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USA/Los Angeles (2009-10)... Captained Team USA at the 2010 World Championships ... Tallied career highs in goals (8), assists (28), points (36), and games played (80) ... Played in first NHL playoffs, with 7 assists in 6 games (tied for first on the Kings) ... Seven assists set Kings playoff record for most by a defenseman in one series (previous mark held by Steve Duchesne: six assists 1990 vs. Calgary) ... 10 blocked shots (tied for second of the Kings) ... Had 3-game assist streak (4/17-21), including first career playoff points with two assists at Vancouver (4/17) and 3 assists, which tied a club playoff record for defenseman, vs. Vancouver (4/19) ... Notched points in back-to-back games with a goal vs. Phoenix (4/8) and an assist vs. Edmonton (4/10) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with 2 assists and a +3 plus/minus rating vs. Vancouver (4/1) and a goal vs. Anaheim (4/3) ... Recorded assists in back-to-back games vs. Montreal (3/6) and vs. Columbus (3/8) ... Notched back-to- back 2 assist games vs. Colorado (2/13) and at Dallas (3/2) ... Won a silver medal with Team USA at the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver (2/16-28) ... Notched a goal and 3 assists vs. Anaheim (2/4) ... Tallied 2 assists vs. Anaheim (1/14) ... Recorded points in back-to-back games with an assist at Phoenix (12/26) and a goal vs. Minnesota (12/28) ... Tallied back-to-back multi-point games with 2 assists at San Jose (12/9) and a goal and an assist vs. Phoenix (12/10) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games (12/1-3), including 2 assists at Anaheim (12/1) ... Recorded points in back-to-back games with a goal vs. San Jose (10/6) and an assist vs. Minnesota (10/8).
USA/Los Angeles (2008-09)... Played for Team USA at the 2009 World Championships, tallying 5 goals and 2 assists in 9 games...Tied for first among Kings defensemen with six goals and three power-play goals...Tied career high with 11 points (6-5=11)...Tied for first among NHL defensemen with three shootout goals (was 3-for-6 = 50 percent)...His three shootout goals tied for first on the team...Scored in two straight games March 28, 2009 at Nashville and March 31, 2009 vs. Dallas...Appeared in his 100th game as a King and in the NHL March 1, 2009 at Chicago...Recorded first career multi-point game (1-1=2) Feb. 16, 2009 vs. Atlanta...Scored game-deciding shootout goal Feb. 10, 2009 at NY Islanders...Scored first goal of the season Jan. 21, 2009 at Colorado...Activated from injured reserve Jan. 17, 2009 after missing 41 games...Placed on injured reserve with shoulder injury Oct. 13, 2008 and underwent shoulder surgery in October, missing three months of action.
Los Angeles (2007-08)... Selected as the Kings Best Newcomer (Mark Bavis Memorial Award) and Outstanding Defenseman...Logged at least 23 minutes of ice time 25 times and in 15 of his last 20 games...Finished third among NHL rookies (and third on the Kings) with 21:41 average time-on-ice...Finished second among rookies (and second on the Kings) with 136 blocked shots...Suffered a non-displaced fracture to his right foot in the Kings ...
San Jose game on March 18, 2008 (first period) and missed the final eight games of the season...Played a career high 31:44 Feb. 10, 2008 at Columbus...Selected to participate at the YoungStars skills event as part of the 2008 NHL All-Star Weekend in Atlanta...Was a career-high plus-3 Dec. 29, 2007 at Colorado...Scored his first NHL goal Oct. 19, 2007 at Vancouver...Earned his first NHL point with an assist Oct. 10, 2007 at Dallas.
USA/Los Angeles/Michigan (2006-07)... Played for Team USA at the 2007 World Championships, scoring a goal in 7 games...Made
NHL debut on March 29, 2007 against the Vancouver Canucks ...
Averaged 21:22 of ice time in five games after signing with the Kings on March 27, 2007 ...
Signed with the Kings after completing his sophomore season at the University of Michigan ...
Named the CCHA’s Best Offensive Defenseman and selected to the All-CCHA First Team (he received 10 first-place votes, the most of any player on the ballot) at the end of the college season ...
