{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2016}} {{redirect|Prust|the French novelist|Marcel Proust|other uses|Proust (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Brandon Prust | image = Brandon Prust - Montreal Canadiens.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Prust with the Montreal Canadiens in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|16}} | birth_place = London, Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 195 | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | played_for = Calgary Flames<br />Phoenix Coyotes<br />New York Rangers<br />Montreal Canadiens<br />Vancouver Canucks<br>Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | draft = 70th overall | draft_year = 2004 | draft_team = Calgary Flames | career_start = 2005 | career_end = 2017 }} '''Brandon Raymond James Prust''' (born March 16, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He was selected in the third round, 70th overall, by the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2004 NHL entry draft. Prust also played for the Phoenix Coyotes, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens and Vancouver Canucks, most notably in the role as an enforcer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prust |first1=Brandon |title=Why We Fight|url=https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/why-we-fight|website=The Players' Tribune |access-date=August 6, 2024|date=February 4, 2015}}</ref>
He served as head coach of the London Nationals of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) until December 26, 2025 when he was terminated without explanation by Nationals owner Dean Pomerleau.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prust |first1=Brandon |title=London Nationals Let Go of Head Coach Brandon Prust |url=https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/london-nationals-let-go-of-head-coach-brandon-prust|website=The London Free Press |access-date=December 30, 2025 |date=December 30, 2025}}</ref>
==Playing career==
===Junior=== Prust played three seasons of major junior hockey with his hometown London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). During his junior career, he won an OHL and Memorial Cup Championship. A native of Thorndale, Ontario, Prust was a walk-on during the Knights' open tryouts, having been bypassed in the OHL Priority Selection Draft.<ref name="LeafsFanII"/>
===Professional=== Prust was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the third round, 70th overall, at the 2004 NHL entry draft. During the midst of the 2004–05 NHL lockout, he was sent back down to London to play his final OHL season. After spending the following season with the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights of the American Hockey League (AHL),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Joe |title=Rookie Prust a throwback for Knights|url=https://theahl.com/rookie-prust-a-throwback-for-knights |website=TheAHL.com|access-date=August 6, 2024|date=March 31, 2006}}</ref> Prust made his NHL debut on November 1, 2006, against the Detroit Red Wings.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boyd, Prust recalled by Calgary Flames|url=https://theahl.com/boyd-prust-recalled-by-calgary-flames|website=TheAHL.com|date=2006-10-31|access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref>
Midway through the 2008–09 season, Prust would be sidelined with injury after suffering a broken jaw due to being elbowed by Cam Janssen of the St. Louis Blues.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prust getting closer... |url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/hockey/nhl/calgary-flames/prust-getting-closer|newspaper=Calgary Herald|date=2009-02-06|access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref> On March 4, 2009, Prust was traded, along with Matthew Lombardi and a 2009 first-round draft pick, to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Olli Jokinen,<ref>{{cite news|title=Flames acquire Jokinen|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/flames-acquire-jokinen-1.858439|website=CBC Sports|date=2009-03-04|access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref> and was then traded back to Calgary in exchange for Jim Vandermeer on June 27.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prust back, Vandermeer gone|url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/hockey/nhl/calgary-flames/prust-back-vandermeer-gone|newspaper=Calgary Herald|last=Cruickshank|first=Scott |date=2009-06-27|access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref> thumb|left|200px|Prust as a Ranger in October 2011. On February 1, 2010, Prust (along with Jokinen) were traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for Aleš Kotalík and Chris Higgins.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rangers ship Kotalik, Higgins to Flames|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=4879030|website=ESPN.com|date=2010-02-02|last=LeBrun|first=Pierre|access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref> Following the conclusion of the 2009–10.season, the Rangers re-signed Prust to a two-year, $1.6 million contract on July 2.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brandon Prust Resigned by the Rangers|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/414900-rangers-resign-brandon-prust|website=Bleacher Report|date=2010-07-02|access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref>
