Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
2002-03	Notre Dame	NCAA		40	6	5	11	28		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Notre Dame	NCAA		39	3	8	11	10		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Notre Dame	NCAA		38	5	9	14	20		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Notre Dame	NCAA		36	11	12	23	28		-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	AHL		32	5	9	14	39		11	1	1	2	2
	Wheeling	ECHL		19	6	11	17	23		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	AHL		74	12	14	26	82		22	2	6	8	21
2008-09	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	AHL		58	11	8	19	51		7	0	2	2	2
	Pittsburgh	NHL		16	0	2	2	7		-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	AHL		78	27	14	41	61		4	0	0	0	2
	Pittsburgh	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	AHL		62	20	17	37	61		10	1	4	5	6
	Pittsburgh	NHL		7	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Bridgeport	AHL		24	9	11	20	13		-	-	-	-	-
	New York Islanders	NHL		31	0	1	1	6		-	-	-	-	-
	Tampa Bay	NHL		18	3	5	8	10		-	-	-	-	-
2012-13	Charlotte	AHL		47	9	13	22	44		3	1	1	2	0
	Carolina	NHL		28	1	1	2	17		-	-	-	-	-
AHL TOTALS				375	93	86	179	351		57	5	14	19	33
NHL TOTALS				101	4	9	13	45		-	-	-	-	-
PRO TOTALS				474	97	95	192	396		57	5	14	19	33

Biography

Signed a one-year, two-way contract with Carolina on 7/19/12.

2012-13

Completed his seventh professional season and first with the Checkers while also playing 28 games at the NHL level with Carolina … Tied for ninth on the Checkers in scoring with 22 points (9g, 13a) and was sixth in penalty minutes (44) despite playing just 47 games … Finished with a positive plus/minus rating (plus-3) for the seventh time in as many AHL seasons … At the NHL level, posted a career-high 17 penalty minutes … Scored Charlotte's first goal of the season, a power-play tally at HOU (10/13) … Assisted on Riley Nash's goal at TEX (10/14), giving him points in each of his first two games as a Checker (10/13-10/14: 1g, 1a) … Assisted on Drayson Bowman's 10th goal of the season and recorded four penalty minutes at PEO (11/8) … Posted a season-high seven penalty minutes, including his first fight of the season against Brett Ponich, vs. PEO (11/9) … Scored his first goal in 18 games vs. OKC (11/25) … Earned an assist and was plus-2 vs. LE (12/7) … Scored the game-winning goal and tied his season high with four shots on goal vs. MIL (12/11) … Recorded his second goal in three games vs. HOU (12/15) … Notched a shorthanded goal and dropped the gloves with Ben Wilson at LE (1/4) … Posted his first multi-point game of the season with two assists, including one shorthanded, against NOR at Raleigh's PNC Arena (1/6) … Tied the franchise record for most points in a single game (4: 1g, 3a) and was plus-3 at OKC (1/11) … Joined the Carolina Hurricanes for training camp on 1/12 and returned before the start of the NHL season on 1/18 … Recorded his third consecutive multi-point game and extended his point streak to four games (1/4-1/20: 3g, 6a) with the game-winning goal and an assist vs. NOR (1/20) … Scored a goal and was plus-3 vs. ABB (1/26) … Recalled to Carolina on 2/3 and made his Hurricanes debut at TOR on 2/4 … Earned a career-high 15 penalty minutes, including a game misconduct, as the result of a boarding incident at PHI (2/9) … Scored his first and only NHL goal of the season against his former team at NYI (2/11) … Reassigned to Charlotte on 3/27 after scoring one goal in 21 games with Carolina … Notched a pair of assists vs. SA (3/30) … Recalled to Carolina for the third time on 4/10 … Assisted on Justin Faulk's goal vs. PHI (4/20) … Reassigned to Charlotte on 4/24 but recalled again later that same day … Reassigned to Charlotte to participate in the Calder Cup Playoffs at the conclusion of Carolina's season … Made his Checkers playoff debut in Game 3 vs. OKC (5/1), picking up a goal and an assist … Games missed due to NHL recall: 29 (1/12-1/17; 2/9-3/26; 4/11-4/20) … Longest point streak: 4 games (1/4-1/20: 3g, 6a) … Longest goal streak: 2 games (1/11-1/20: 2g, 4a) … Longest assist streak: 3 games (1/6-1/20: 2g, 6a) … Multi-point games: 4 (1/6, 1/11, 1/20, 3/30) … Multi-assist games:3 (1/6, 1/11, 3/30).

