Alternate captain…Fifth season as a Griffin…Fifth year pro…Ranks among the Griffins’ all-time leaders with 302 games played (3rd), five shorthanded goals (T5th), six unassisted goals (T5th) and 504 shots (7th)…Signed by Detroit, 7/29/05…Assigned by Detroit, 9/24/05…Recalled by Detroit, 9/26/05…Assigned by Detroit, 9/28/05…Assigned by Detroit, 9/23/06…Assigned by Detroit, 9/25/07…Recalled by Detroit, 9/27/07…Assigned by Detroit, 9/29/07…Re-signed as a free agent by Detroit, 7/23/08…Assigned by Detroit, 10/3/08…Re-signed by Detroit, 7/22/09.
 

2008-09: Served as the Griffins’ alternate captain…Logged 73 games, setting career highs with 19 goals and 31 points…Placed among team leaders in games played (4th), goals (4th), shorthanded goals (1, T3rd), shorthanded assists (3, 1st) and first goals (4, T2nd)…His three shorthanded assists also tied for fourth overall in the league…Scored the second-fastest season-opening goal in Griffins history at 53 seconds, 10/11/08 at Lake Erie…Scored on a penalty shot against Peoria’s Marek Schwarz, 11/8/08…Tallied nine points (4-5--9) in seven games, 2/27/09-3/13/09…Appeared in his 300th game as both a Griffin and a pro, 3/22/09…Suffered a season-ending hip dislocation, 3/27/09 at Norfolk…Had four shootout attempts but did not score…Stood in as an assistant coach during the Griffins’ run to the North Division Finals during the Calder Cup Playoffs. 2007-08: Served as a co-captain for the Griffins…Appeared in Grand Rapids’ first 75 games to tie for fourth on the squad, before missing the final five contests of the season due to injury…Ranked among team leaders with 14 goals (7th) and 30 points (9th)…Set an AHL career high with 47 penalty minutes…Matched a personal best and tied for eighth on the squad with 16 assists…Earned an AHL career-best four-game point streak, 2/29/08-3/6/08…Tied for third on the team with three game-winning goals. 2006-07: Placed second on the Griffins with a career-high 79 games played…Set a career high with 16 assists and tied for third on the team with three shorthanded goals…Played in 86 of the team’s 87 regular season and playoff games. 2005-06: Made his AHL/pro debut with the Griffins, helping them win the AHL’s Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as regular season champions…Appeared in 91 of the team’s 96 regular season and playoff games. 2004-05: Chosen as the sixth team captain in OHL Brampton’s history…Set personal highs and ranked among the Battalion’s leaders with 64 games played, 27 goals (3rd), 31 assists and 57 points (4th)…Voted most underrated player and hardest worker, and shared best penalty killer honors in the OHL Eastern Conference coaches’ poll…Finished second in best defensive forward and third in best on faceoffs voting. 2003-04: Placed fifth on the Battalion with 17 goals and 35 points (tied)…Served as the team’s alternate captain…Missed 11 games in midseason due to a neck injury suffered in November…Ranked second on the team in playoff scoring with 10 points (3-7—10)…Set Brampton club playoff record with at least one assist in five straight games in conference quarterfinal series vs. Ottawa…Six-game playoff point streak was second-longest in team history. 2002-03: Won an OHL Central Division title with Brampton…Finished fourth on the team with 21 goals…Placed sixth in OHL rookie scoring with 43 points (21-22—23)…Had a plus-20 rating.
 

Personal: Lives in Barrie, Ontario…Married to Kendal…Greatest hockey memory is scoring an overtime goal in the quarterfinals of a Quebec Peewee tournament…Hockey idol as a youth was Joe Sakic…Chose his jersey number because he wore it growing up…Greatest influence on his career was his dad…First job was at a golf course…Most exciting thing he’s ever done is ski in Austria…Played soccer, baseball, basketball, volleyball, lacrosse and golf growing up…Favorite foods are steak, pizza, eggs and ice cream…Favorite music artists are Linkin Park and Kings of Leon…Favorite movie is The Dark Knight…Favorite TV show is King of Queens…Favorite book is It’s Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong…Favorite vacation spot is his cottage at Red Pine Lake in Haliburton, Ontario…Favorite sports to watch besides hockey are golf and tennis…Enjoys golf, cigars and cooking.

AHL Career Highs
Games Played	79, 2006-07
Goals	19, 2008-09
Assists	16, twice (MR: 2007-08)
Points	31, 2008-09
PIM	47, 2007-08
Goal Streak	2, seven times (MR: 3/1/09-3/4/09)
Assist Streak	2, four times (MR: 2/13/09-2/14/09)
Point Streak	4, 2/29/08-3/6/08
Goals, Game	2, four times (MR: 3/1/09 GR at TOR)
Assists, Game	2, seven times (MR: 3/13/09 GR vs. PEO)
Points, Game	3, three times (MR: 3/1/09 GR at TOR)
PIM, Game	5, twice (MR: 10/25/08 GR vs. HAM)
Firsts
AHL Game	10/12/05 GR at CLE
AHL Point	10/19/05 GR at SAN (assist)
AHL Goal	11/18/05 GR vs. CLE (Dimitri Patzold)

Career Stats