Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
2006-07	Sudbury	OHL		63	2	1	3	18		21	1	0	1	2
2007-08	Sudbury	OHL		60	21	28	49	44		-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	Sudbury	OHL		67	19	33	52	38		6	0	1	1	2
	San Antonio	AHL		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Sudbury	OHL		59	12	37	49	57		3	0	0	0	4
	San Antonio	AHL		5	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Charlotte	AHL		13	1	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
	Florida	ECHL		33	6	5	11	6		-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Charlotte	AHL		37	3	3	6	18		-	-	-	-	-
	Providence	AHL		7	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
2012-13	Charlotte	AHL		52	4	3	7	25
	Carolina	NHL		2	0	0	0	2
AHL TOTALS				119	8	10	18	49		-	-	-	-	-
NHL TOTALS				-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
PRO TOTALS				151	14	15	29	55		-	-	-	-	-

Biography

Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Carolina on 5/14/10 ... Acquired from Phoenix by Carolina in exchange for a fifth-round draft choice on 5/13/10 ...Drafted in the second round (49th overall) by Phoenix in 2008 ... Is the younger brother of NHLers Eric, Marc and Jordan Staal.

2011-12

Completed his second professional season and second with the Checkers ...Played a career-high 44 games with Charlotte and Providence, spending the entire season at the AHL level for the first time ...Set new career highs in goals (3), assists (5) and points (8) ...Made his season debut vs. HOU (10/21) ...Recorded his first point of the season, an assist on Justin Soryal's goal at HOU (10/30) ... Opened the scoring with his first goal of the season at RFD (11/6) ... Assisted on Brett Sutter's goal and was plus-2 at OKC (11/12) ...Had a career-high seven penalty minutes, including his first career fight, at HOU (11/13) ...Scored the only power-play goal of his career and took a career-high six shots at SA (12/11) ...Recorded his first career game-winning goal at TEX (2/4) ...Dropped the gloves with Mark Cundari at PEO (2/11) ...Had the primary assist on A.J. Jenks' goal at CHI (2/19) ... Reassigned by the Carolina Hurricanes to Providence on 3/5 and finished the season with the Bruins ...Picked up an assist in his Providence debut vs. WBS (3/9) ...Games missed due to illness: 1 (1/11) ...Sat out 29 games as a healthy extra (10/7-10/16, 11/18, 11/23-12/9, 1/20-1/27, 2/10, 3/4, 3/16-3/18, 3/25-3/31, 4/6-4/13, 4/15).

2010-11

Completed his first full professional season, splitting the year between Charlotte (AHL) and Florida (ECHL)... Had two points (1g, 1a) in 13 games on the AHL level and 11 points (6g, 5a) in 33 ECHL games...Began the season with the Everblades in the ECHL, and netted his first professional goal vs. Trenton (11/24)...Earned his first AHL recall on 12/17, and netted his first AHL goal at Binghamton (12/18)...Earned his first assist with the Checkers vs. Worcester (4/9)... Did not appear in any of Charlotte's Calder Cup Playoff games.

2009-10

Joined San Antonio at the end of the junior season, earning his first professional point with an assist vs. Houston (4/8/10).

2008-09

Made his professional debut with San Antonio at the conclusion of the Wolves' season, skating in five games without earning a point...His first AHL game was a 5-2 San Antonio victory at Lake Erie (3/21/09).

Junior

Totaled 153 points (54g, 99a) in 249 regular-season games during a four-year Ontario Hockey League (OHL) career with Sudbury...Was selected by Sudbury in the first round (11th overall) in the OHL Priority Draft after totaling 49 points (24g, 25a) in 64 games with the AAA Thunder Bay Kings in 2005-06...Skated in 63 regular-season games and 21 playoff games as a rookie for Sudbury in 2006-07, scoring the game-winning goal for the Wolves in the 2007 OHL Conference Finals...Ranked second among Sudbury skaters in scoring with 49 points (21g, 28a) in 2007-08 and was selected to play in the OHL All-Star Classic...Scored a goal in the 2008 CHL Top Prospects Game... Ranked tied for fourth on the Wolves in scoring in 2008-09 with 52 points (19g, 33a) in 67 games... Led Sudbury in assists (37), totaling 49 points (12g, 37a) in 59 games during his final season of junior hockey in 2009-10.