Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
2004-05	Moncton	QMJHL		63	6	11	17	22		12	1	4	5	8
2005-06	Moncton	QMJHL		62	20	32	52	46		21	6	12	18	15
2006-07	Moncton	QMJHL		38	19	33	52	20		-	-	-	-	-
	Val d'Or	QMJHL		33	25	22	47	16		20	14	12	26	10
2007-08	Albany	AHL		65	21	18	39	38		7	1	1	2	2
2008-09	Albany	AHL		70	22	32	54	56		-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Albany	AHL		74	37	41	78	66		8	6	3	9	8
	Carolina	NHL		7	0	2	2	10		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Charlotte	AHL		53	26	28	54	44		-	-	-	-	-
	Carolina	NHL		22	0	2	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Charlotte	AHL		57	20	17	37	26		-	-	-	-	-
	Carolina	NHL		16	2	3	5	8		-	-	-	-	-
2012-13	Charlotte	AHL		37	7	11	18	27
AHL TOTALS				356	133	147	280	257		15	7	4	11	10
NHL TOTALS				45	2	7	9	18		-	-	-	-	-
PRO TOTALS				401	135	154	289	275		15	7	4	11	10

Biography

Finished the 2011-12 campaign as the Checkers’ all-time leader with 468 shots on goal in 110 games played … Led the Checkers in shots in each of his first two seasons with the team, setting the single-season record with 245 in 2010-11 … Scored 20 or more goals in each of his first five AHL seasons … Selected to the AHL All-Star Classic in 2009-10 and 2010-11 … Named to the AHL’s First All-Star Team in 2009-10 … Signed a two-year contract with the Hurricanes on 6/22/10 … Signed as an undrafted free agent in July 2007.

2011-12

Completed his fifth professional season, all with the Carolina organization … Led the team and ranked 12th in the AHL with 223 shots on goal, an average of 3.91 per game, despite playing just 57 games … Recorded at least one shot on goal in every game … Ranked second on the team with 20 goals and fourth on the team with 37 points … Led the team with nine power-play goals … Tied for the team lead with three game-winning goals … Played 16 games at the NHL level with Carolina, scoring the first two goals of his career and adding three assists … Scored two goals in the season opener at NOR (10/7) … Notched a goal and an assist and took nine shots on goal at HOU (10/30) to extend his point streak to four games … Scored two power-play goals, including the game-winner, at RFD (11/6) to set a season-high seven-game point streak (4g, 6a) … Scored a season-high three points (2g, 1a), including the game-winning goal, at NOR (11/23) … Set up Zach Boychuk’s game-winning goal vs. MIL (11/26), giving him six points (2g, 4a) during a three-game streak … Scored the game-winning goal on the power play at CHI (12/31), extending his point streak to five games (4g, 1a) … Took a game-high seven shots on goal and picked up a 10-minute misconduct at CHI (1/8) … Recalled to Carolina for the first time this season on 1/10 … Scored his first goal in his season debut for the Hurricanes vs. PHI (1/10) … Reassigned to Charlotte on 1/31 after recovering from an upper-body injury suffered with Carolina … Scored two goals in just his second game back from injury at TEX (2/4) … Returned to Carolina on 2/9 … Reassigned to Charlotte on 2/14 but returned to Carolina on 2/15 ... Notched his second career NHL goal vs. ANA (2/23) … Registered an assist vs. FLA (2/25), giving him three points (1g, 2a) in his last four NHL games … Returned to Charlotte on 3/16 … Scored the only shootout goal of his career on his only attempt of the season at HER (3/25) … Had two primary assists, including one on Brett Sutter’s game-winner, at PEO (3/31) … Set up Drayson Bowman’s game winner at PEO (4/13) … Scored Charlotte’s only goal to hit the 20 goal mark for the fifth time in his career at MIL (4/15) … Missed 19 games during three separate recalls to Carolina (1/10-1/31; 2/12-2/14; 2/15-3/16) …. Longest goal streak: 2 games (12/16-12/18: 2g, 0a; 12/30-12/31: 2g, 0a) … Longest assist streak: 4 games (10/29-11/5: 1g, 5a) … Longest point streak: 7 games (10/23-11/6: 4g, 6a) … Multi-goal games: 4 (10/7, 11/6, 11/23, 2/4) … Multi-assist games: 3 (10/29, 11/20, 3/31) … Multi-point games: 8 (10/7, 10/29, 10/30, 11/6, 11/20, 11/23, 2/4, 3/31).

