2008-09: His second season in the NHL, both with Boston … Set career highs with 17 goals, 25 assists and 42 points … Appeared in his 100th career NHL game on November 28 vs. the New York Islanders … 2007-08: His rookie season in the NHL ... Four of his eight goals were game-winning goals … Played his first NHL game on October 5 at Dallas … Registered his first assist and his first goal on October 12 in Los Angeles … Started the season wearing # 62 but changed to # 17 on October 30 … Amateur: Named Vancouver’s captain for the 2007-08 season, prior to making Boston’s opening day roster in the NHL ... Finished tied for the scoring lead at the 2007 Memorial Cup with seven points (2g, 5a) … Led Vancouver in scoring during the regular season with 68 points in 70 games … Named Vancouver’s Most Improved Player in 2005-06 … Went undrafted in the 2003 WHL Bantam Draft, but was listed by Vancouver … Played with the BCHL’s Coquitlam Express as a 16-year-old in 2004-05, where he was named the team’s Unsung Hero … Minor hockey: Scored a goal in his first-ever game … Names Mike Moscone as favourite minor hockey coach

Helped Canada’s National Junior Team win the Canada/Russia Super Series in August/September 2007 … Was Canada’s team captain for the Super Series

Nickname: Looch … One of his teammates with the BCHL’s Coquitlam Express in 2004-05 was goaltender Wyatt Russell, the son of actors Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn … Plays the alto saxophone ... Son of Dobro and Snezana, Serbian immigrants who met in Vancouver… Has two brothers, Jovan and Nikola … His uncle, Dan Kesa, played in the NHL with Dallas, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay