Career Notes: Played two seasons in the USHL from 1999-2001, notching 81 points in 106 games between Twin City and Tri-City…played four seasons of college hockey at Minnesota State-Mankato, notching 60 points in 141 career games…turned pro in 2004 with the ECHL’s Reading Royals… played 74 games in 2006-07 with the UHL’s Bloomington Prairie Thunder, where he was a teammate of former Thunder forward Alex Goupil…scored a career-high two goals and four points while finishing +4 on 1/22/08 at Tulsa…appeared in all 64 games in 2007-08…earned the Thunder’s 2008 Player’s Player Award
2008-09 Notes: Served as team captain…played first eight games of the season on defense before returning to center on 11/7 vs. New Mexico…scored two goals and an assist on 11/26 vs. Tulsa…scored goal and two assists on 12/31 vs. Tulsa…had four-game point streak from 12/23-12/31 (2 G, 4 A)…scratched from 1/3-1/18 due to injury…placed on 14-Day IR retroactive to 1/2 and did not return to the lineup until 2/6 vs. Rocky Mountain…scored goal and two assists on 2/7 vs. Odessa…scored two goals on 2/27 at Rapid City…scratched from 3/13-3/14 due to illness…notched two assists on 3/20 vs. Tulsa…earned the Thunder’s 2009 Unsung Hero Award
