CAREER: 21 career multi-point games... Traded from TOR with Alex Steen to STL in exchange for Lee Stempniak 11/24/08... Represented Canada at the 2011 IIHF World Championships... Won silver medals for Canada at the 2002 and 2003 IIHF World Jr Championships... Named to 2003 World Jr Championships All-Star Team... Memorial Cup champion with Erie in 2002.
2013 Playoffs: Has appeared in five postseason games averaging 15:59 TOI
2012-13: Appeared in 6 games for DET...Missed 29 games with a shoulder injury (1/22 - 3/22)...Averaged 18:54 TOI per game
PERSONAL: Favorite vacation spot: Bahamas... Favorite band: U2... Favorite movie: Dumb and Dumber... Favorite actor: Vince Vaughn... Put on his first pair of skates at age 7
OHL Second All-Star Team (2002, 2003)
Missed remainder of 2005-06 due to head injury at Ottawa, January 23, 2006. Missed majority of 2007-08 due to knee surgery, April 29, 2007. Traded to St. Louis by Toronto with Alex Steen for Lee Stempniak, November 24, 2008.