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
2008-09:
-- Registered a four-game power play assist streak from Jan. 15-Jan. 21, marking
a career-high assist streak and tying a career-high point streak. He has 20 of his 27 assists this season on the power play. Led all Blues defensemen with 30 points (3g, 27a), 29 of which have come as a member of the Blues.
-- Ranked fourth on the team in assists (27), first with 20 power play assists and third with 20 power play points (0g, 20a).
-- Registered a career-high 11 penalty minutes on Dec. 20 vs. Minnesota.
-- Scored his first goal as a Blue on Dec. 11 at Los Angeles.
-- Notched a pair of assists on Dec. 5 vs. Calgary, tying a career-high.
-- Tallied his first point (assist) as a Blue on Nov. 30 at Atlanta.
-- Made his Blues debut on Nov. 26 at Colorado.
-- Played in 10 games for the Maple Leafs this season collecting one assist and six penalty minutes.
CAREER PLAYOFFS:
2008-09: Recoreded a plus-one rating and four hits in game three on April 19 vs. Vancouver ... Had four shots and one hit in game two on April 17 at Vancouver ... Made his playoff debut in game one on April 15 at Vancouver.