Ranked first with 16 goals and 1.08 points-per-game among all college defensemen, and was tied for second with 39 overall points ...
In CCHA play, he led all league defensemen with 12 goals and 25 points, and tied for sixth with a plus-14 rating ...
Set collegiate career highs with his 39 points, 23 assists, 16 goals and 10 multiple point games ...
His 16 goals represented the second highest single-season goal total ever amassed by a U-M defenseman (most by a sophomore defenseman), while his plus-26 rating ranked second on the Wolverines ...
His 87 penalty minutes were a team high, and he tied for fourth on U-M with four power-play goals ...
He tied for second on U-M with two short-handed goals ...
He recorded his first career collegiate hat trick Jan. 26, 2007 vs. Ferris State.
At Michigan... Tied
for eighth on U-M's all-time career goals list for defensemen (26) ... 22nd on
U-M's all-time career points list for defensemen (71 points) ... Second-best
single-season goal total by a U-M defenseman (16 goals, 2006-07) ... First on
U-M's all-time goals list for sophomore defensemen (16 goals, 2006-07) ... Fifth
on U-M's all-time points list for sophomore defensemen (39 points, 2006-07) ...
Seventh on U-M's all-time assists list for sophomore defensemen (23 assists,
2006-07) ... First on U-M's all-time points list for freshman defensemen (32
points, 2005-06) ... Second on U-M's all-time assists list for freshman
defensemen (22, 2005-06) ... Second on U-M's all-time goals list for freshman
defenseman (10, 2005-06) ... First on U-M's all-time, single-season penalty
minute list (149, 2005-06).
Sophomore (2006-07)... American
Hockey Coaches Association West All-America first team ... All-College Hockey
News first team ... All-U.S. College Hockey Online first team ... All-Inside
College Hockey first team ... All-CCHA first team; CCHA Best Offensive
Defenseman; led CCHA defensemen in goals (12) and points (25) ... CCHA
All-Tournament team ... In the nation, led defensemen in goals (16) and points
per game (1.08), tied for second in points (39) ... Three-time CCHA Defenseman
of the Week (Oct. 16, Nov. 13, Jan. 29) ... Posted career-best 39 points, 16
goals, 23 assists, 10 multi-point games, +26 rating; tied career high with two
game-winners ... First on U-M's sophomore defenseman goals list (16); 2nd
highest single-season goal total by any U-M defenseman ... Fifth on U-M's
sophomore defenseman points list (39) ... Tied for seventh on U-M's sophomore
defenseman assists list (23) ... Career-best, nine-game point streak, 4-5-9
(Oct. 20-Nov. 21); career-best tying, four-game assist streak (4 assists) (Nov.
11-Nov. 21) ... Six-game point streak, 8-6-14 (Jan. 19-Feb. 3); career-best
five-game goal streak (8 goals) (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) ... Four-game point streak,
1-7-8 (March 10-24); tied career-best four-game assist streak ... Scored first
career hat trick and tied career-high points (4) vs. Ferris State (Jan. 26);
first two shorthanded goals of career ... Tied career-high points (2-2-4) for
second game in a row vs. FSU (Jan. 27); first Wolverine to earn 8 points in a
weekend since 1996-97 season ... Earned +3 rating or better on six occassions;
career-best +5 vs. Alabama-Huntsville (Oct. 13), +3 vs. Michigan State (Nov. 4),
+4 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 10), +4 vs. FSU (Jan. 26), +4 vs. Northern Michigan
(March 10), +3 vs. MSU (March 16) ... Tallied season-high two assists on seven
occassions: (March 24 vs. North Dakota, March 16 vs. MSU, March 10 vs. NMU, Feb.
18 vs. Lake Superior State, Jan. 27 vs. FSU, Jan. 19 at Alaska, Oct. 13 vs. UAH)
... Preseason All-Inside College Hockey first team ... Preseason All-CCHA first
team ... Missed Notre Dame series (Dec. 8-10) due to injury, and Great Lakes
Invitational (Dec. 29-30) while playing for Team USA ... Recipient of the
Dahlmann Family Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.
