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2007-08 HIGHLIGHTSFinished with 31 games registering one goal and three assists along with 21 penalty minutes … registered his first multi-point game of the seasonwith a pair of assists on Oct.13 CGY7 @ NSH 4 ... tied a team high in blocked shots (3) on Oct.18 LA 3 @ CGY 4 ... led all Flames in blocked shots(2) on Oct.22 SJ 4 @ CGY 1 ... missed four games (Nov.3-10) due to illness ... played in his 700th career NHL game and led the Flames in blockedshots (2) on Nov.20 COL 1 @ CGY 4 ... left the game with an ankle injury on Nov.24 CGY 5 @ COL 2 ... missed 19 games with an ankle injury,returned Jan.15 ... tied a team high in hits (3) on Jan.22 MIN 1 @ CGY 2 ... had a team high in hits (4) on Feb.19 CGY 4 @ PHX 1 ... injured foot onMar.15 and missed the remainder of the seasonCAREER HIGHLIGHTS2006-07: : played in his 11th NHL season, and 3rd with the Flames … Flames were 3-0-0-1 when scoring … missed the first fivegames of the season with a knee injury ... played his first game of the season after returning from a knee injury on Oct.17 @ MTL (L5-4) ... registered his first point of the season with an assist on Nov.1 @ DET (L 3-2) ... had 4 blocked shots on Nov.3 @ CLB (L/SO5-4) ... had a team high 3 blocked shots on Nov.4 @ STL (W 3-2) ... scored his 1st goal of the season and registered his 1st multipointgame, and was tied for the team led with +2 on Nov.11 @ VAN (W 3-2) ... missed Nov.26 @ ANA with a lower body injury ...was named the games 3rd star on Dec.1 vs. CLB (W 2-1) ... led all Flames in blocked shots on Dec.5 vs. CAR (W 3-0) ... scored ashort handed goal, tied for the team led with +1, and tied for the team led in hits with 3 on Dec.7 @ MIN (L/SO 3-2), was named thegames 3rd star (for the 2nd consecutive game) ... led all Flames and had a season high 6 blocked shots on Dec.9 vs. VAN (W 5-3)... scored his 3rd goal of the season, which was his 100th career NHL point on Feb.2 vs. CLB (W 6-2) ... scored the game winninggoal in overtime on Mar.22 vs. NSH (W/OT 3-2) … played his 200th game as a Flame on Apr.8 @ COL (L 3-6) ... won the Ralph T.Scurfield Humanitarian Award for the second straight year. 2005-06: Played in his 10th NHL season and his 2nd with the Flames… won the Flames’ Scurfield Humanitarian Award … played in 61 games scoring six points (3g, 3a) and 54 PIMs … was 6th on theteam in +/- (+7) … posted two points while SH (1g, 1a) and four at even strength … went +3 on Jan. 14 at MIN … scored a goalwhile playing in his 600th NHL career game on Jan. 10 at NYR … scored his 2nd career SH goal on Oct. 15 vs. EDM … scored hisfirst goal of the season and led the team in TOI (24:26) on Oct. 9 at DET … averaged 19:11 of ice-time … missed 20 games dueto injury … PLAYOFFS: played in all seven games vs. ANA posting 14 PIMs while averaging 19:56 of ice-time … 2004-05 - did notplay due to NHL work stoppage … 2003-04 - played in his first season with the Flames posting 17 points (3g, 14a) in 77 games …notched eight points (2g, 6a) at home and nine points (1g, 8a) on the road … recorded two PP assists and three points (1g, 2a) whileSH … Flames were 1-2-0-0 when scoring … posting three MP games (Flames were 3-0-0-0 during these games) … set new careerhighs in points (3a), assists (3) and +/- (+4) on Mar. 7 at COL ... matched a career high with 17 PIMs on Mar. 20 vs. NSH … scoreda SH goal on Dec. 31 vs. COL ... scored the GW goal (his first goal with the Flames) on Dec. 23 vs. EDM ... recorded two assists onDec. 7 vs. PIT … played in his 500th NHL career game on Nov. 22 vs. CHI ... recorded two assists including one on the GW goal onNov. 