2011-12 SEASON
Matched his AHL career high with 10 points (1g, 9a) and set a new career high in assists (9)… Was one of two Checkers players to play all 76 games… Scored his only goal of the season vs. Oklahoma City (12/18)… Recorded a career-best two assists at Chicago (12/31), marking his second career multi-point game.

CAREER
Signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Hurricanes on 7/8/11… Totaled four goals, 23 assists (27 points) and 225 penalty minutes in 232 career American Hockey League (AHL) games with Albany and Charlotte entering 2012-13, and was Charlotte’s all-time leader in games played by a defenseman (147)… Completed his Ontario Hockey League (OHL) career with 48 points (8g, 40a) and 175 penalty minutes in 181 career games with Plymouth… Made his OHL debut in 2005 in Plymouth’s season opener at Saginaw (9/21/05)… Finished the 2006-07 season ranked top among all Canadian Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League skaters with a (+48) plus/minus rating… Was named Plymouth’s Most Improved Player in 2006-07… Had six assists in 25 playoff and Memorial Cup games for the Whalers as Plymouth captured the 2007 OHL Championship before falling to Vancouver in the Memorial Cup final… Scored an OHL-career-high 24 points (6g, 18a) for Plymouth in 2007-08, after missing the first 12 games of the season due to offseason shoulder surgery… Made his professional debut with Albany at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (3/31/08)… Began the 2008-09 season with Albany, playing in six games before being reassigned to Plymouth (OHL) on 11/5… Was named the OHL Western Conference’s Best Defensive Defenseman for 2008-09 in a coaches’ poll… Completed his first full professional season with Albany in 2009-10, totaling seven points (1g, 6a) and 81 penalty minutes in 75 games… Earned his first pro point with an assist vs. Adirondack (10/17/09)… Scored his first career professional goal, an empty-net tally from behind his own goal line, for the eventual game winner at Rochester (1/29/10)… Skated in 71 games for Charlotte in 2010-11, earning AHL career highs in goals (2) and points (10), … Played all 16 of Charlotte’s 2011 Calder Cup playoff games, earning two points (1g, 1a), as the Checkers advanced to the Eastern Conference Final before falling to Binghamton.