Biography

CAREER AWARDS: Won Yanik Dupre Memorial Award (AHL Man of the Year) in 2006-07…Man of the Year for Cleveland in 2003-04… 2007-08: saw first game action in 5-2 win over BPT 11/2/07…collected two points (1+1=2), including the game-winning goal in 4-3 comeback win over SYR on 11/3/07…collected two points (1+1=2) in B-Sens 8-5 victory over NOR…buried game-winner in overtime vs. TOR 1/25/08…collected two points (1+1=2) in B-Sens 6-5 OTL to HER 2/16/08…two helpers in B-SENS 4-3 win over PRO 3/7/08…tied career-high with two goals in B-Sens 6-3 win over BPT 3/12/08… 2006-07: Set career season highs in games played (75) and assists (24) with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton…tallied 167 penalty minutes…helped Penguins to 51 wins…had five-game assist streak (0+5=5) from 11/29 - 12/9… 2005-06: Appeared in 69 games with the Cleveland Barons, tallying 31 points (10+21) and 202 penalty minutes...set new career highs in goals (10), assists (21) and points (31)…ranks first all-time on Cleveland’s games played list (315) and was the team’s all-time leader in penalty minutes (948)