Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
2005-06	Penticton	BCHL		55	7	15	22	25		15	3	6	9	13
2006-07	Cornell	ECAC		31	1	5	6	24		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	Cornell	ECAC		35	4	5	9	33		-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	Cornell	ECAC		35	1	4	5	24		-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Cornell	ECAC		34	1	11	12	22		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Bern	Swiss-A		50	1	10	11	61		-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Charlotte	AHL		58	2	11	13	36		-	-	-	-	-
2012-13	Charlotte	AHL		69	1	14	15	31
AHL TOTALS				127	3	25	28	67		-	-	-	-	-
NHL TOTALS				-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
PRO TOTALS				177	4	35	39	128		-	-	-	-	-

Biography

Through games of the 2011-12 campaign, was the Checkers' all-time leader with a plus-16 plus/minus rating ... Signed a one-year, entry-level contract with Carolina on 4/12/11 ... Drafted by Carolina in the seventh round (213th overall) in 2006.

2011-12

Completed his second professional season and first in North America with the Checkers ... Tied for first among Checkers rookies with 13 points (2g, 11a) in 58 games ... Qualified as a rookie under AHL rules despite being the third-oldest player on the team and playing professional hockey in Switzerland the previous season ... Led all Checkers players with a plus-16 rating that was 11 points higher than any teammate ... Scored two shootout goals in three attempts to tie for third among AHL defensemen in shootout conversion percentage (.667) ... Recorded his first AHL point, the primary assist on Zach Boychuk's goal, in his AHL debut at NOR (10/7) ... Took a season-high four shots on goal vs. OKC (11/11) ... Assisted on Zac Dalpe's goal 4:23 into the first period vs. TEX (11/30) ... Recorded a plus-1 rating for five consecutive games from 11/26-12/4 ... Scored on the first shootout attempt of his AHL career vs. OKC (12/18) ... Improved to 2-0 in career AHL shootout attempts at RFD (12/30) ... Scored his first AHL goal and had a season-high six penalty minutes at ABB (1/20) ... Recorded a plus-10 rating across seven games from 1/11-1/24, including four games in which he was plus-2 ... Assisted on Zac Dalpe's overtime winner at MIL (2/10) ... Returned from a 13-game absence (upper body), picked up an assist and was plus-2 in the 5-3 win at GR (3/30) ... Scored his second goal of the season at PEO (4/13), giving him points in back-to-back games (1g, 1a) for the only time during the season ... Games missed due to injury: 13 (upper body: 2/19-3/25) ... Sat out five games as a healthy scratch (10/21, 10/23, 10/29, 11/4, 11/13) ... Longest point streak: 2 games (4/10-4/13: 1g, 1a).

2010-11

Completed his first professional season, skating in all 50 regular-season games for SC Bern of the Swiss National League... Earned 11 points (1g, 10a) and a (+5) rating, helping Bern to a 35-12-3 regular-season record and a third-place finish... Earned two assists in the team's 11-game playoff run, which ended with a Game 7 loss in the semifinals against Kloten.

College

Completed his collegiate career at Cornell of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) with seven goals and 25 assists (32 points) and 103 penalty minutes in 135 games... Named to the ECAC's All-Academic team after his sophomore season at Cornell in 2007-08... Was named the ECAC's top defensive defenseman after leading Cornell to the ECAC championship in his senior season in 2009-10.

Junior

Spent one season with Penticton of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), leading the Vees to an Interior Championship in 2005-06.

International

Grew up in Switzerland playing for the German national team programs... Won a gold medal with Germany at the Under-18 Division I World Championship in 2004... Served as team captain in leading Germany to the gold medal at the Division I World Championship in 2005... Made his debut with the German men's team at the 2010 IIHF World Championship... Played in all nine games and earned one assist as host Germany advanced to the medal round before finishing fourth... Again represented Germany at the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia, skating in all seven games for Germany... Played in his third consecutive World Championship for Germany in 2012, scoring his first international goal against Norway.