Biography

HOW ACQUIRED: From the Mississippi Sea Wolves in exchange for left wing Andy Contois on 2/20/08

DRAFTED: Selected in the fourth round (97th overall) of the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes

CAREER NOTES:
THIS SEASON: Led the Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL) with 25 goals, tied for 8th in the ECHL when acquired by the Thunder … has nine multi-point games … has five multi-goal games … scored a career-high five points (2g-3a) on 11/16/07 vs. Pensacola, an 8-2 Mississippi win ... scored second career hat trick on 12/29/07 vs. Texas – the game tied an ECHL record with three hat tricks by two teams (with Texas’ Moises Gutierrez and Max Taylor) in one game … was loaned to the Norfolk Admirals (AHL) on 11/27/07

2006-07: Split the season between the San Antonio Rampage (AHL) and Phoenix RoadRunners (ECHL) while under NHL contract to the Phoenix Coyotes … scored four assists in four Kelly Cup Playoff games with the RoadRunners … tallied five multi-point games … registered season-highs with two separate three-point games – (1g-2a) vs. Las Vegas on 10/24/06 and (1g-2a) vs. Las Vegas on 11/14/06, a 6-5 Phoenix shootout win … had a season-high two goals on 3/31/07 at Fresno in a 4-2 Phoenix win

2005-06: Started the season in the AHL with the San Antonio Rampage and spent the preseason in NHL training camp with the Phoenix Coyotes … was assigned to the Thunder from the Coyotes on 2/15/06 … scored a goal in his Stockton debut on 2/15/06 at Utah … scored first ECHL career hat trick and the first in Thunder history in a 5-1 win at Bakersfield on 3/11/06 … made his American Hockey League debut with the San Antonio Rampage on 10/8/05, in a 3-2 win against Houston … posted four goals in a three-game stint with the Laredo Bucks (Central Hockey League)

JUNIORS: Spent six years (1999-06) of his junior hockey career with the Western Hockey League’s Brandon Wheat Kings … signed a multi-year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) in July 2004 … posted career-highs and ranked fourth on the Wheat Kings in scoring (66) in 2004-05 and third (30) in goals … former teammates with NHL experience include Josh Harding (Minnesota Wild) and Jordin Tootoo (Nashville Predators) … former teammates with ECHL experience include Tim Konsorada and Reagan Leslie (Bakersfield Condors)