In the 2010–11 season, Prust, a fourth-line utility player and occasional enforcer, was one of only seven NHL players to score at least ten goals as well as engage in at least ten fights.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/puck-daddy/fighter-scorer-rare-40-goal-scorer-almost-valuable-143713543.html | title = The fighter-scorer is as rare as the 40-goal scorer, and almost as valuable | work = Yahoo! Sports | last = Mooney | first = Harrison | date = 2012-01-08 | access-date = 2012-04-03}}</ref> He was awarded the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award at the end of the season, given to the Rangers player who "goes above and beyond the call of duty" as voted on by the fans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prust Holds Nothing Back|url=https://www.nhlpa.com/news/1-13278/prust-holds-nothing-back|website=NHLPA.com|date=November 11, 2011|last=Lomon|first=Chris|access-date=August 5, 2024}}</ref>
During the 2012 NHL Winter Classic, which took place at Citizens Bank Park, on January 2, 2012, Prust would post two assists in a 3–2 Rangers win.<ref>{{cite news|title=NHL Winter Classic 2012: 5 Best Players of the Game|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1007959-nhl-winter-classic-2012-5-best-players-of-the-game|website=Bleacher Report|date=2012-01-03|access-date=2024-08-06|last=Prunka|first=Michael}}</ref> Overall, he proved to be a valuable member of the Rangers' penalty kill during his tenure there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/hockey/post/_/id/2765/rangers-prust-displays-killer-instinct|title=Rangers' Prust displays killer instinct|date=March 24, 2011|website=ESPN.com|access-date=August 6, 2024|last=Ehalt|first=Matt}}</ref> As an unrestricted free agent following the 2011–12 season, Prust signed a four-year, $10 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens on July 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rangers Lose Prust, Sign Enforcers Asham and Haley|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/rangers-sign-enforcers-asham-and-haley/|work=CBS News|date=2012-07-01|access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref>
After the start of the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season, Prust scored his first goal as a Canadien against Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils on January 27, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Andrei Markov scores in OT as Habs top Devils after blowing lead|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=400442541|website=ESPN.com|date=2013-01-28|access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref> Prust was awarded the Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy at the end of the regular season, an award voted on by various members of the Montreal media to honour the team's unsung hero.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=666787 | title = Praise for Prust | publisher = Montreal Canadiens|via=NHL.com| date = 2013-04-20 | access-date = 2013-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2013/04/20/canadien--brandon-prust-remporte-le-trophee-jacques-beauchamp | newspaper = Le Journal de Montréal | date = 2013-04-20 | access-date = 2024-08-06 | title = Prust, le bon choix | last = Chaumont | first = Jean-François | language=fr}}</ref>
During the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals against his former team, the New York Rangers, Prust was suspended for two games following a first period hit on forward Derek Stepan in Game 3. Stepan suffered a broken jaw on the play and subsequently missed Game 4.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://globalnews.ca/news/1349735/prust-hit-on-stepan-in-habs-rangers-series-prompts-nhl-hearing/ | title = Montreal's Prust suspended two games for hit on New York's Stepan |website = Global News | date = 2014-05-23 | access-date = 2014-05-23}}</ref>
On July 1, 2015, Prust was traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Zack Kassian and Vancouver's 5th round draft pick in the 2016 NHL entry draft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadiens trade Brandon Prust to Canucks for Zack Kassian|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/canadiens-trade-brandon-prust-to-canucks-for-zack-kassian| work = The Hockey News | last = Larkin | first = Matt |access-date= August 5, 2024|date=July 1, 2015}}</ref> Prust struggled with the Canucks, putting up the fewest points since his rookie campaign. On February 2, 2016, he was waived by the Canucks<ref>{{cite news|title=Canucks put veteran winger Prust on waivers|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/canucks-put-veteran-winger-prust-on-waivers|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|date=2016-02-02|access-date=2024-08-05|last=Ziemer|first=Brad}}</ref> and, subsequently, reassigned to the Canucks' AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brandon Prust Assigned to Comets|url=https://www.uticacomets.com/news/detail/brandon-brust-assigned-to-comets|website=Utica Comets|date=2016-02-04|access-date=2024-08-05|last=Caswell Jr.