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2006-07 SEASONShared the Czech League scoring title with 57 points (19g/38a) in 46 games for HC Sparta…Led Sparta in regular sea-son and playoff scoring…Tallied the most assists in the Czech Extraliga playoffs with 12…Competed for the CzechRepublic at the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow, finishing second on the team in scoring with seven points(3g/4a) in seven games.

CAREER2005-06: Spent most of the year with Kloten (Swiss) before returning home to play for Sparta…Compiled 10 goals and16 points in 17 playoff games for Sparta…Helped the Czech Republic to a silver medal at the 2006 IIHF WorldChampionship in Latvia…Recorded six points (2g/4a) in nine games during the tournament. 2002-03: Appeared in all ninegames for the Czech Republic at the 2003 IIHF World Championship, tallying two goals and one assist. 2001-02: Led theCzech League with 45 assists during the regular season with HC Sparta. 2000-01: Captured a gold medal with the CzechRepublic at the 2001 IIHF World Championship…Appeared in all nine games at the Worlds, scoring one goal. 1999-00:Recorded a career-high 20 goals in 47 games for Sparta…Finished second on the club in both goals and points (57). 1997-98: Ranked second on the team with 18 goals in his second full season with Sparta.

INTERNATIONALHas represented the Czech Republic at six World Championships…Was a teammate of Avalanche forward Milan Hejdukat the 2003 IIHF World Championship…Helped the Czech Republic to a silver medal at the 2006 World Championshipand a gold medal at the 2001 World Championship.

PERSONALJaroslav and his wife, Klara, have two children, Nicole and Tomas…Spent his summer at home in Prague…Participatesin charity hockey and soccer games in the Czech Republic…Lists English soccer club Arsenal as his favorite non-hockeyteam…Lists French soccer star Zinedine Zidane as the person he would most like to meet.

TRANSACTIONSSigned by Colorado as a free agent, May 31, 2007.

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CENTER • 5’10” • 185 LBSSHOOTS: LEFT • BORN: NOV. 10, 1976 BIRTHPLACE: PRAGUE, CZECH REP.RESIDES: PRAGUE, CZECH REP.

GP G A PTS PIMAnaheim - - - - -Atlanta - - - - -Boston - - - - -Buffalo - - - - -Calgary - - - - -Carolina - - - - -Chicago - - - - -Colorado - - - - -Columbus - - - - -Dallas - - - - -

GP G A PTS PIMDetroit - - - - -Edmonton - - - - -Florida - - - - -Los Angeles - - - - -Minnesota - - - - -Montreal - - - - -Nashville - - - - -New Jersey - - - - -NY Islanders - - - - -NY Rangers - - - - -

GP G A PTS PIMOttawa - - - - -Philadelphia - - - - -Phoenix - - - - -Pittsburgh - - - - -San Jose - - - - -St. Louis - - - - -Tampa Bay - - - - -Toronto - - - - -Vancouver - - - - -Washington - - - - -

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REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFSSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM +/- PP SH GW GP G A PTS PIM1994-95 Sparta Czech 9 1 3 4 0 - - - - - - - - -1995-96 Sparta Czech 18 3 1 4 6 - - - - 12 1 4 5 01996-97 Sparta Czech 48 8 18 26 12 - - - - 7 0 0 0 01997-98 Sparta Czech 51 18 19 37 24 - - - - - - - - -1998-99 Sparta Czech 41 9 24 33 22 - - - - 6 1 2 3 01999-00 Sparta Czech 49 20 37 57 49 - - - - - - - - -2000-01 Sparta Czech 45 12 17 29 28 - - - - 13 2 9 11 12

Czech Rep. WC 9 1 0 1 2 - - - - - - - - -2001-02 Sparta Czech 52 16 45 61 54 - - - - 13 9 6 15 4

Czech Rep. WC 7 1 5 6 2 - - - - - - - - -2002-03 Kloten Swiss-A 41 18 30 48 16 - - - - - - - - -

Czech Rep. WC 9 2 1 3 6 - - - - - - - - -2003-04 Kloten Swiss-A 43 18 24 42 33 - - - - - - - - -

Czech Rep. WC 2 0 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -2004-05 Kazan Russia 36 4 15 19 10 - - - - 1 0 0 0 02005-06 Kloten Swiss-A 37 12 24 36 18 - - - - - - - - -

Sparta Czech 9 3 8 11 14 - - - - 17 10 6 16 10Czech Rep. WC 9 2 4 6 2 - - - - - - - - -

