Position: Center
Height: 5’10
Weight: 177
Shoots: Right
Born: January 5, 1988 in Smithtown, NY

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by New Jersey in the sixth round (178th overall) of the 2006 National Hockey League Entry Draft…Traded to the Islanders, along with a conditional draft pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for Ben Walter on June 30, 2009.

LAST SEASON: Scored 19 points (7g/12a) in 67 games during his second professional season and his first full American Hockey League campaign with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers…Recorded his first multi-point game (1g/1a) on Nov. 6 vs. Hartford…Scored in back-to-back games on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 at Charlotte…Scored an overtime goal on Nov. 19 at Providence…Finished the season with points in three of his last four games (0g/3a).

JUNIOR: 2009-10: Made his professional debut with Bridgeport, posting two points (1g/1a) in 21 games before being assigned to the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL on Dec. 8...Played for both Utah and the Toledo Walleye in his rookie season, totaling 36 points (15g/21a) in 46 games.

2008-09: Led the Peterborough Petes (Ontario Hockey League) in points (69), goals (36), power-play goals (14) and short-handed goals (3) in his second and final junior season.

2007-08: Scored 22 points (12g/10a) in 66 games during his first OHL season with the London Knights.

2006-07: Co-led all Cornell University Big Red (ECAC) rookies in scoring with 19 points (9g/10a) in 29 games.

2005-06: Scored 50 goals and 52 assists for the Lloydminster Bobcats of the Atlantic Junior Hockey for a league-leading total of 102 points...Led Lloydminster to the AJHL Championship.

Statistics			Regular Season					Playoffs
SEASON	CLUB	LEA	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
2006-07	Cornell	NCAA	29	9	10	19	18	-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	London	OHL	66	12	10	22	40	4	1	0	1	0
2008-09	Peterborough	OHL	65	36	33	69	86	2	2	1	3	4
2009-10	Bridgeport	AHL	21	1	1	2	12	-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Utah	ECHL	34	9	15	24	35	-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	Toledo	ECHL	12	6	6	12	19	4	1	0	1	4
2010-11	Bridgeport	AHL	67	7	12	19	56	-	-	-	-	-