Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
2003-04	PEI	QMJHL		61	2	13	15	42		11	0	0	0	4
2004-05	PEI	QMJHL		68	10	29	39	48		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	PEI	QMJHL		62	16	55	71	75		6	1	4	5	14
2006-07	PEI	QMJHL		65	22	46	68	58		7	5	8	13	4
2007-08	Rochester	AHL		78	14	38	52	38		-	-	-	-	-
	Buffalo	NHL		2	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	Portland	AHL		76	9	42	51	59		5	0	2	2	4
	Buffalo	NHL		4	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Portland	AHL		66	12	31	43	37		4	0	2	2	0
2010-11	Portland	AHL		63	12	48	60	51		-	-	-	-	-
	Buffalo	NHL		9	1	2	3	2		7	1	6	7	4
2011-12	Buffalo	NHL		44	1	11	12	20		-	-	-	-	-
	Vancouver	NHL		14	1	2	3	6		-	-	-	-	-
2012-13	Charlotte	AHL		42	3	25	28	29		-	-	-	-	-
	Carolina	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
AHL TOTALS				325	50	184	234	214		9	0	4	4	4
NHL TOTALS				74	3	15	18	34		7	1	6	7	4
PRO TOTALS				399	53	199	252	248		16	1	10	11	8

Biography

Signed a one-year, two-way contract with Carolina on 7/11/12 ... Won Eddie Shore Award as the AHL's Most Oustanding Defenseman while playing for Portland in 2010-11 ... Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the third round (87th overall) in 2005.

2011-12

Completed his fifth professional season, splitting the season between Buffalo and Vancouver of the NHL ... Set career highs in games played (58), goals (2), assists (13), and points (15) while spending an entire season at the NHL level for the first time ... Recorded his first point of the season, an assist on Paul Gaustad's game-winning goal, at LA (10/8) ... Recorded assists in back-to-back games at MTL and FLA (10/18-10/20) ... Scored his first goal of the season and second of his career on the power play at BOS (11/12) ... Notched a pair of assists vs. BOS (11/23) ... Traded to the Vancouver Canucks along with Zack Kassian in exchange for Cody Hodgson and Alexander Sulzer on 2/27 ... Made his Canucks debut vs. STL on 3/1 ... Earned his first point as a Canuck, an assist, vs. DAL (3/30) ... Scored his first goal with Vancouver one day later to tie the game with 8:15 remaining in regulation vs. CGY (3/31) ... Earned an assist vs. ANA (4/4), giving him a career-best, three-game point streak (1g, 2a) ... Did not dress in the playoffs as the Canucks were eliminated by Los Angeles in four games ... Did not dress for 21 games during the regular season.

2010-11

Led Sabres with seven points (1g, 6a) in seven Stanley Cup Playoff games with Buffalo ... Was the first Sabres defenseman to lead team in playoff scoring since Alexei Zhitnik and Jason Woolley tied with 15 points (1999)...Was the first Sabres rookie and first Sabres defsenseman to get an assist in each of the first three games of the postseason since Richard Smehlik (1992)... Led Sabres with 23:51 TOI in Game 3 vs. PHI (4/18), recording two assists... Scored first career playoff goal in Game 5 at PHI (4/22)... Recorded two assists in Game 6 vs. PHI (4/24) ... Scored first career NHL goal in overtime at CAR (4/3)... Got first career NHL point (assist) vs. NYR (3/30)... Got second recall from Portland 3/28; led all AHL defensemen in assists (48) and points (60) at time of recall and set Portland single-season franchise records in both categories... Won Eddie Shore Award (AHL's Most Outstanding Defenseman)... Tied Portland franchise record with five assists in single game on 1/15 vs. Worcester.

2009-10

Appeared in 66 AHL games with Portland, scoring 43 points (12g, 31a)... Notched his 100th career AHL assist vs. Hartford (2/15)... Led Portland defensemen in scoring with 43 points (12g, 31a), third-best among all skaters... Tied career high with six power play goals... Recorded two points, both assists, in four playoff games.

2008-09

Was plus-2 with two penalty minutes in four NHL games with Buffalo... Led all Portland defensemen with 51 points (9g, 42a) in 76 games ... Ranked fifth in scoring among all AHL defensemen.

2007-08

Named Rochester's Rookie of the Year and Most Popular Playe r... Skated 6:28 in his NHL debut in Buffalo's 4-3 loss to NYR (2/23)... Recorded two assists in his professional debut with Rochester against Syracuse (10/5)... Had a 10-game point streak (5g, 9a) from 2/9 to 3/2... Had a five-game point streak (1g, 4a) from 10/28 to 11/9... Tallied a four-point night (1g, 3a) against Hamilton (1/12) to earn first star honors

Junior

Recorded 193 points in his four-year QMJHL career with Prince Edward Island (50g, 143a) ... Set career high and ranked fourth on the team with 22 goals in 2006-07 ... In 2007, ranked second on team in playoff scoring with 13 points (5g, 8a) as the Rocket were eliminated in the first round by Acadie-Bathurst in seven games ... Set career highs in assists (55) and points (71) in 2005-06, both of which ranked second on the team ... Tied for second on the Rocket with five points (1g, 4a) as the team lost its first-round series with Acadie-Bathurst in six games in 2006.