2010-11

Completed his second NHL season, splitting the year between Carolina (NHL) and Charlotte (AHL)… Earned two points (0g, 2a) in 23 NHL games with the Hurricanes, establishing a new career high for NHL games played in a season… Totaled 54 points (26g, 28a) in 53 games for Charlotte on the AHL level… Ranked fifth in the AHL in shots (245), despite not playing in the league from 2/12 until the season’s conclusion… Was tied for first among Charlotte Checkers skaters in game-winning goals (4)… Assisted on Ruutu’s goal and was (even) in 12:52 of ice time at MTL (2/26)… Earned his first NHL point of the season with an assist on Dwyer’s goal vs. NJ (2/19)… Made his NHL season debut and was (even) in 8:05 of ice time at ATL (2/13)… Recalled for the first time this season on 2/13, and would remain with the Hurricanes for the rest of the regular season… Led Charlotte with 26 goals and 54 points, and was tied for first on the team with 28 assists at the time of his recall… Ranked first in AHL in shots (245), third in goals (26) and fourth in points (54) in 53 games played at the time of his recall… Played in his first career AHL All-Star Game at Hershey (1/31)… Became the first player in the AHL to reach 20 goals this season on 1/7… Found the net in four consecutive AHL games from 10/10-10/17… Scored the first game-winning goal in Charlotte’s AHL history at Springfield (10/10)… Was a healthy extra on the NHL level for three games (2/25, 3/11-3/12).

2009-10

Led Albany in goals (37), assists (41) and points (78)… Was tied for second in the AHL in goals (37) and tied for fourth in points (78)… Was named to the AHL’s First All-Star Team… Recalled to the NHL for the first time on 1/7… Made his NHL debut and earned an assist during his first shift on Rod Brind’Amour’s goal at NSH (1/7)… Had a four-point night (1g, 3a) for Albany vs. Binghamton (3/2), also extending his point streak to a team-season-high eight games… Was named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the week ending March 7, after totaling seven points (3g, 4a) in three games… Earned his first career professional hat trick and added an assist at Adirondack (3/24)… Was honored as the AHL’s Player of the Month for March, after notching 24 points (10g, 14a) in 12 games for the Rats… Skated in Carolina’s final game of the year at BOS (4/10), before being reassigned to Albany for the playoffs… Played all eight of Albany’s Calder Cup Playoff games, sharing the team lead with nine points (6g, 3a)… Had a six-game playoff point streak from 4/18 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton until the Rats’ playoff finale vs. Hershey (4/29).

2008-09

Reached the 20-goal mark for the second consecutive AHL season, totaling 22 goals and 32 assists (54 points) in 70 games with Albany… Was tied for team lead in points (54)… Played his 100th career AHL game and scored a goal vs. Rochester (1/24)… Extended his point streak to a team-season-high seven games with a goal at Syracuse (2/28)… Scored his 20th goal of the season vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (3/16).

2007-08

Completed his first professional season, spending the entire year with Albany (AHL)… Made his AHL debut in Albany’s season opener at Binghamton (10/6), scoring his first professional goal, which was Albany’s first goal of the season… Earned his first professional assist and had his first multi-point effort vs. Manchester (10/19)… Netted his 20th goal of the season with a power-play tally vs. Bridgeport (2/22)… Played in all seven of Albany’s Calder Cup playoff games, earning a goal and an assist in his AHL playoff debut in Game 1 vs. Philadelphia (4/16).

Junior

Recorded 70 goals, 98 assists (168 points) and 104 penalty minutes in 196 games... Totaled 21 goals, 28 assists (49 points) and 33 penalty minutes in 53 career QMJHL playoff games, helping Moncton capture the QMJHL Championship (President’s Cup) and a berth in the Memorial Cup in 2005-06...Won the George Parsons Trophy for most sportsmanlike player at the Memorial Cup Tournament in 2005-06.