|first=Mark}}</ref> On March 10, he returned to his home in London, ON, and was taken off the roster due to an ankle injury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/canucks-shut-prust-remainder-season/|title=Canucks shut down Prust for remainder of season|date=March 10, 2016|website=Sportsnet.ca|access-date=August 5, 2024|last=McKenna|first=Ryan}}</ref> After the Canucks opted not to re-sign him following season's end, Prust became an unrestricted free agent yet again on July 1, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/prust-ready-to-earn-spot-in-training-camp-and-five-others-who-could-go-the-same-route|title=Prust ready to earn spot in training camp -- here are five others who could go the same route|date=July 20, 2016|website=The Hockey News|access-date=August 6, 2024|last=Clinton|first=Jared}}</ref>
thumb|right|200px|Prust with Montreal in January 2013. Due to his ankle injury, teams were unwilling to give Prust a contract, with concerns continuing to be raised over his foot speed and ankle itself.<ref name="LeafsFan"/> Going unsigned for the duration of the summer, he agreed to a professional tryout (PTO) contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on August 22, 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/maple-leafs-brandon-prust-joins-toronto-with-pto-agreement/ | title = Maple Leafs' Brandon Prust: Joins Toronto with PTO agreement | work = CBS Sports | date = August 22, 2016 | access-date = August 22, 2016}}</ref> Prust's main reason for signing the tryout was to fulfill his childhood dream of playing for the Maple Leafs, the team he grew up cheering for.<ref name="LeafsFan">{{cite web| url = https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1084443-prust-i-ve-always-wanted-to-play-for-the-leafs| title = Prust: 'I've always wanted to play for the Leafs' | website = theScore | date = August 23, 2016 | access-date = August 24, 2016 | last = McLaren | first = Ian}}</ref> After an unremarkable training camp, along with stiff competition for role players on the Leafs roster, he was released by the team on October 11, 2016,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thescore.com/news/1120904-leafs-release-prust-finalize-opening-night-roster?fb_comment_id=1224462914291894_1224997814238404/amp|title=Leafs release Prust, finalize opening night roster|date=2016-10-11|last=O'Leary|first=Sean|website=theScore|access-date=2024-08-06}}</ref> He then embarked on his first overseas stint in late November 2016 after signing with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icetigers.de/content/ice-tigers-verpflichten-nhl-stuermer-brandon-prust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129021308/http://www.icetigers.de/content/ice-tigers-verpflichten-nhl-stuermer-brandon-prust|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-11-29|title=Ice Tigers verpflichten NHL-Stürmer Brandon Prust|website=Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg|access-date=2016-11-28|language=de}}</ref> In the 2016–17 season, Prust added a needed physical presence to the Ice Tigers, contributing 8 points in 29 games with the team.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/brandon-prust-nhl-comeback-return-toronto-maple-leafs-germany-tryout-enforcer/ | title = 'Hungrier' Brandon Prust trying to battle back into NHL | website = Sportsnet.ca | date = June 14, 2017 | access-date = August 6, 2024|last=Fox|first=Luke}}</ref>
Vying for another attempt at an NHL comeback, Prust signed a PTO contract to attend the Los Angeles Kings' training camp prior to the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/report-prust-to-attend-kings-camp-on-pto | title = Report: Prust to attend Kings camp on PTO| website = NBC Sports | date = 2017-08-04 | last = Halford | first = Mike | access-date = 2024-08-05}}</ref> After attending camp for 10 days, Prust, along with fellow winger Shane Harper, were the first to be released from their PTOs on September 25, 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/prust-harper-released-from-ptos-villalta-assigned-to-junior-team/c-291340838 | title = Prust, Harper released from PTO's; Villalta Assigned to Junior Team | publisher = Los Angeles Kings | via = NHL.com| date = 2017-09-25 | access-date = 2017-09-25}}</ref>
==Post-playing career== Although he did not formally announce his retirement from professional hockey, Prust signalled the conclusion of his 12-year playing career in joining his former major junior club, the London Knights, as a coach on November 29, 2017.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2017/11/29/london-knights-legend-brandon-prust-back-with-club-as-coach | title = With no pro playing options to his liking, ex-London Knight Brandon Prust joins the bench | newspaper = St. Thomas Times-Journal | date = 2017-11-29 | access-date = 2017-11-29}}</ref>
