Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM		GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
2003-04	Kootenay	WHL		44	5	7	12	26		4	0	0	0	4
2004-05	Kootenay	WHL		70	8	11	19	70		16	1	2	3	16
2005-06	Kootenay	WHL		16	8	7	15	21		-	-	-	-	-
	Red Deer	WHL		57	9	26	35	80		-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Red Deer	WHL		67	28	29	57	77		7	3	4	7	11
2007-08	Quad City	AHL		75	4	6	10	63		-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	Quad City	AHL		71	10	15	25	50		-	-	-	-	-
	Calgary	NHL		4	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Abbotsford	AHL		66	9	15	24	69		13	4	7	11	20
	Calgary	NHL		10	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Calgary	NHL		4	0	1	1	5		-	-	-	-	-
	Charlotte	AHL		60	9	12	21	84		16	4	10	14	15
	Carolina	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Charlotte	AHL		63	13	16	29	58		-	-	-	-	-
	Carolina	NHL		15	0	3	3	11		-	-	-	-	-
2012-13	Charlotte	AHL		70	19	29	48	62
	Carolina	NHL		3	0	0	0	4
AHL TOTALS				405	64	73	157	386		29	8	17	25	35
NHL TOTALS				37	1	4	5	27		-	-	-	-	-
PRO TOTALS				442	65	77	162	413		29	8	17	25	35

Biography

Finished 2011-12 tied for the Checkers' all-time lead in shorthanded points (6) and had sole possession of the team record for shorthanded assists (4) ... Signed a one-year contract with Carolina on 7/15/11 ... Acquired from the Calgary Flames along with Ian White in exchange for Anton Babchuk and Tom Kostopoulos (11/17/10) ... Drafted in the sixth round (179th overall) by Calgary in 2005.

2011-12

Completed his fifth professional season, second with the Checkers and first as Charlotte's captain ... Set career highs in goals (13), assists (16) and points (29) ... Ranked tied for fifth on the team in goals and was sixth in points ... Tied for fifth on the team with 58 penalty minutes ... Tied for the team lead with three game-winning goals ... Led the team with three empty-net goals ... Played a career high 15 NHL games over three separate recalls to Carolina, registering three assists ... Recalled to Carolina on 10/18 and registered an assist and a fighting major in his season debut at BOS later that day ... Returned to Charlotte on 10/28 after playing four games with the Hurricanes ... Scored his first goal and point of the AHL season with a shorthanded tally at SA (10/29) ... Notched a goal and an assist and had four shots at OKC (11/12) ... Recalled to Carolina for the second time this season on 11/21 ... Recorded an assist vs. MTL (11/23) ... Notched his third NHL assist of the season at OTT (11/27) ... Returned to Charlotte from Carolina on 11/29 ... Scored in his first game back from NHL recall vs. TEX (11/30) ... Scored a goal for the second time in as many games vs. TEX (12/3) ... Set up Drayson Bowman's goal vs. LE (12/4) to extend his point streak to three games (2g, 1a) ... Fired a season-high six shots vs. CHI (12/16) ... Registered his second multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist at CHI (12/31) ... Recalled to Carolina on 1/5 ... Returned to the Checkers on 1/19 after a seven-game stint in the NHL ... Had the game-winning goal and added the primary assist on Bobby Sanguinetti's insurance tally at OKC (2/3) ... Recorded his second game-winner of the season vs. OKC (2/24) ... Assisted on Zach Boychuk's goal vs. NOR (3/16), giving him three points (1g, 2a) in as many games ... Notched his only multi-assist game as a Checker with a pair of helpers vs. PEO (3/21) ... Tied his career high with two goals, including the game-winner, for his only multi-goal game of the season at PEO (3/31) ... Recorded nine points (3g, 6a) in 12 games during the month of March ... Assisted on Evgenii Dadonov's game-winning goal at RFD (4/14) ... Missed 13 games during three separate NHL recalls (10/18-10/28; 11/21-11/29; 1/5-1/19) ... Longest goal streak: 2 games (11/30-12/3: 2g, 0a) ... Longest assist streak: 2 games (12/30-12/31: 1g, 2a) ... Longest point streak: 3 games (11/30-12/4: 2g, 1a; 3/10-3/16: 1g, 2a) ... Multi-goal games: 1 (3/31) ... Multi-assist games: 1 (3/21) ... Multi-point games: 5 (11/12, 12/31, 2/3, 3/21, 3/31).

2010-11

Completed his fourth professional season and first with Charlotte... Skated in all 16 Calder Cup Playoff games for Charlotte, as the Checkers advanced to the Eastern Confernece Final before falling to Binghamton... Led Checkers skaters in playoff points (14) and assists (10)... Scored the overtime, game-winning goal in Game 3 of the East Division Final vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (5/2)... Played in 60 of Charlotte's final 61 games after joining the team via trade... Served his only NHL stint with Carolina from 2/11-2/13, making his Hurricanes debut at TB (2/12)... Had a four-game AHL point streak from 1/7-1/13 (3g, 3a)... Netted a pair of goals vs. Manchester (1/13)... Made his Charlotte debut vs. Adirondack (11/19) and scored his first Checkers goal vs. Syracuse (12/6)... Acquired from Calgary along with Ian White on 11/17 in exchange for Tom Kostopoulos and Anton Babchuk... Earned a spot on the Calgary roster out of training camp, but appeared in just four of 16 games prior to the trade... Earned his only NHL point of the season with an assist for Calgary vs. LA (10/10)... Made his season debut and sparred with Colin Fraser vs. EDM (10/7).

2009-10

Split the season between Calgary's AHL and NHL teams... Appeared in 10 NHL games with the Flames, totaling five penalty minutes... Earned 24 points (9g, 15a) in 66 games for the Abbotsford Heat on the AHL level... Served as an alternate captain for Abbotsford... Led the Heat in playoff scoring with 11 points (4g, 7a) in 13 games as Abbotsford topped Rochester before falling to Hamilton in the division finals.

2008-09

Spent the majority of the season with Quad City (AHL), also appearing in his first NHL season with Calgary... Had 25 points (10g, 15a) in 71 games on the AHL level, and scored one goal in four NHL games with the Flames... Began the season with Quad City, tallying seven points (1g, 6a) in 28 games before earning his first NHL recall on 12/22...Made his NHL debut and beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere for his first NHL goal vs. ANA (12/23)... Skated in three more NHL games before being reassigned to Quad City for the remainder of the season.

2007-08

Completed his first professional season, spending the entire season with Quad City (AHL)... Totaled 10 points (4g, 6a) and 63 penalty minutes in 75 games... Made his AHL debut and earned his first professional point (assist) vs. Rockford (10/6)... Netted his first AHL goal at Iowa (11/17).

Junior

Played four seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Kootenay Ice and the Red Deer Rebels...Notched 138 points (58g, 80a) in 254 games, while adding 274 penalty minutes... In 27 playoff games, he notched 10 points (4g, 6a) and 31 penalty minutes... Served as Red Deer's captain in 2006-07... Finished 2005-06 season as Red Deer's leading scorer with 50 points (17g, 33a) in 73 games... Was teammates with his cousin and current Hurricanes center Brandon Sutter with Red Deer in 2005-06, and was coached by his uncle, Brent.