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Acquired:
From the New York Rangers for a sixth-round draft choice in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft on July 16, 2002.
Drafted:
NYI / 1992 NHL Entry Draft
Round:
6th (128th overall)
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2007-08: Recipient of the Kings Community Service Award for second consecutive year...Led Kings with plus-4 rating…Set career highs with 77 games played, 63 penalty minutes and 118 shots…Tied career high with two game-winning goals...Tied career high (fourth time in career) with three points (1-2=3) Feb. 15, 2008 vs. Calgary...Notched two assists Feb. 7, 2008 at Detroit...Recorded his 200th career point Jan. 31, 2008 at New York Islanders...Notched two points (1-1=2), including game-winning goal, Jan. 24, 2008 vs. Anaheim...Was a plus-3 Jan. 1, 2008 vs. Chicago... Notched two points (1-1=2) Dec. 10, 2007 vs. Vancouver...Scored first goal of the season and added an assist (1-1=2) Dec. 6, 2007 vs. Buffalo.
2006-07: Set career highs for games played (67), assists (33), points (44), penalty minutes (62), shots (109) and plus/minus (plus-13)…His plus-13 rating led the Kings…Finished second on the team in total face-offs taken (842) and face-off wins (403) while finishing with a face-off winning percentage of 47.9 percent…Took 21.4 percent of the Kings face-offs during the season…His 31 road points (10-21=31) ranked third on the club…Failed to score on one shootout attempt (0-for-1, 0 percent)…Agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension on February 14, 2007…Recorded his 100th assist as a King at Vancouver on January 26, 2007…Recorded a career high three assists and a season high plus-4 rating at Edmonton on December 28, 2006…Recorded his 100th NHL assist versus Phoenix on December 26, 2006…Skated in his 300th NHL game versus Dallas on December 16, 2006…Skated in his 200th career game as a King versus Pittsburgh on November 1, 2006…Voted by the media as the team’s Best Defensive Player…Also was selected by the Kings Care Foundation as the winner of the club’s Community Service award.
2004-05: Suited up for both Geneve-Servette and Rapperswil-Jona of the Swiss Elite League during the lockout.
2003-04: Set a career high with 14 goals…Finished sixth in club scoring with 35 points (in only 57 games; 14-21=35)…Began the season with 10 points (6-4=10) in his first 16 games before suffering a broken ring finger…Returned to the lineup on January 3, 2004, and played in the next 41 games picking up 25 points (8-17=25)…Averaged 17:00 of ice time per game…Won 52 percent of his face-offs…Played his 200th career NHL game at San Jose on March 13, 2004.
PERSONAL: Lives in Littleton, Colorado, with his wife Shannon and sons Dawson and Easton during the summer…has a boxer dog named Hudson…nickname is Army…favorite movies are Goodwill Hunting and Beautiful Girls…favorite actress is Vanessa Marcil…favorite actor is Will Farrell…favorite action hero is Spiderman…favorite band is Kiss…favorite NHL city other than LA is Chicago…favorite video game is Tiger Woods golf…favorite sport to play other than hockey is golf…favorite sport to watch other than hockey is women’s beach volleyball…favorite hockey moment is winning the Calder Cup…favorite professional athlete is Shawn White…favorite road arena is the Air Canada Center in Toronto…favorite vacation spot is Winter Park, Colorado…favorite TV show is Entourage…favorite restaurant is Mastro’s…favorite food is steak…favorite type of car is a Range Rover…favorite holiday is Christmas…favorite magazine is Men’s Health…childhood idol was his dad…favorite cereal is Mini-wheats…biggest pet peeve is ignorant people…first job was as a gas station attendant…supports the Children’s Hospital and Lupus Foundation…wants to be a Red Bull representative when his playing career is over…an interesting fact that not many people know about him is that he likes to shower with the lights off.