Freshman (2005-06)... CCHA
Best Offensive Defenseman Finalist ... CCHA All-Rookie team ... U.S. College
Hockey Online All-Rookie team ... Inside College Hockey Online All-Rookie team
... CSTV/HCA National Rookie of the Month (October) ... CCHA Defensman of the
Week (Oct. 17) ... CCHA Rookie of the Week (Oct. 10) ... Set career-highs in
assists and points by posting 1-3-4 totals vs. Quinnipiac (Oct. 8); also first
career goal, game-winning goal, assist, multi-point game ... Equaled career high
assists (3) vs. Merrimack (Oct. 16) ... Career-best, five-game point streak,
2-6-8 (Oct. 29-Nov. 12) ... Had a pair of three-game point streaks (2-6-8, Oct.
8-16; 1-3-4, Jan. 28-Feb. 3) ... Recorded career best +3 ratings vs. QU (Oct.
8),WMU (Jan. 31) and FSU (March 10) ... Missed Great Lakes Invitational while
playing for U.S. World Junior Team ... Preseason All-USCHO rookie team ...
Preseason All-INCH rookie team ... Recipient of the Dahlmann Family Scholarship
for Men's Ice Hockey.
Club/Junior Team... Skated
with the U.S. National Team Development Program from 2003-05 ... All-time
leading point-scoring defenseman (81) program history ...
Owns record for most
points in a game (7) by an NTDP player ... In 2004-05, played 48 games earning
14-29-43, good for first among team's defensemen and seventh among all players
... Notched five power-play scores, one shorthanded tally and three game winners
... Led program with 205 penalty minutes ... Split time between the U.S. NTDP
Under-17 and Under-18 Team in 2003-04 playing 60 total games ... Captain of the
Under-17 Team ... Notched 15-21-36 to lead the program's defensemen in scoring
... Recorded seven power-play goals and two game-winning goals ... Had 171
penalty minutes ... Played for Shattuck-St. Mary's Varsity in 2002-03 and won
the USA Hockey Tier I Midget national championship ... Played for the S-SM
bantam in 2001-02 (35-65-100 totals) ... Teammate of Mike Mayhew during the
2002-03 season; Chad Kolarik and Kevin Porter during the 2003-04 season; Danny
Fardig, Zac MacVoy, and Mark Mitera during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons; and
Jason Bailey during the 2004-05 season.
National/International... Played
for Team USA at the 2010 Olympic Games ... Played for Team USA at the 2007, 2009, and 2010 IIHF World Championships ... Earned bronze medal with
Team USA at 2007 IIHF World Junior Championship ... In seven games, recorded
3-0-3 ... Named one of Team USA's top three players as determined by the
coaching staff ... Took fourth place with Team USA at 2006 IIHF World Junior
Championship ... In seven games, recorded 1-5-6 ... Named to tournament All-Star
team; voted Team USA's best player vs. Canada (Dec. 31) ... Earned gold medal
with Team USA at the 2005 IIHF World Under-18 Championship where he tallied
0-2-2 in six games. His 35 penalty minutes led the tournament ... Gold medal
with the U.S. Under-18 Team at the 2005 Five Nations Tournament in Sweden ...
Won gold with the U.S. Under-18 Team at the 2004 Compuware Four Nations Cup in
Ann Arbor, tallying 1-5-6 in four games to lead the tournament in assists and
tie for second in tournament scoring ... Participated in 2004 USA Hockey
National Junior Evaluation Camp ... Won silver with Team USA at the 2004 IIHF
World Under-18 Championship in where he tallied 2-0-2 in six games ... Played
for Team USA at the 2004 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in St. John's,
Newfoundland ... Led USA defenseman in scoring with 3-1-4 in six games.
Personal... Enrolled
in the Division of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan ... Graduated with honors
from Ann Arbor Pioneer High School in 2005 ... Attended Shattuck St. Mary's
School (Minn.) in 2001-02 and 02-03 ... Father, Jack Sr., played hockey at
Wisconsin, winning an NCAA title in 1973, and Michigan State ... Grandfather,
Ken Manuel, played football, basketball and baseball at Michigan ... Grandmother
and mother also graduated from U-M ... Drafted in the first round (No. 3
overall) by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Ranks as the
highest draft pick ever in U-M history. NHL rights traded to Los Angeles Kings
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