Returned to lineup in game 4 of SCF; DND in games 4-6 of ECF & 1-3 of SCF...+24 mark in playoffs is 1st all-time among NJD forwards...Posted 1g-1a in game 4 of ECSF...Recorded 1st goal of '12 playoffs in game 1 of ECSF for 1st post-season goal with team since game 7 of '01 SCF at Col...Picked up assist in game 6 of ECQF; was 1st playoff point with club since Apr. 21 '02 vs. Car. (a)...Made 1st NJD playoff appearance since Apr. 27, ’02 in game 1 at Fla…2011-12: 1 of 5 NJD players to play in all 82 games; appeared in every game for 1st time since ‘06-07…Recorded 2 season-high 4-game point-streaks: Mar. 31-Apr. 7 (3g-2a-5pts) & Feb. 19-26 (2g-3a-5pts)...Notched 8 multi-point games, including 2g Dec. 28 vs. Buf...With goal Mar. 17 vs. Pit., passed J. Langenbrunner for 11th on team's all-time scoring list...Appeared in 1,000th game Mar. 4 at NYI; played in 500th match with NJ Feb. 11 vs. Fla.; & reached 700pt mark Jan. 14 at Wpg.
NHL All-Rookie Team (1996)
Traded to Anaheim by New Jersey with Mike Commodore, Jean-Francois Damphousse and Igor Pohanka for Jeff Friesen, Oleg Tverdovsky and Maxim Balmochnykh, July 6, 2002. Signed as a free agent by Magnitogorsk (Russia), August 12, 2004. Traded to NY Rangers by Anaheim with NY Rangers' 4th round choice (previously acquired, later traded to Washington - Washington selected Brett Bruneteau) in 2007 Entry Draft for Maxim Kondratiev, January 8, 2006. Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, August 11, 2006. Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, July 2, 2007. Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, September 17, 2009. Missed majority of 2009-10 due to concussion vs. Dallas, November 7, 2009. Signed as a free agent by Plzen (CzRep), October 5, 2010. Signed as a free agent by New Jersey, October 5, 2011.