On June 4, 2018, via Instagram, Prust announced that he had begun working at the London, Ontario based financial guidance firm Navigator Financial.<ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=brandonprust8 |postid=Bjm3wcrnDCQ |date=June 4, 2018 |title=Another exciting new chapter for myself at Navigator Financial!|access-date=August 5, 2024}}</ref> He likewise opened a local fitness centre known as "BP8 Fitness" in December 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former NHLer Brandon Prust opens fitness centre in London|url=https://lfpress.com/business/former-nhler-brandon-prust-opens-fitness-centre-in-london|newspaper=The London Free Press|date=2023-12-30|accessdate=2024-08-06|last=De Bono|first=Norman}}</ref>
On April 26, 2024, Prust was named head coach of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL)'s London Nationals, the team whom he started his junior hockey career with.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pyette |first1=Ryan |title=Full circle: Brandon Prust returns to London Nationals as head coach|url=https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/full-circle-brandon-prust-returns-to-london-nationals-as-head-coach |newspaper=The London Free Press |access-date=July 6, 2024 |date=April 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonontariosports.com/major/nationalsjrb/brandon-prust-new-nats-head-coach | title = Brandon Prust New Nats Head Coach| last1=MacKay|first1=Kayleigh| website = LondonOntarioSports.com | date = 2024-04-27 | access-date = 2024-07-06}}</ref>
==Personal life== Prust grew up in London, Ontario, where he attended Regina Mundi Catholic College.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://rmc.ldcsb.ca/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1076536&type=d&pREC_ID=1360234 | title = History and Tradition – About Us| website = Regina Mundi Catholic College | access-date = August 6, 2024}}</ref> As a youth, his favourite team was the Toronto Maple Leafs, and his favourite player was Wendel Clark, after whom he tried to model his own game.<ref name="LeafsFan"/><ref name="LeafsFanII">{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/news/brandon-prust-tryout-for-spot-with-maple-leafs/c-281397156| title = Brandon Prust aims to impress in Maple Leafs tryout | website = NHL.com | last = Stubbs | first = Dave | date = August 23, 2016 | access-date = October 8, 2016}}</ref>
Prust has an uncle who was a Broadway actor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul McQuillan (Performer)|url=https://playbill.com/person/paul-mcquillan-vault-0000068323|work=Playbill|access-date=2024-08-06}}</ref> His interests outside of hockey include golf and watching baseball.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://thehockeynews.com/news/brandon-prust | title = Brandon Prust | work = The Hockey News | date = 2010-12-05 | access-date = 2024-08-06|last=Malinowski|first=Mark}}</ref>
Prust began dating French-Canadian TV host Maripier Morin in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.journaldequebec.com/2010/08/26/marie-pier-morin-est-en-amour |title=Marie-Pier Morin est en amour|newspaper=Le Journal de Québec |date=2010-08-26 |access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Fox|first1=Luke|title=Q&A: 'Hockey Wives' Maripier Morin opens up|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hockey-wives-w-montreal-candiens-maripier-morin-brandon-prust-brad-richards-russell-martin-blue-jays-interview-parros/ |website=Sportsnet.ca|date=March 27, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> On June 22, 2015, the couple got engaged, and married in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stokes |first1=Cassie |title=Brandon Prust And Maripier Morin Engaged |url=http://www.etcanada.com/blogs/etc_145587/brandon-prust-and-maripier-morin-engaged/celebs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623190821/http://www.etcanada.com/blogs/etc_145587/brandon-prust-and-maripier-morin-engaged/celebs/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 23, 2015 |website=ET Canada |access-date=June 29, 2015 |date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> Morin had been a cast member on three seasons of the Canadian reality series Hockey Wives and is a popular host of her own talk show in Quebec, as well as starring in her first feature-length film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://showbizz.net/cinema/la-chute-de-lempire-americain-maripier-morin-seduit-les-critiques|title=La chute de l'empire américain : Maripier Morin séduit les critiques|date=June 20, 2018|website=Showbizz.net|access-date=August 6, 2024|last=Lepage-Boily|first=Élizabeth|language=fr}}</ref> It was announced in September 2019 that the couple had separated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Canadien Brandon Prust and wife Maripier Morin split up|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/hockey-inside-out/former-canadien-brandon-prust-and-wife-maripier-morin-split-up |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |access-date=August 5, 2024 |last= Cowan|first=Stu |date=September 8, 2019}}</ref>
