2008-09 Season: Recorded six points (0-6=6) and 150 penalty minutes in 79 games with Manchester…His 150 penalty minutes ranked second on Manchester and 34th in the AHL…Recorded a season-high 17 penalty minutes Oct. 25, 2008 at Hartford…Missed only one regular season game (Feb. 21, 2009 vs. Lowell)…His 79 games played was second most on Manchester (only Vladimir Dravecky played in all 80 games).
Career Highlights: Made his AHL debut with the Monarchs against the Portland Pirates on November 16, 2007…Collected his first point, an assist, against the Pirates on December 18, 2007…Scored his first goal against Portland on February 1, 2008…Finished his rookie season with 12 points (1-11=12), a plus-4 rating and 115 penalty minutes…Ranked third on the Monarchs in penalty minutes during the 2007-08 season…Appeared in four playoff games with Manchester in 2008…Made his professional debut with the ECHL’s Reading Royals against the Pensacola Ice Pilots on October 26, 2007…Tallied his first professional goal against the Mississippi Sea Wolves on October 27, 2007…Registered three points (1-2=3) and 32 penalty minutes in 10 games with Reading…Recorded a collegiate-high 25 points (6-19=25), a team-leading 74 penalty minutes and a plus-10 rating in 39 games at St. Lawrence University during the 2006-07 season…Led all club defensemen in goals (6), assists (19) and points (25)…Served as Captain of the Saints, who won the 2006-07 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League (ECACHL) regular season title and advanced to the NCAA Northeast Regional semifinals…Honored as a first-team All American…Became the eighth defenseman in ECACHL history to be named the league’s Player of the Year…Won the ECACHL Outstanding Defensive Defenseman Award…Was the lone defenseman Hobey Baker finalist…Earned ECACHL All-Academic honors for the third straight season…Missed 16 games during the 2005-06 season with the Saints due to a hand injury he suffered after being cut by a skate…Compiled 72 points (19-53=72) over four years (2003-07) at St. Lawrence University…Named the Saints Rookie of the Year and was the winner of the Ronald C. Hoffmann First Year Scholar-Athlete Award in 2003-04.
Transactions: Selected by the Dallas Stars in the sixth-round (195 overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft…Traded to the Florida Panthers along with a draft pick (Enver Lisin) for Valeri Bure on March 8, 2004…Signed with the Los Angeles Kings as an unrestricted free agent on August 23, 2007…Inked a one-year deal with the Kings on July 20, 2009.
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