2012-13: Goal (6) on power play, June 15 CCF Game 5 at GR... Goal (5) on breakaway, June 14, CCF Game 4 at GR... Goal (4), on power play, June 9, CCF Game 2 vs. GR... Goal (3), May 29, ECF Game 4 at WBS... Four-game scoring streak (2g, 2a) Apr. 28-May 11... Goal (2) ECSF Game 1 at SPR, May 10... First pro postseason assist on Palat game-tying goal, Game 3 ECQF, May 2... First pro postseason goal, Game 2 ECQF, Apr. 28... Finished regular season second in team points, 63 (ninth in AHL), and goals, 31 (tied for third in AHL); third in assists, 32, and power-play points, 21 (9g, 13a)... Tied for league lead with eight game-winning goals... Six points (4g, 2a) in three games, Apr. 13-20... Multi-point game (15) Apr. 20 vs. WOR (1g, 1a)... First career hat trick (team’s fifth) w/ game-winning goal (8) Apr. 13 vs. RCH in return to AHL... Reassigned to Syracuse Apr. 12 after five games with Tampa Bay, recording one goal Apr. 11 vs. PIT... Recalled by Lightning Apr. 3... First four-point game (team’s third) w/ 2g, 2a Mar. 16 vs. ALB; 13th multi-point game... Seventh game-winning goal Mar. 9 at STJ... Shootout game-winning goal (1) Mar. 8 at STJ... CCM/AHL Player of the Month for Feb. w/ 15 points and plus-6... Nine-game scoring streak (7g, 4a) Feb. 1-18 w/ three multi-point efforts: 12th (1g, 1a) Feb. 18 at ALB, 11th (1g, 1a) Feb. 15 at BNG, 10th (2g) Feb. 8 vs. ADK... Eighth and ninth multi-point games (1g, 1a each) Jan. 5 at NOR and Jan. 9 at RCH... One assist in each of four games (Dec. 26-31)... Ten points (4g, 6a) in seven games, Nov. 16-Nov. 30... Team lead, and tie for AHL lead, in game-winning goals (8): Oct. 13 vs. HER, Nov. 18 at HER, Dec. 7 vs. HAM, Dec. 12 vs. BNG, Dec. 14 vs. WBS, Jan. 5 at NOR, Mar. 9 at STJ, Apr. 13 vs. RCH... Multi-point games (15) Oct. 20 (1g, 1a), Oct. 21 (2a), Nov. 17 (1g, 1a), Nov. 18 (1g, 1a), Nov. 25 (3a), Dec. 7 (1g,1a), Dec. 12 (2g), Jan. 5 (1g, 1a), Jan. 9 (1g, 1a), Feb. 9 (2g), Feb. 15 (1g, 1a), Feb. 18 (1g, 1a), Mar. 16 (2g, 2a), Apr. 13 (3g), Apr. 20 (1g, 1a).
2011-12: Played in 68 games for Tampa Bay (NHL), tallying four goals and 11 assists for 15 points...recorded 1st career pro/NHL goal on Nov. 1, 2011 against Carolina...First career pro/NHL point with assist in third game on Oct. 11, 2011 vs. Washington... Pro/NHL debut on Oct. 7, 2011 vs. Carolina.
OTHER: Played juniors for Prince George in the WHL...played for Team Canada at 2009 World U18 Championships, scoring six points (3G, 3A) in six games as Canada finished fourth...played again in 2010 and scored one goal in four games as Canada finished fourth again...played for Canada in the 2011 World Junior Championship and had three assists in seven games to help Canada to a silver medal...scored 73 points (46 G, 27A) in 2010-11 in WHL...only played 16 games in 2009-10 WHL season because of hip problems...still finished with 10 goals and 9 assists for 19 points...won Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy in 2008-09 as WHL Rookie of the Year...finished with 30 goals and 30 assists for 60 points.
Transactions: Selected in the 1st round, 6th overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2010 NHL Entry Draft.Â