In 2020 Prust's charitable foundation launched a campaign to raise money for families of sick children to find accommodations in London during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/brandon-prust-has-a-challenge-for-you-london/ |title=Brandon Prust has a challenge for you London | last = Zadorsky | first = Justin |website=CTV News |date=2020-04-24 |access-date=2022-11-09}}</ref> Prust was an outspoken opponent of mandates and "vaccine passport" policies related to COVID-19 vaccines. Prust was criticized after, in an August 2021 Twitter exchange related to vaccines, he replied to a woman with a post declaring that he hoped she would be subjected to forced prostitution.<ref>{{cite web |title=London hockey star to woman: 'Hope they force you into the sex trade' |url=https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-hockey-star-to-woman-hope-they-force-you-into-the-sex-trade/wcm/b90df092-4237-46f3-9318-c400d0e56128/amp/ |newspaper=The London Free Press |access-date=26 July 2023 |date=August 25, 2021}}</ref> Prust apologized for this.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pyette |first1=Ryan |title=Ex-NHLer apologizes, exits social media after 'sex trade' tirade |url=https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/local-ex-nhler-apologizes-exits-social-media-after-sex-trade-tirade/wcm/fea45008-75c8-44fd-9bac-2a17b6eacc01/amp/ |newspaper=The London Free Press |access-date=26 July 2023 |date=August 27, 2023}}</ref> Prust had, for a time leading up to this, generated controversy for polarizing and combative Twitter exchanges on subjects such as racial relations and the 2020 United States presidential election (in which he was opposed to the candidacy of Democrat Joe Biden).<ref>Multiple sources: *{{cite web |last1=Rich |first1=Jim |title=I Used To Think Brandon Prust Was A Good Guy. Then He Had His Racist Meltdown |url=https://deadspin.com/i-used-to-think-brandon-prust-was-a-good-guy-then-he-h-1843001128 |website=Deadspin |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en |date=22 April 2020}} *{{cite web |title=Brandon Prust gets in trouble after arguing with hundreds of people on social media! |url=https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/brandon-prust-gets-in-trouble-after-arguing-with-hundreds-of-people-on-social-media |website=HockeyFeed.com |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en |date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2001–02 | London Nationals | WOHL | 52 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | London Nationals | WOHL | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2002–03 | London Knights | OHL | 65 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 94 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003–04 | London Knights | OHL | 64 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 269 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 33 |- | 2004–05 | London Knights | OHL | 48 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 174 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 71 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights | AHL | 79 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 249 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2006–07 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights | AHL | 63 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 211 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2007–08 | Quad City Flames | AHL | 79 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 248 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2008–09 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 43 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2009–10 | New York Rangers | NHL | 26 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 160 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |- | 2011–12 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 156 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 38 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |- | 2013–14 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 52 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 121 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 82 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 134 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 35 |- | 2015–16 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 35 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Utica Comets | AHL | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2016–17 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 29 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 51 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 230 ! 40 ! 57 ! 97 ! 758 ! 6 ! 0 ! 3 ! 3 ! 20 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 486 ! 40 ! 75 ! 115 ! 1036 ! 53 ! 2 ! 8 ! 10 ! 116 |}
==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! Ref |- ! colspan="3"|CHL |- | Memorial Cup champion | 2005 | <ref name="PrustMemCup">{{cite news|title=2005 Memorial Cup Memories|url=https://chl.ca/video/2005-memorial-cup-memories/|website=CHL.ca|date=2020-06-28|accessdate=2024-08-06|last=Wilkins|first=Cory}}</ref> |- ! colspan="3"|OHL |- | J. Ross Robertson Cup champion | 2005 | <ref name = "PrustMemCup"/> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}} *{{commonscatinline}}
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