2007-08:Made professional debut October 6 at Manchester... Tallied
first pro point with assist October 20 at Philadelphia... Tied for
Providence lead in plus-minus rating in October and March... Earned first
pro goal March 22 at W-B/Scranton... Named Providence’s American
Specialty/AHL Man of the Year... Won P-Bruins’ Rhode Island
Resource Recovery Corporation Community Service Award.

Career: 2006-07: Recorded junior season-highs in goals,
assists, points and penalty minutes for Sudbury of Ontario
Hockey League to cap four year OHL career... Twice scored
two goals against Toronto... Tallied three assists on road
December 16 vs. Peterborough... Notched only junior playoff
goal April 19 vs. Belleville while appearing in personal  best
21 playoff contests... Wolves advanced to OHL Finals where
they fell to Plymouth... Earned Sudbury’s Most Underrated
Player and Player’s Player Awards... 2005-06: Played in
career-best 68 games... 2004-05: Had two assistsOctober 3
at Kingston... Tallied three assists vs. Oshawa on February 12...
2003-04: Scored first career junior point in two assist game vs.
Ottawa 67’s September 21... Had assist for first career junior
playoff point at Toronto March 30.

Originally Obtained: Acquired by Boston in trade from Columbus for
129th overall pick (Jamie Benn) in 2007 NHL Entry Draft May 16, 2007

DRAFT STATUS: Drafted by Columbus 55th overall in round two of 2005
NHL Entry Draft.