2008-09 Season: Recorded 29 points (14-15=29) and 28 penalty minutes in 74 games with Manchester…Had five multi-point games (one two-goal game, four games with one goal and one assist)…Had points in four of five games (2-4=6) from February 21 to March 1, 2009…Had points in five of six games (4-2=6) from October 17-29, 2008…Recorded two goals versus Lowell on October 29, 2008 …Recorded eight shots on goal at Lowell on October 17, 2008...Recorded at least one shot on goal in 64 of his 74 games (and in 40 of his first 41 games from October 11, 2008 to January 17, 2009).

Career Highlights: Made his professional debut with the Monarchs against the Springfield Falcons on October 7, 2007…Scored his first professional goal in his debut…Finished the 2007-08 season with 23 goals and 13 assists for 36 points and 24 penalty minutes…His 23 goals tied for fourth on the Monarchs squad…Tied for first with Manchester in shorthanded goals with two…Finished fifth in scoring with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League with 73 points (38-35=73) in 67 games during the 2006-07 season…Recorded 22 points (15-7=22) and 20 penalty minutes in 16 playoff games before being eliminated in the OHL’s Western Conference final by the Plymouth Whalers…Played one season at Yale University…Entered the Bulldogs history books when he scored the shorthanded game-winner in the fifth overtime against Union College on March 4, 2006, in the first round of the 2005-06 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League playoffs in what is the longest game in NCAA history…Collected 62 points (39-23=62) in 116 games with the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League from 2003-05.

Transactions: Selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the fifth-round (134th overall) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft…Signed a one-year contract with the Monarchs on August 17, 2007…Inked a three-year entry level contract with the Kings on July 18, 2008.