2011-12

Completed his sixth professional season, splitting the campaign between Bridgeport (AHL), the New York Islanders and Tampa Bay ... Set NHL career highs in games played (49), goals (3), assists (6) and points (9) ... Had 20 points (9g, 11a) in 24 games with Bridgeport prior to being recalled by the Islanders ... Recorded his first point of the season, an assist, at ALB (10/9) ... Had a career-high three assists vs. PRO (10/29), giving him five helpers over a three-game point streak ... Notched his first AHL hat trick, his first three goals of the season, vs. CT (11/2) for his second consecutive three-point game ... Notched two goals vs. CT on 11/25, giving him four goals over a three-game point streak ... Had a Gordie Howe Hat Trick (goal, assist, fight) vs. MCH (11/27) and finished the month of November with 12 points (9g, 3a) in 12 games ... Had assists in his last two AHL games of the season vs. ALB (12/3) and HER (12/4) ... Recalled by the Islanders on 12/5 ... Recorded an assist in his Islanders debut vs. TB (12/6) ... Claimed on waivers by the Tampa Bay Lightning on 2/23 ... Made his lightning debut and logged 10:53 of ice time at PIT (2/25) ... Scored his first career NHL goal in his third game with Tampa Bay at CAR (3/3) ... Recorded a goal for the second consecutive game vs. OTT (3/6) ... Notched a three-game point streak (1g, 2a) from 3/22-3/26 ... Had an assist in the final game of the season at MTL (4/4), giving him six points (1g, 5a) in his last 10 games.

2010-11

Skated in 10 Calder Cup Playoff games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, tallying one goal and four assists with six penalty ... Appeared in seven games with the Pittsburgh Penguins during his fifth professional season, recording five penalty minutes (all Feb. 6 at Washington) and one shot on goal. Skated in 62 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, recording 20 goals and 17 assists…Ranked fifth on the team in points (37) and tied for second in goals…Finished the season with a plus-8 rating, while tallying six power play goals and two short-handed goals…Notched three two-goal games (Oct. 17 at Charlotte, Jan. 26 vs. Charlotte, March 19 vs. Worcester)…Tallied a three-point game (1g,2a) on Feb. 27 vs. Springfield.

2009-10

Scored 41 points (27g,14a) in 78 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, ranking first on the team in goals (27) and seventh on the team in points…Also skated in one NHL game for Pittsburgh…Recorded four two-goal games (Nov. 25 vs. Norfolk, Jan. 29 vs. Hershey, March 12 at Providence, March 26 at Norfolk) and two three-game point streaks from Oct. 17 to Oct. 24 (2g,1a) and March 10 to March 13 (4g).

2008-09

Recorded two assists in seven playoff games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ... Skated in 16 games with Pittsburgh, notching two assists and seven penalty minutes…Saw his first NHL action on Dec. 10 at New Jersey…Tallied his first-career NHL point (assist) on Dec. 18 at Atlanta and added his second on Jan. 1 at Boston….Appeared in 58 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, recording 11 goals, 8 assists…Tallied a two-goal game on Jan. 31 at Syracuse.

2007-08

Recorded two goals, eight assists and 21 penalty minutes to help Wilkes-Barre/Scranton reach the Calder Cup Finals…Tallied one assist during the finals, in which Wilkes-Barre/Scranton lost to Chicago ... Played in 74 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton during his second professional season…Tallied 26 points (12g,14a) and finished the season with a plus-11 rating…Scored the game-winning goals on Jan. 2 vs. Syracuse and March 14 at Bridgeport.

2006-07

Scored two points (1g,1a) in 11 playoff games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ... Split time between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and the Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) during his first professional season…Recorded five goals and nine assists in 32 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, while totaling six goals and 11 assists in 19 games with Wheeling.

College

Played four seasons at the University of Notre Dame (Central Collegiate Hockey Association), totaling 59 points in 153 games. Recorded a career-high 23 points (11g,12a) during his senior season in 2005-06 and received the school’s all-time “iron man” award after not missing a single game during his four seasons ... Tallied five goals and nine assists during his junior campaign in 2004-05 ... Played in 39 games, recording 11 points (3g,8a) in his second collegiate season in 2003-04 ... Notched six goals and five assists in 40 games with Notre Dame during his freshman season in 2003-03.

Junior

Played two seasons with the U.S. National Team Development Program of the United States Hockey League…Won a gold medal with the U.S. at the Under-18 World Championship.