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Post-Game Video Interview - GriffVision - Nov. 13, 2009
Defenseman Doug Janik 'did a real good job' in debut with Red Wings - Grand Rapids Press - Nov. 3, 2009
Griffins defenseman Doug Janik recalled by Red Wings - Grand Rapids Press - Nov. 3, 2009
Signing Doug Janik is paying off for Griffins, defensively and offensively - Grand Rapids Press - Oct. 28, 2009 

2008-09: Logged 15 NHL contests between Dallas and Montreal, earning one assist and two penalty minutes with the Stars before registering two PIM with the Canadiens…Also had 22 AHL games between Rockford and Hamilton, notching two assists and four PIM with the IceHogs and five helpers and 10 PIM with the Bulldogs…Skated in six Calder Cup Playoff games for Hamilton against Grand Rapids. 2007-08: Tallied four points (1-3—4) in 61 games with Tampa Bay…Stood eighth on the Lightning with 45 PIM. 2006-07: Skated in an NHL career-high 75 contests for Tampa Bay during his first full NHL campaign…Also recorded NHL career highs in goals (2), assists (9), points (11) and PIM (53)…Ranked sixth on the Lightning in PIM. 2005-06: Appeared in 71 games with Rochester, pacing the Americans with 161 PIM and a plus-8 rating…Posted career highs with 19 assists and 24 points…Made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut by skating in five games with Buffalo, and netted his first NHL point with a goal during Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, 6/1/06 at Carolina. 2004-05: Tallied 12 points (2-10—12) in 76 contests with Rochester, leading the Americans with a plus-18 rating and finishing second on the club with 196 PIM. 2003-04: Played for the PlanetUSA All-Star Team during the 2004 AHL All-Star Classic in Grand Rapids…Helped the Americans reach the Western Conference Finals, earning three points (1-2—3) in 16 Calder Cup Playoff games…Ranked fifth on the squad during the postseason with 22 PIM…Tallied 16 points (2-14—16) through 74 regular season contests with Rochester…Tied for fifth on the team with 109 PIM…Logged four NHL outings with Buffalo, registering 19 PIM. 2002-03: Played 75 games for Rochester, recording 16 points (3-13—16) and ranking sixth on the team with 120 PIM…Made his NHL debut with Buffalo, 3/14/03 vs. Tampa Bay, and totaled six games with the Sabres. 2001-02: Named Rochester’s Rookie of the Year, Most Improved Player and Unsung Hero…Was the Americans’ lone ironman, appearing in all 80 games and becoming the first Amerks defenseman since Mark Renaud (1984-85) to skate in every contest…Nominated for the Timex Ironman Player Award by the Professional Hockey Players’ Association and Timex of Canada…Netted an AHL career-high six goals to go with 17 assists for 23 points, which stood third among team blueliners in scoring…Registered 100 PIM to rank fifth on the club. 2000-01: Captained the Maine Black Bears for the second consecutive season, leading team defensemen with 15 assists…Ranked second on the squad with 52 PIM…Named to the NCAA All-East Regional Team. 1999-00: Logged 36 games with Maine, pacing Black Bear blueliners with six goals while ranking second among the team’s defensemen with 14 assists and 20 points…Placed fourth on the club with 54 PIM…Earned All-Hockey East honorable mention and was runner-up for Best Defensive Defenseman…Named a member of the New England Hockey Writers’ Association All-Star Team…Played for Team USA at the World Junior Championship, going scoreless with 27 PIM in seven contests. 1998-99: Helped Maine capture the 1999 NCAA National Championship with a 3-2 overtime win over New Hampshire…Logged 35 games with Maine, placing third among Black Bear defensemen in all scoring categories with 16 points (3-13—16), while also tying for third overall on the club with 44 PIM…Notched one goal and two PIM through six games with Team USA at the World Junior Championship.

Personal: Lives in Agawam, Mass….Best friend in hockey is Norm Milley…Greatest hockey memory is winning the 1999 NCAA national championship with Maine…Hockey idol as a youth was Ray Bourque…Chose his jersey number because three is his favorite number…Greatest influence on his career was his father…Plans to be a carpenter after his playing career…First job was working at a hockey school…Proudest accomplishment was finishing college…Most exciting thing he’s ever done is scuba dive…Played baseball growing up…Once most former president Bill Clinton…Favorite food is sushi…Favorite music artists are Pink Floyd and Bruce Springsteen…Favorite movie is Almost Famous…Favorite TV show is Entourage…Favorite web site is youtube.com…Favorite book is Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer…Favorite vacation spot is the Caribbean…Roots for the Boston Red Sox…Favorite sport to watch besides hockey is golf…Enjoys golf, scuba diving and animals.