2005-06: Saw action in five games with the Blue Jackets, going scoreless with two PIM Made his NHL debut, Nov. 23 at Nashville Also saw action in 58 games, scoring 2-16-18 with 155 penalty minutes with Syracuse of the AHL Scored his first professional goal Dec. 17 vs. Philadelphia Appeared in his 100th AHL game, Jan. 29 at Bridgeport Recorded first multiple point game of the season March 10 vs. Rochester.
CAREER: 2004-05: Made his professional debut Oct. 15 vs. St. John's Recorded his first professional point, an assist, Jan. 8 at Binghamton Was a member of Team Norway in the World Championships 2003-04: Scored a career-high 30 points after scoring three goals with a career-high 27 assist Also tallied 94 PIM Saw ice time in 11 postseason games scoring 0-4-4 with 15 PIM in 11 games 2002-03: First season in North America Played 43 games with Brandon (WHL) accumulating 6-14-20 Was +4 and had 73 penalty minutes Made his postseason debut, appearing in 17 games in the WHL playoffs, scoring 0-2-2 with 38 PIM in 17 games 2001-02: Picked up 1-3-4 and eight penalty minutes in five games for Norway at the 2002 World Junior Hockey Championships Tallied 1-5-6 along with 63 penalty minutes in 37 games with Lillehammer (Norway)... 2000-01: Played in eight games with Lillehammer posting two penalty minutes.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Columbus' third pick, 65th overall, in the 2002 Entry DraftSigned by Columbus to a multi-year contract on June 1, 2004.