Defenseman
Height: 6’3” (191) | Weight: 205 (93)
Shoots: Left
2008-09 Team: Atlanta Thrashers
TEAM USA EXPERIENCE:
2008-09: Appeared in all nine games for Team USA at the 2009 IIHF Men’s World Championship … Ranked fourth among team defensemen with 6 points (2-4).
2000-01: Tallied five assists in seven games for the U.S. National Junior Team at the 2001 IIHF World Junior Championship.
1999-2000: Notched a goal and an assist in seven games for Team USA at the 2000 IIHF World Junior Championship.
1998-99: Scored two goals and added an assist in six games for the U.S. National Under-18 Team at the 1999 IIHF Men’s World Under-18 Championship … Appeared in 73 games with the U.S. National Under-18 Team within USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program … Recorded 26 points (10-16).
1997-98: Skated in 66 games with the U.S. National Under-17 Team and registered six goals and 15 assists.
NHL EXPERIENCE:
With Atlanta:
2008-09: Skated in 81 regular-season games with the Atlanta Thrashers in his third full National Hockey League season … Led Thrashers defensemen with a career-high 39 points (6-33).
With Columbus: 2007-08: Recorded 32 points (8-24) in 78 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
2006-07: Skated in 80 games with during his first full NHL season … Netted a career-high nine goals and added 25 assists.
2005-06: Played in 55 regular-season games and tallied two goals and 15 assists.
With Montreal:
2003-04: Recorded two points (1-1) in 11 games with the Montreal Canadiens.
2002-03:Appeared in 21games.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Played parts of four seasons (2002-06) with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League … Spent part of the 2005-06 season with the Bulldogs… Totaled 17 points (3-14) in 22 regular-season contests … Competed in 68 regular-season games for Hamilton in 2004-05 … Collected 23 points (9-14) … Added one goal and one assist in four playoff games … Totaled 31 points (7-24) in 54 regular-season games for Hamilton in 2003-04 … Tallied five assists in 10 playoff games … Collected two goals and 11 assists in 33 regular-season games for Hamilton in 2002-03 … Notched one goal and 10 assists in 23 playoff games … Appeared in 63 regular-season games for the Quebec Citadelles of the AHL in 2001-02 … Totaled 31 points (7-24) … Skated in three playoff games … Named to the AHL All-Rookie Team … Totaled one goal in four regular-season games for Quebec in 2000-01 … Skated in one playoff game … Played two seasons (1999-2001) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell of the Hockey East Association and totaled 47 points (13-34) in 63 games … Collected 36 points(10-26) and was named a Hockey East First Team All-Star and was a Second Team All-America selection in his final season (2000-01) at Massachusetts Lowell.
PERSONAL:
Selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round (13th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft … Claimed on waivers by Columbus from Montreal on November 29, 2005 …Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on July 2, 2008 … Born on March 24, 1981, in Bolton, Conn.
