2011-12: Appeared in his second NHL season with Anaheim, scoring 5-24=29 points with 18 PIM…was one of six Anaheim players to appear in all 82 regular season contests, marking a career high…led club defensemen in assists and points…ranked second overall in average TOI (23:15)…ranked tied for fifth among NHL leaders in TOI per shift (57 seconds)…had four multiple-point games on the season (one multi-goal, two multi-assist)…registered a career-high +3 rating, Jan. 6 vs. NYI…appeared in his 100th career NHL contest, Nov. 30 vs. MTL…posted a career-high four-game assist streak (0-4=4), Nov. 20-27…the four-game streak also matched his career high in points (third time)…scored two goals for his first career multi-goal game, Nov. 13 vs. MIN…tied a career best in assists and points (0-3=3) on Nov. 1 @ WSH, marking his second career three-assist game…logged a career-high 28:38 TOI, Oct. 8 vs. NYR in Stockholm, Sweden as part of the NHL Premiere.
CAREER: Signed a five-year contract extension through 2017-18, Sept. 15, 2012…with 15-54=69 points in 158 career games, has scored the most goals and points among defensemen selected in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft…leads the entire 2010 draft class in games played, ranks second in assists and fourth in points...among defensemen selected in the last three drafts (2009-11), ranks first in goals, tied for second in scoring, and third in assists and appearances…signed a three-year entry-level contract, July 28, 2010…2010-11: Appeared in his first NHL season with Anaheim…made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut in the CQF series vs. NSH, scoring 1-3=4 points with two PIM in six games…led Anaheim defensemen in points, goals and shots (12), and tied for first in assists…scored his first career postseason goal (Rinne) as part of a two-point night (1-1=2) in Game 4 of the CQF, Apr. 20 @ NSH…collected his first career Stanley Cup Playoff points (0-2=2) in Game 2 of the CQF, Apr. 15 vs. NSH…made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut in Game 1 of the CQF, Apr. 13 vs. NSH…appeared in 76 games in his rookie season, scoring 10-30=40 points with 20 PIM…was the only defenseman and one of five players from the 2010 NHL Entry Draft to play the complete NHL season…ranked third among rookies in avg. TOI (22:07), tied for third in assists, tied for fourth in PPG, and tied for first in PPA (17) and PPP (23)…among rookie defensemen, ranked second in goals and points, and tied for second in assists…set franchise records for goals and points by a rookie defenseman, and assists by a rookie…ranked seventh overall on Anaheim in points and second in goals, points and assists among club defensemen…collected 1-1=2 points to become the franchise leader in rookie goals (then-9) and points (then-36) by a defenseman, Mar. 28 vs. COL…also became the franchise leader in overall rookie assists (then-27) in the contest…scored the OT-winning goal (second of his career) in Anaheim’s 4-3 win, Mar. 23 @ DAL…became only the second rookie defenseman in league history to score twice in OT during one season (also CHI’s Brent Seabrook in 2005-06)…became the second-youngest defenseman to score a regular-season OT goal since the NHL introduced the five-minute OT period in 1983 in Anaheim’s 5-4 win, Feb. 11 @ CGY...scored PPGs in three consecutive games, Jan. 22-Feb. 2…the feat made him the second rookie defenseman in NHL history (also the youngest) to record a PPG in three straight (also VAN’s Michel Petit, Jan. 17-20, 1984)…was the first NHL defenseman under age 20 with goals in three straight since Kevin Hatcher (19 yrs.) of WSH did so from Mar. 28-Apr. 1, 1986…set career bests in assists (3), Jan. 7 vs. CBJ…it was the fourth time in club history a rookie blueliner recorded three assists in a game (last: M. Crowley, Oct. 21, 1998 vs. BOS)…collected 1-8=9 points in 14 November games, tying for the rookie league lead in assists for the month…had a career-high four-game point streak (1-4=5), Nov. 21-29…scored his first career game-winner and PPG, Nov. 29 vs. LA…recorded a career-high seven shots on net (one shy of club rookie record), Nov. 19 vs. CBJ…missed six contests with a broken nose/stiff neck, Oct. 17-30…became the second-youngest Duck to score his first career NHL goal (LaBarbera) in a 3-2 win, Oct. 17 vs. PHX…earned his first career NHL point (assist), Oct. 9 @ NSH…at 18 yrs., 10 months and three days, became the second-youngest Duck (Oleg Tverdovsky, 18 yrs., 8 months, 13 days) to appear in an NHL game with his debut in Anaheim’s season opener, Oct. 8 @ DET…was selected to the NHL All-Star Weekend and participated in the Honda NHL SuperSkills competition on Jan. 29 in Raleigh, NC…2009-10: Collected 8-47=55 points with a +38 rating and 14 PIM in 55 games with Windsor (OHL)…ranked seventh among OHL defensemen in scoring and tied for eighth overall in plus/minus…participated in the 2010 OHL All-Star Classic as a member of the Western Conference All-Star team, Feb. 3…added 3-11=14 points with 10 PIM in 19 OHL Playoff games, helping the Spitfires to their second consecutive OHL championship and second straight Memorial Cup as junior hockey champions…made the 2010 Memorial Cup All-Star team and led all defensemen in scoring during the tournament with 2-4=6 points in four games…Miscellaneous: Represented Team USA at the 2012 IIHF World Championship in Finland and Sweden, scoring 1-4=5 points with a +5 rating and two PIM…among team defensemen, ranked tied for the first in assists and tied for second among in scoring…also played in the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia, earning 1-2=3 points in seven games…won gold as a member of Team USA at both the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship and 2009 IIHF U-18 World Championship where he was named the tournament’s top defenseman…also played two seasons in Ann Arbor with the U.S. National Training Development Program…was a member of the U-18 team in 2008-09, recording 8-32=40 points with 44 PIM in 55 games.
PERSONAL: Graduated from Ann Arbor Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, MI) in 2009…has two sisters: Peyton (13) and Emily (11)…spent the offseason at home in Northville, MI…enjoys golfing year-round…lists his greatest hockey accomplishments as making it to the NHL as an 18-year-old rookie, winning gold at the 2010 World Junior Championship and 2009 U-18 World Championship with Team USA…cites Nicklas Lidstrom as his favorite player growing up…outside of hockey, his favorite athletes are Justin Verlander and Jason Bay, the golfer…says his favorite OC restaurant is Wildfish Seafood Grille in Newport Beach…his favorite television show is “Seinfeld”…lists Lil Wayne, the Zac Brown Band and Kenny Chesney as his favorite artists…his favorite person to follow on Twitter is Katt Williams.
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