| International Was second on Team Germany in scoring at the 1995 European Junior Championship scoring eight points in five games ? Member of the 1994 World Junior Championship team ? Finished second on his team in points at the 1995 World Junior Championship ? Member of Team Germany at the 1996 World Junior Championship ? Tied for the team lead in points at the 1996 World Championship ? Member of the 1996 World Cup team ? Placed 4th in the tournament with Team Germany at the 1996 World Junior Championship ? Member of the 1997 and 1998 World Championship teams and the 1998 and 2002 Olympic teams ? Member of both the World Championship and World Cup of Hockey team in 2004.
Career Drafted 49th overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues ? Played from 1994-95 to 1997-98 with Adler Manheim of the German League scoring 56 goals in four seasons ? Played his first full season in the NHL in 1999-2000 appearing in 63 games with the St. Louis Blues ? Played the 2001-02 season with the Edmonton Oilers and finished with 40 points in 82 games ? Traded to the Buffalo Sabres during the 2002-03 season. |
