LAST SEASON
Scored first career shorthanded goal on December 29 vs. New Jersey…Missed final 36 games of the season after having shoulder surgery on January 24.

CAREER
2006-07: Played in 100th NHL game on Feb. 1 at Atlanta...Missed first nine games of the season with a groin injury.

2005-06: Scored first NHL goal on first shot in NHL debut at Buffalo on Oct. 5... Became the fourth Islander rookie in 15 years to score a goal in their first NHL game...Scored first game-winning goal of career vs. Colorado on Dec. 17...Recorded 30th point of the season at New York Rangers on April 11, becoming the fifth Islanders' rookie defensemen to do so in franchise history...Led all Islanders rookies with 34 points...Sixth among NHL rookie defensemen in points scored...Led all Islanders rookies in games played with 80.

2004-05: Played first professional season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the AHL...Finished second on the team in scoring with 62 points and first among defensemen and rookies...Finished second on the team in assists with 34...Led Bridgeport in games played with 79...Tied for sixth among AHL rookies in plus/minus with a rating of +13 and in power play goals with seven...Third among AHL defenseman in goals with 15 and fourth in points with 49...Led rookie AHL defensemen in goals and points...Selected to the AHLs All-Rookie Team.

PLAYOFFS
2007: Made his NHL Playoff debut in Game One of Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at Buffalo on April 12...Played in all five games of the series....Scored his first NHL playoff goal in Game Five of ECQF at BUF on April 20.

JUNIOR
2003-04: Awarded the CHLs Humanitarian Player of the Year in Canadian Major Hockey...Awarded the Dan Synder Memorial Trophy, given annually to the OHLs Humanitarian Player of the Year...Selected to the OHLs Third All-Star Team...Set junior career-highs in goals with 20, assists with 46 and points with 66...Finished second on the team in scoring and first among defensemen...Captain of Erie Otters.

2002-03: Finished fourth on the team in scoring and first among defensemen.

2001-02: Played in a junior career-high 68 games...Set junior career-highs in plus/minus with a rating of +15 and in penalty minutes with 117...Set a new junior career-high in goals, assists and points for the third consecutive season.

2000-01: Finished third on Erie in rookie scoring with ten points.

MILESTONES:
1st NHL game: 10/5/05 at Buffalo
1st NHL goal: 10/5/05 at Buffalo (Miller)
1st NHL assist: 11/3/05 vs. Pittsburgh

Most Goals: 1 (12 times), Last: 10/6/07 vs. Buffalo
Most Assists: 4, 10/18/07 at Washington
Most Points: 4, 10/18/07 at Washington
Most PIM: 5, 12/30/07 vs. New Jersey