2023-24: Ninth pro season... Appeared in 55 games for the Crunch, scoring a career-high 14 goals and picking up 24 points... Scored game-winning goal in the Crunch’s home opener for the second straight season... Skated in 400th AHL game Dec. 10 vs. UTC; became the first player to skate in 400 games for the Crunch the next game (Dec. 13).Â
2022-23: Eighth pro season; set career highs in games played (67), goals (13), assists (19) and points (32)... Set franchise record with his 335th Crunch game Dec. 16 vs. Springfield.Â
2021-22: In his seventh pro season, skated in 63 games for the Crunch and tallied 13 points... Dressed in his 300th AHL game April 3 at Providence; became the fourth player in Crunch history with 300 Crunch games April 6 at Toronto.Â
2020-21: In his sixth pro season and his sixth in the Lightning organization... Made his NHL debut with the Lightning May 10 at Florida... Recalled to the Lightning’s taxi squad April 9 and remained with the Lightning through the Stanley Cup Final... Dressed in nine games for the Crunch with three points... Suffered a lower-body injury Feb. 13 vs. WBS, missing six games.Â
2019-20: Played in fifth pro season and established career highs in goals (7), assists (12) and points (19)... Became 27th player in franchise history to appear in 200 games with the Crunch Nov. 30 at BNG... Played in 200th career AHL game (his 199th with the Crunch) Nov. 29 vs. LAV.Â
Career Notes: The longest-tenured player in Crunch history as the franchise leader in games played and the number of seasons played... Began his career as a defenseman, but started skating as a forward in 2016-17; fully transitioned to forward during the 2017-18 season... Missed nearly the entire 2018-19 season after suffering an upper-body injury in a Lightning preseason game.Â
Junior/College Career: Played two seasons in the QMJHL for Blainville-Boisbriand, and current head coach Joel Bouchard... Racked up 80 points in 121 games... Played college hockey for American College Hockey Association Division 1 Lindenwood University near St. Louis; in 33 games scored four goals with nine assists and had 30 penalty minutes... Played for New Trier High School near Chicago... Named to the AHIA All-State team after New Trier advanced to the semifinals of the Blackhawks Cup.Â
Transactions: Acquired by Tampa Bay Lightning from New York Rangers June 1, 2015, in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick in the 2015 NHL Draft... Drafted by the New York Rangers in the fifth round of the 2014 NHL Draft, 140th overall.Â
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