CAREER: Won his first Stanley Cup in 2008 with DET… Won Gold with Team Canada at the 2007 IIHF World Jr Championships (5GP, 2-0-2)… Won a WHL title with Medicine Hat in 2007… Named to the 2007 Memorial Cup All-Star Team

2012-13: Missed 47 games due to injury

2011-12: Skated in 68 games... Missed 14 games due to injury... Finished season with 26 points (9-17-26)... Finished second among DET forwards with 97 hits

2010-11: Appeared in all 82 games for DET, one of only two players to do so (Lidstrom)… Registered career highs in GP (82), goals (12), assists (20), points (32), plus-minus (+9) and SOG (177)… Finished 3rd among DET forwards with 128 hits… Won 52.6% of his 938 face-offs taken… Played in his 100th career game on 10/9 at CHI

PERSONAL: Hockey hero: Joe Sakic... Favorite food: steak... Favorite sport besides hockey: volleyball... Favorite summertime hobby: fishing

Entering his fourth professional season …Won his first Stanley Cup championship in 2008… Entering the 2010-11 season, has played in 98 career regular-season games and 53 career postseason games…Has recorded four career multi-point games.