• Finished second on his team among defenseman in scoring with 32 points and was the only Ottawa rearguard to finish with a positive plus-minus rating (+4).
  

• Named the Ottawa 67’s Top Scholastic Player for the first semester of the 2007-08 season.
  

• Participated in the 2008 IIHF Under-18 World Championships as a member of Team Canada.
  

• Participated in the 2008 CHL Top Prospects Game picking up two assists and was also named to the 2008 OHL All-Star Classic but was unable to participate.
  

• Named to Team Canada for the 2007 Under-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament; also was a member of Team Ontario at the 2007 Canada Winter Games – won gold.
  

• Was named as Ottawa’s Rookie of the Year in 2006-07 after posting 19 points (3-16--19).
  

• Nicknamed “Cooms” or “Lumatime” and he wears number 61 because his favorite number 19 was taken and 61 is number 19 upside down.
  

• He credits his Mississauga Minor Midget coach (Peter Miller) as having had the most influence on his career for switching him from forward to defense and for teaching him discipline.
  

• His most embarrassing hockey moment was forgetting that there would be two national anthems when Ottawa hosted the Saginaw Spirit this season – “I wasn’t paying attention and I skated away thinking there was only one anthem.”
  

• His pre-game rituals include: Listening to his iPod until he stretches, eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich before the game and putting the left side of his equipment on first.

FAVORITES

NHL Team: Vancouver Canucks

NHL Player: Hall of Famer Scott Stevens

Shootout move: “Fake backhand then go high forehand”

Goal celebration: Fist pump

Video Game: Guitar Hero

Movie: Dumb and Dumber

TV Show: House

Actor/Actress: Denzel Washington and Jessica Biel

Country Singer: Kenny Chesney

Book: The Hockey News magazine

Pump-up song: “Before I forget” - Slipknot

Food to cook: Pasta

Sport (other than hockey): Football

Toy growing up: Gameboy

Place to shop: Hollister

Place to visit: Mont Tremblant (Quebec)

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