Alternate captain…First season as a Griffin…10th year pro…Traded to Kootenay (WHL) by Seattle with Bret DeCecco for Dion Lassu and Bradley Tutschek, 10/31/00…Signed as a free agent by Calgary, 9/30/03…Assigned to Lowell by Calgary, 9/22/03…Recalled from Lowell by Calgary, 4/27/04…Assigned to Lowell by Calgary, 9/15/04…Signed to a one-year contract by Ottawa, 9/30/05…Assigned to Binghamton by Ottawa, 9/30/05…Signed to a one-year contract by San Jose, 10/4/06…Assigned to Worcester by San Jose, 10/4/06…Re-signed to a one-year contract by San Jose, 7/18/07…Assigned to Worcester by San Jose, 9/25/07…Signed to a two-year contract by Anaheim, 7/11/08…Assigned to Iowa by Anaheim, 10/2/08…Loaned to Toronto (AHL) by Anaheim, 10/3/09…Signed to a two-year contract by St. Louis, 7/9/10…Assigned to Peoria by St. Louis, 9/27/10…Assigned to Peoria by St. Louis, 9/24/11…Signed to a one-year contract, 7/24/12.
 
2011-12: Skated in all 76 games in his second season with Peoria, recording seven points (2-5—7) and 125 penalty minutes, the second-highest total on the Rivermen…Reached 1,300 penalty minutes in the AHL, 1/12/12 vs. Lake Erie, and skated in his 600th professional game two nights later, 1/14/12 vs. Houston…Notched his 100th AHL point, 3/14/12 at Chicago. 2010-11: Served as an alternate captain for the Peoria Rivermen and skated in 66 games…Registered 14 points (3-11—14) and ranked fifth on the team with 113 penalty minutes…Opened the season with assists in back-to-back games, 10/8/10-10/10/10…Played in his 500th AHL game, 10/17/10 at Texas…Recorded his first-ever hat trick, 2/23/11 vs. Texas, accounting for all of the goals he scored on the season, matching his career season-high and equaling his combined goals over his previous 288 games. 2009-10: Skated in a team-high 79 games with the Toronto Marlies after being loaned by Anaheim…Chipped in eight points (1-7—8) and 199 penalty minutes…Placed second on the team and 12th in the league in penalty minutes…Logged his 1,000th professional penalty minute, 12/14/09 vs. Milwaukee, after a fighting major against current Griffin Triston Grant…Matched a career high when he recorded assists in three straight games, 4/3/10-4/10/10. 2008-09: Tied a career high with 14 assists and came one point shy of equaling his career best in points with 15 (1-14—15) in 75 games for the Iowa Chops…Ranked third among his team’s defensemen in scoring…Led the Chops and placed 16th in the AHL with 189 penalty minutes…Registered a career-high 24 penalty minutes, 10/28/08 at Houston…Set a new career high with a three-game assist streak (0-3—3), 1/20/09-1/24/09. 2007-08: Set a career high by playing in all 80 games for Worcester…Led the team and placed 15th in the AHL with 211 penalty minutes…Recorded 14 points (1-13—14) for the Sharks. 2006-07: Led the Worcester Sharks with 170 penalty minutes in 75 games…Enjoyed the best offensive season of his professional career with career highs in assists (14) and points (16)…Owned a team-best plus-23 rating which tied for ninth in the AHL…Tied a career high with two assists, 2/2/07 vs. Bridgeport…Set a franchise record after recording a plus-5 rating, 4/11/07 vs. Lowell…Notched an assist and 21 penalty minutes in five playoff games. 2005-06: Tallied nine points (3-6—9) in 70 games for the Binghamton Senators…Scored his first goal since his AHL rookie season, 11/30/05 at Norfolk…Ranked fifth on the club with 198 penalty minutes and 28th overall in the league…Had a season-high 19 penalty minutes on 1/14/06 vs. Bridgeport…Contributed three multi-point games. 2004-05: Logged 51 games for Lowell, tallying seven points (0-7—7) and 79 penalty minutes…Skated in five playoff games for the Lock Monsters. 2003-04: Spent his first professional season with the Lowell Lock Monsters, recording 10 points (1-9—10) and 65 penalty minutes in 64 games…Made his professional debut on 10/10/03 vs. Portland…Notched his first pro point/goal and assist, 10/25/03 at Providence…Made his NHL debut during the first round of Calgary’s run to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals after being called up by the Flames on an emergency basis, 4/27/04 vs. Detroit…Appeared in two games during the playoffs – both against the Red Wings – but did not register on the scoresheet. 2002-03: Enjoyed a career year in his final season of junior hockey, recording a career-high 23 points (6-17—23) in 67 games with Kootenay…Ranked second among Ice defensemen in points and place ninth on the team overall…Led the club with 182 penalty minutes. 2001-02: Played in all 72 regular season games for Kootenay and notched five points (2-3—5)…Ranked fourth on the team with 121 penalty minutes…Had more points in 22 postseason games (0-6—6) than the regular season…Won the 2002 Memorial Cup after capturing the Ed Chynoweth Cup as the WHL’s champion. 2000-01: Scored one goal in 11 games with the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds before a midseason trade to Kootenay…Notched nine points (2-7—9) in 55 games with the Ice and helped the team to the second-best record in the WHL…Tied for sixth on the team with 105 penalty minutes…Skated in all 11 postseason contests. 1999-00: Registered three points (1-2—3) in 52 games in his first full WHL season with Seattle. 1998-99: Spent the season with the AJHL’s Camrose Kodiaks in Canada’s Junior A circuit and recorded seven points (1-6—7) and 98 penalty minutes in 47 games…Appeared in one postseason contest as a 16-year-old with the Thunderbirds.

Personal: Lives in Edmonton, Alberta…Has an Alaskan Malamute named Ammo…Has two siblings, Britt and Josh…Best friend in hockey is Justin Taylor…Greatest hockey memories are winning the 2002 Memorial Cup with Kootenay and playing in the NHL playoffs with Calgary…Began playing hockey at the age of five…Hockey nickname is Evs…Hockey idol as a youth was Scott Stevens…Greatest influence on his hockey career is his father…Plans to sell insurance after his playing career…First job was on a paper route…Greatest obstacle he’s overcome is his foot speed…Most exciting place he’s ever visited is Edinburgh, Scotland…Most interesting fact about him is that he’s often confused with Christian Bale…If he could trade occupations for one day, he would be a Navy Seal…Played baseball growing up…Once met Kirk Hammett, the lead guitarist of Metallica…Favorite food is steak…Favorite music artists are Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Neil Young and Mumford & Sons…Favorite movies are Inception and Act of Valor…Favorite TV shows are Sons of Anarchy and The Walking Dead…Favorite website is TheChive.com…Favorite author is Lee Child…Favorite vacation spot is Gull Lake, Alberta…Roots for the New England Patriots…Enjoys wakeboarding and watching World Cup and Euro Cup soccer.