2006-07: Split the season between the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), tallying eight goals and 21 assists for 29 points, along with 77 penalty minutes in 73 total games … In 30 games with Hartford, posted two goals and eight assists for 10 points, along with 21 penalty minutes… Tied for second on the team in plus-minus (+10) … Collected one goal and two assists in a 7-2 win on Mar. 28 vs. Bridgeport, earning First Star honors … Named Second Star in a 4-3 victory on Mar. 24 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton after posting his first multiple-point game in the AHL with three assists … Notched his first career AHL goal, a power play tally, on Mar. 16 at Providence in a 3-2 Hartford win… Posted a plus-three rating in a 6-1 win at Lowell on Feb. 23 … Registered an assist in his AHL debut on Feb. 7 at Providence… Skated in seven postseason games with the Wolf Pack, recording one goal and four assists, along with 12 penalty minutes… Led Wolf Pack defensemen in postseason points (five) … Notched his first pro postseason goal in Game Six of the Atlantic Division Semifinals on Apr. 28 vs. Providence … Assisted on the only goal of the game in a 1-0 Wolf Pack victory in Game Five at Providence on Apr. 26 … Picked up a pair of assists and and posted a plus-three rating in his pro playoff debut in Game One on Apr. 18 vs. Providence … In 43 games with Charlotte, registered six goals and 13 assists for 19 points, along with 56 penalty minutes… Was Charlotte’s leading point and goal-scorer among defensemen at the time of his recall … Prior to his recall to Hartford on Feb. 5, recorded a six-game point scoring streak from Oct. 26 to Nov. 10, posting one goal and six assists over the span… Posted three multi-point games in his first year with the Checkers, including a two-goal effort on Nov. 26 vs. South Carolina, earning Second Star honors … Notched his first pro goal, a power play tally, on Oct. 28 at Florida … Registered an assist, his first pro point, on Oct. 26 at Florida.
2005-06: Appeared in all 45 games, one of onl yfive players to do so ... Captured both the Bill Burgess Outstanding Senior Award and the Dr. John Downs Outstanding Defensive Player Award at MSU's annual team banquet ... Earned Honorable Mention All-CCHA kudos ... Scored four goals and added a career-best 18 assists for 22 points, far and away his most prolific scoring season in Green and White ... +8 on the year ... Collected two assists in the season opener against Wayne State (10/8) in the Lefty McFadden Invitational ... Posted assists on the Spartans' second and third goals against then-No. 1 Michigan (10/22) in a 3-3 tie ... Collected his first goal of the year at 13:01 of the second period against Northern Michigan (11/4), adding an assist on Tim Crowder's overtime marker for his third multiple-point game of the season ... Registered a point for the first time in six games with a power-play goal in a 5-3 loss to Western Michigan (11/19). The power-play tally was his first of the season ... Contribited his sixth assist of the season, and the 30th point of his career, on Tyler Howells' second period goal in the GLI championship game against Colorado College (12/30) ... Registered his ninth point of the season, a power-play goal, at 11:51 of the first period in a 3-1 win over Wayne State (1/6) ... Continued building on his career-high mark for points in a season with his assist on David Booth's second goal in 5-1 win over Wayne State (1/7) ... Collected the primary assist on Colton Fretter's game-winning, power-play tally in the first period of a 2-0 win over Michigan (1/17) ... Registered an assist on Colton Fretter's game-winning, overtime goal in a 4-3 win over UNO (1/20) ... Knotched 10th assist of the season in a 3-2 loss to Nebraska-Omaha (1/21) ... Assisted on Tim Kennedy's game-winning goal in a 3-2 triumph over Notre Dame (2/3) ... Collected two assists in 3-2 victory over Miami (2/17) ... Only Spartan to notch a point in each of the three games against Alaska Fairbanks in the CCHA Quarterfinals (3/10-12): Assisted on David Booth's tally in game one, and recorded the primary assist on Tim Crowder's power play strike in game two. In the series-clinching game three, had a career-best three point night, scoring on the power play and assisting on two other Spartan tallies in a 7-4 victory ... Assisted on Tim Crowder's power play tally in the CCHA Semifinals against Michigan (3/17).
