2011-12 HIGHLIGHTS:

Finished the season with career-high 33 points (17G, 16A) in 79 GP and 42 PIM...had four multi-point games...scored his 1st goal of the season on Oct. 17 vs NSH...scored a SHG on Nov. 7 @ MTL... recorded his 1st multi-point game (1G, 1A) on Nov. 26 @ COL...collected his 1st career hat trick on Dec. 2 vs CBJ...scored a SHG on Dec. 17 @ SJ...had a goal and 2 assists and was +3 on Mar. 25 @ CBJ.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

2010-11: Finished the season with 25 points (18G, 7A) in 81 GP...+5 and 34 PIM...was T-3rd on team in goals...had a fighting major (vs. S.Meyer) on Oct. 7 vs CGY...scored 1st goal of season on Oct. 10 vs FLA...had a goal and +1 rating on Oct. 29 @ CHI...scored his 3rd goal on Nov. 2 vs VAN...recorded a goal and assist on Dec. 2 @ TOR...scored his 3rd goal in three games on Dec. 7 vs ANA...collected his 9th goal of the season on Jan. 1 vs. CGY...scored his 10th goal of the year and named 3rd star on Jan. 11 @ DAL...had a goal (Feb. 7) in his return to Nashville since joining the Oilers last season...scored a goal and was +2 and had 8 hits on Mar. 26 vs CGY.

2009-10:

Finished the season with 12 points (8G, 4A) in 49 GP...had an even plus/minus rating and 26 PIM...played in 8 games with Edmonton after being claimed on waivers and had one goal...suffered knee injury and missed 12 games...had goals/points in a career-best four consecutive games (4G,1A) Dec. 12-19...posted a career-high three points and two assists on Jan. 12 at Edmonton...posted six points (3G, 3A) in a seven-game span from Jan. 11-26, topping his output from his previous 26 games played this season (4G,1A)...claimed on waivers from Nashville on Mar. 3.

2008-09:

Split the season between Nashville and Milwaukee (AHL)...played 46 games with the Predators during four stints with the club (Oct. 10-Nov. 17, Dec. 11, Jan. 6-17 and Jan. 28-April 10)...led Nashville rookies in goals (7), assists (10) and points (17)...notched his first career goal, assist and multi-point outing in his second career game on Oct. 15 at Dallas... scored his first career game-winning goal on March 16 at Los Angeles with 2:18 remaining in regulation – the latest in regulation a game winner scored by a Predator in 2008-09...posted 22 points (13g-9a) in 25 AHL games with Milwaukee, including three three-point outings and three multi-goal games...played in all 11 of the Admirals 2009 Calder Cup playoff contests, tying for second on the club in postseason goals (4)...also paced the Admirals in playoff power-play markers (2).

AMATEUR:

Amassed 147 points (90g-57a) in 161 collegiate games at Miami University, ranking second on the school’s all-time goal-scoring list and tied for second on the NCAA Division I all-time game-winning goals list (21) at the end of his collegiate career... Never missed a game in his four-year collegiate career... A West All-America First-Team selection and one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award (college hockey’s most outstanding player) as a senior in 2007-08 after posting 49 points (31g-18a) in 42 games... Named 2008 co-Most Valuable Player of Miami University after captaining the Redhawks to a school-record 33 wins... Also won Miami’s Outstanding Offensive Player Award, the Berry Family Outstanding Senior Award and shared the team’s Scholar-Athlete Award in 2008... Earned 2008 First-Team All-CCHA honors after ranking third both nationally and in the conference in goals... Tied for first in the nation in game-winning goals (7) in 2007-08... All-CCHA Second Team selection in 2006-07 as a junior captain after ranking second on the Redhawks and 10th nationally in points (29g-19a-48pts)... Also ranked second in the conference in goals and power-play goals (10)... Led the club in plus/minus rating (+18) and was named one of Miami’s co-Outstanding Offensive Players of the Year in 2006-07... Earned All-CCHA Second-Team honors as a sophomore in 2005-06 and finished second in club scoring with 35 points (22g-15a)... Ranked third in the conference in goals and tied for fourth nationally in game-winning goals (6) in 2005-06... Led Miami with three game-winning goals during his freshman season in 2004-05... Played for the Chatham Jr. Maroons of the Western Jr. B League in Ontario in 2003-04, winning the league scoring title and being named most valuable player.