Player Notes:
Last Game: June 17/06 vs Carolina (0-0-0, 2 PIM, E, 15:49)
New Jersey's 1st choice, 18th overall, in 1992 NHL Entry Draft
Career Playoff Stats: 50 GP 1-8-9 56 PIM
Career Oilers Stats: 460 GP 29-73-102 540 PIM
Career NHL Stats: 786 GP 37-110-147 863 PIM
2006 PLAYOFF STATS:
Home: 1-3-4 Away: 0-1-1
Even: 1-4-5 Powerplay: 0-0-0 Shorthanded: 0-0-0
Overtime: 0-0-0 Game Winning: 1-1-2 Empty Net: 0-0-0
Multiple Games: Goals - 0; Assists - 1; Points - 1
2006 PLAYOFF GAME HIGHS:
Goals: 1; May 12/06 vs San Jose (GWG) - 1st Oilers/NHL playoff goal
Assists: 2; May 12/06 vs San Jose - career-high
Points: 3; May 12/06 vs San Jose (1-2-3) - career-high
PIM: 4; May 23/06 vs Anaheim
Shots: 4; May 12/06 vs San Jose
Plus/Minus: +3; Apr. 23/06 at Detroit
Ice Time: 35:11; May 10/06 vs San Jose
2006 PLAYOFFS:
Scored 1-4-5 with 16 PIM and is +5 in 23 games.
Scored points in 3 of 23 games and is plus or even in 18 of 23 games.
3rd in scoring among Oilers defencemen & 16th among NHL blueliners.
3rd on Oilers in plus/minus (+5).
Leads NHL in both hits (57) & blocked shots (64) & is 17th in takeaways (16).
Scored 1st career SCP goal (GWG) in Game 4 of CSF vs San Jose (May 12).
Is 4th captain to guide Oilers to Stanley Cup Final, joining Lee Fogolin (1983), Wayne Gretzky (1984,85,87,88) & Mark Messier (1990).
VS CAROLINA IN SCF:
Scored 0-0-0 with 6 PIM and is -1 in 6 games.
Scored points in 0 of 6 games and is plus or even in 4 of 6 games.
Had game-high 4 blocked shots & 3 hits in Game 4 (June 12).
Had game-high 6 hits & 4 blocked shots in Game 3 (June 10).
Had 3 hits in Game 2 (June 7).
Making Stanley Cup Final debut.
VS CAROLINA:
Scored 0-0-0 with 6 PIM in 6 career playoff games vs Carolina.
Did not play vs Carolina in 2005-06.
Scored 0-4-4 with 17 PIM in 20 career games vs Carolina.
VS ANAHEIM IN CF:
Scored 0-0-0 with 6 PIM and was even in 5 games.
Scored points in 0 of 5 games and was plus or even in 4 of 5 games.
Had 2 hits & 3 blocked shots in Game 4 (May 25).
Had 4 hits & 4 blocked shots in Game 3 (May 23).
Had 2 hits & 2 blocked shots in Game 2 (May 21) & Game 5 (May 27).
VS SAN JOSE IN CSF:
Scored 1-2-3 with 2 PIM and was +5 in 6 games.
Named 1st star as he registered 1st career playoff multiple point game with career-high 1-2-3 in Game 4 (May 12).
The goal was the GWG and was his 1st career playoff goal.
Led Oilers with 7 hits & was 2nd with 4 blocked shots in Game 4 (May 12).
Had a team-high 4 blocked shots in Game 2 (May 8) & 5 in Game 3 (May 10).
Played career-high 35:11 in Game 3 (May 10).
Had a two-game scoring streak (0-2-2; Apr. 29-May 1) ended in Game 1 (May 7).
VS DETROIT IN CQF:
Scored 0-2-2 with 2 PIM and was +1 in 6 games.
Had two-game scoring streak (0-2-2; Apr. 29-May 1).
Had assist in Game 6 (May 1) vs Detroit & assisted on Shawn Horcoff's GWG in Game 5 (Apr. 29) at Detroit & had 4 hits.
Had 3 hits, 3 blocked shots & 3rd highest TOI among Edmonton defencemen in Game 3 (Apr. 25) vs Detroit.
Was +3 with 2 hits in Game 2 (Apr. 23) at Detroit.
Had a game-high 7 blocked shots & had 3rd highest TOI among Oilers defencemen in Game 1 (Apr. 21) at Detroit.
PREVIOUS STANLEY CUP EXPERIENCE:
Making 6th Stanley Cup Playoff appearance, 5th with Edmonton.
Made SCP debut with New Jersey in 1994.
Made Oilers SCP debut in 1999 in CQF vs Dallas, scoring 0-1-1 in 4 GP.
Also appeared in post-season with Oilers in 2000, 2001 & 2003.
Last playoff appearance was vs Dallas in 2003 CQF, scoring 0-0-0 with 19 PIM in 6 GP.
2005-06 REGULAR SEASON:
Scored 4-13-17 with 84 PIM and was +1 in 76 GP.
Scored points in 15 of 76 GP and was plus or even in 58 of 76 GP.
3rd on Oilers in PIM (84).
Ranked among NHL leaders in blocked shots (7th with 176) & hits (20th with 151).
Scored 100th Oilers career point with assist on Fernando Pisani's SHG vs Detroit (Mar. 18).

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