/07 vs. Lowell (3-2 win)…Registered his first two-goal game in a Wolf Pack uniform, and put seven shots on net, in 5-2 loss vs. Toronto 11/3/07 (Second Star)…Scored his first Wolf Pack goal, and earned Second-Star honors, in 4-3 shootout win 10/21/07 @ Toronto…Made Wolf Pack debut 10/20/07 @ Hamilton…2006-07: Finished second on Norfolk club in assists, tied for second in points and third in goals (combined 30-49-79 in 68 GP between Norfolk and Portland)…2005-06: Registered second-most postseason assists (17) on Portland squad and finished tied for second on team in playoff points (22)…Scored series-winning overtime goal for Portland vs. Wolf Pack in Game Six of Atlantic Division Finals 5/14/06…Transactions: Acquired by NY Rangers from Chicago for a conditional 7th-rd. draft pick 10/11/07...Traded to Chicago by Anaheim with Bruno St. Jacques for Sebastien Caron, Matt Keith and Chris Durno, 12/28/06…Drafted: 9th rd. (264th ov.) by Anaheim 2001.