12 at CHI ... posted his first point/assist with the Flames on Oct. 21 at MIN ... played in his first game with the Flames on Oct.9 at VAN … averaged 19:52 of ice-time … missed five games due to injury … PLAYOFFS: played in 24 games posting one assist …finished 4th on the team in average ice-time during the playoffs (24:06) … played in his first playoff game with Calgary on Apr. 7 atVAN … played in all six games in the Western Conference Championship vs. SJ ... went +1 in Game 2 on May 11 at SJ … postedan assist in Game 1 vs. SJ on May 9 … was +2 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals vs. TB on June 5 ... missed two games due toinjury … 2002-03 - appeared in his eighth NHL season posting nine assists with the Sabres … was T-3rd on the Sabres with a +1rating … posted six assists at home and three assists on the road … recorded one assist on the PP and one while SH … postedtwo assists (one PP) in 5-2 BUF win vs. PHI on Mar. 18 … notched a SH assist on Feb. 28 vs. DAL … was one of only six Sabres tobe a plus player with a +1 rating … missed 30 games due to injury … averaged 18:14 minutes of ice-time … 2001-02 – set careerhighs in goals (5) and PIMs (113) … suspended for two games by the league for third instigator penalty of season assessed at STLon Mar. 28 … established new career high for goals in a season (5) scoring the GW goal on Mar. 1 vs. BOS (also added an assistmatching a career high for points in a game with two) … tied a career high with 17 PIMs at NJ on Feb. 10 … scored his first careerGT goal on Feb. 5 in a 2-2 tie at BOS … scored first goal and was a +2 on Oct. 23 vs. SJ … missed 15 games due to injury …2000-01 – won Tim Horton Memorial Award for performance far superior to public recognition … led BUF defencemen in +/- ratingfor second consecutive season (+10) … set career highs in assists (16) and points (19) … two of three goals on season were GWgoals … scored the game’s first goal and was a +3 in a 3-0 win vs. TOR on Mar. 20 … scored first GW goal as a Sabre on Feb. 15vs. ATL … assisted the OT winner on Feb. 10 at OTT … posted a three game assist streak from Oct. 20-25 … PLAYOFFS: postedtwo assists in 13 playoff games … 1999-00 – finished first among team defencemen with +18 … assisted the game-winning goalon Dec. 23 vs. COL … missed first two games of season due to injury suffered in 1999 Stanley Cup Finals … PLAYOFFS: averaged21:42 of ice-time in five playoff games … 1998-99 – recorded his 300th career PIM at CHI on Mar. 31 … acquired by BUF from FLAwith a fifth round choice in 1999 Entry Draft for Mike Wilson on Mar. 23 … posted two assists and was a season high +3 with FLAon Feb. 20 vs. PHX … played in his 200th NHL career game on Feb. 11 at OTT … PLAYOFFS: finished third in the NHL in +/- in theplayoffs with a +12 rating … scored first NHL career playoff goal on Mar. 12 vs. BOS … missed Game Six of the Stanley Cup Finalsdue to injury suffered in a fight with Derian Hatcher of DAL after time had expired in Game Five … 1997-98 – played in his 100thNHL career game at BOS on Oct. 25 … recorded 11 major penalties finished sixth on the Panthers in PIM (99) … 1996-97 – playedin 62 games with Florida … posted two assists at CHI on Dec. 20 for his first NHL career multiple point game … scored his first NHLcareer goal and added an assist on Jan. 23 at BOS (Tallas) … PLAYOFFS: played in five playoff games … 1995-96 – made his NHLdebut appearing in 28 games with Florida … played in his first NHL career game on Oct. 7 at NJ … recorded his first NHL careerpoint/assist on Jan. 8 at SJ … was one of three 19 year-old defencemen with Panthers (Ed Jovanovski & David Nemirovsky) …PLAYOFFS: played in 21 of 22 playoff games with Panthers posting three assists … played in first three games of the Stanley CupFinals before missing Game Four with strained groin … recorded an assist in three straight playoff games (May 14-20) … also playedin nine regular season games with Carolina Monarchs (AHL)INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS1996 - Won a Gold Medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships … teammates on the Canadian team included tournamentleading scorer Jarome IginlaJUNIOR HIGHLIGHTSPlayed in 197 games with the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL posting 84 points (22g, 62a) and 368 penalty minutes … 1994-95 – in hisfinal season in the WHL posted junior career highs in goals (13), assists (26), points (39) and PIM (137) … posted three assists in 10playoff games with Saskatoon … 1993-94 – recorded 26 points in 61 games in his second season in the WHL … notched five assistsin 16 playoff games … 1992-93 – played in his rookie season in the WHL appearing in 68 games posting 19 points (2g, 17a) and 100PIMs … was named Saskatoon’s rookie of the year … 1991-92 – made his WHL debut playing in two games with the Blades100 CALGARY FLAMES