2017-18 National Men's Team

HOCKEY CANADA BACKGROUND

Played for Canada at the 2017 Channel One Cup in Russia, finishing fifth … Played for Canada at the 2017 Karjala Cup in Switzerland and Finland, finishing fourth … Won a bronze medal with Canada’s National Junior Team at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship in Calgary and Edmonton, Alta. … Won a silver medal with Canada’s National Junior Team at the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, N.Y. … Played for Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team at the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship in Belarus, finishing seventh … Won a gold medal with Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2009 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka in the Czech Republic and Slovakia … Played for West at the 2009 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Port Alberni, B.C., finishing fourth

HOCKEY BACKGROUND

2017-18: Second in Dinamo Minsk (KHL) scoring … Leads Dinamo Minsk forwards in scoring … Leads Dinamo Minsk in goals … 2016-17: Signed as a free agent with Winnipeg on July 1 … Ninth in Manitoba (AHL) scoring … 2015-16: 15th in Florida scoring … 2014-15: 19th in San Antonio (AHL) scoring … 2013-14: Scored his first NHL goal and recorded his first NHL point with Florida on March 13 vs. Tampa Bay … Ninth in San Antonio scoring … Led San Antonio in shorthanded goals (3) … Other: Made his NHL debut with Florida on Jan. 26, 2013 vs. Philadelphia … Amateur: Played four seasons (2008-12) of Major Junior hockey with the Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) … Named to the WHL Eastern Conference Second All-Star Team in 2010-11 … Led Moose Jaw in scoring in 2009-10 and 2011-12 … Selected 1st overall by Moose Jaw in the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft

PERSONAL

Married to wife Cassandra … Son of Sheldon and Krystal … Has one brother, Brett, and two sisters, Jayda and Danaka … Favourite NHL team growing up: Calgary Flames … Favourite player growing up: Jarome Iginla … His brother, Brett, is a first-round NHL pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning who also played at the U17, U18 and U20 levels through the Program of Excellence, and won a gold medal with Canada at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship