• Finished seventh in Giants scoring this season with 13 goals, helping Vancouver to a second place finish in the Western Conference with 106 points (49-15-2-6) in 72 games.

• Selected to the 2008 CHL Top Prospects Game.

• Was a member of the 2007 Memorial Cup Champions as the Vancouver Giants defeated the Medicine Hat Tigers for the title.

• He got his start in hockey at the age of six on his backyard rink in Saskatoon.

• Patterns his game after San Jose's Joe Thornton, he's a big playmaking centerman and he wears number 19 after Joe Sakic and Steve Yzerman.

• His most memorable hockey moment was winning the 2007 Memorial Cup, it was a complete team effort.

• Credits his parents for having had the most influence on his life and his most embarrassing hockey moment was falling on a penalty shot during his first Vancouver Giants training camp.

• If he could invite any three people to dinner he would choose: Scotty Bowman, country singer Taylor Swift and Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger.

FAVORITES

NHL Team: Colorado Avalanche

NHL Player: Colorado's Joe Sakic

Shootout move: "Wolski deke"

Goal celebration: "Stick in the air"

Practice Drill: 3-on-3 down low

Video Game: Guitar Hero

Movie: Transformers

TV Show: House

Actor: Denzel Washington

Group: Rascal Flatts

Website: whl.ca

Book: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Pump-up song: "Out of Control" by Hoobastank

Food to cook: Steak

Sport (other than hockey): Golf

Activity away from the rink: Watching movies

Place to shop: Metrotown Mall in Burnaby, BC

Place to visit: Hawaii

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