2006-07 Sparta Czech 46 19 38 57 46 - - - - 16 4 12 16 38Czech Rep. WC 7 3 4 7 0 - - - - - - - - -

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CAREER HIGHSGoals/Game: 3, Oct. 13, 2000 vs. BostonAssists/Game: 3, Jan. 5, 2006 at MinnesotaPoints/Game: 3 (5x), last: March 19, 2006 at San JosePoint Streak: 4 games (6x), last: Dec. 30, 2005 - Jan. 5, 2006Goal Streak: 2 games (7x), last: March 19-20, 2006 (3g)Assist Streak: 3 games (8x), last: Oct. 16-19, 2006 (4a)Consec. Games: 162 games, March 29, 2004 - March 27, 2007Multiple Point Games: 2 pts (43), 3 pts (5)

2006-07 SEASONRecorded 29 points (8g/21a), the second most of his career, and was +5 in 81 games for Colorado…Led the Avalanchein penalty minutes with 133…Fifth highest total of his career and his most since 2000-01 (141)…Surpassed 100 PIM’sfor the 10th time in his last 11 seasons…Was the first Avalanche player to record back-to-back 100 PIM campaigns sinceScott Parker in 2000-01 and 2001-02…Led the team with 17 fighting majors, tied with Buffalo’s Andrew Peters for sec-ond in the NHL (George Parros, 18)…Ranked first among Colorado forwards with 85 hits…Avalanche’s nominee for theKing Clancy Trophy, as selected by his teammates…Missed his first game since joining the Avs when he sat out with agroin injury on March 29 at Phoenix…Ended a streak of 162 consecutive games played dating back to 2004…Scored his100th career goal on Oct. 29 vs. Minnesota…Collected a fighting major in four consecutive games, Nov. 7-15…Skatedin his 800th NHL game on Nov. 28 at Calgary…Scored a season-high two goals on March 21 at Edmonton.

CAREER2005-06: Established career highs in goals (21), assists (24) and points (45) in his first season with the Avalanche…His pre-vious best scoring season came as a rookie in 1994-95, when he tallied 13 goals and 27 points with the St. Louis Blues…Ledthe Avs with 116 penalty minutes and 12 fighting majors…First Avalanche player to score 20 goals and compile 100 penal-ty minutes in a season since 1998-99 (Claude Lemieux, Peter Forsberg)…Played in all 82 games for the first time in hiscareer…Led all NHL forwards with 92 blocked shots…Named alternate captain when Steve Konowalchuk went out with aninjury in mid-November…Scored two goals while playing in his 700th NHL game, Oct. 19 vs. Los Angeles…Scored his firstcareer overtime goal on Oct. 29 vs. Vancouver…Recorded a career-high three assists on Jan. 5 at Minnesota…Logged a pairof fighting majors on Jan. 28 vs. Vancouver…Scored his 20th goal of the year on April 8 vs. St. Louis, surpassing the 20-goalmark for the first time in his career. PLAYOFFS: Finished second on the Avalanche with 26 hits during thepostseason…Assisted on Alex Tanguay’s OT winner in Game Three (CQF) vs. Dallas on April 26…Racked up 17 penalty min-utes in Game One (CSF) at Anaheim on May 5. 2003-04: Scored 10 goals, reaching the double-digit mark for the first timesince his rookie season…Finished with 1,010 career penalty minutes in a Kings uniform, fifth on the club’s all-timelist…Missed 19 games, Nov. 26 to Jan. 6, with a concussion. 2002-03: Led the Kings with 122 penalty minutes…Tied forfifth in the NHL with five shorthanded points (1g/4a) and co-led the NHL in shorthanded assists…LA’s nominee for the NHL’sMasterton Trophy and King Clancy Award…Missed nine games due to injury. 2001-02: Led the Kings in games played (81)and penalty minutes (125). 2000-01: Ranked second on the Kings in PIM (141) and hits (209)…Recorded his first career hattrick on Oct. 13 vs. Boston. 1999-00: Led the Kings in penalty minutes with a career high 185…Led the entire NHL with 21major penalties…Underwent surgery following the season to repair a torn ACL in his left knee. 1998-99: Ranked second onthe team in penalty minutes (138). 1997-98: Finished second on the Kings in face-off win percentage at 52.3%…Led the teamin hits (198). 1995-96: Played for three NHL teams: St. Louis, NY Rangers and Los Angeles. 1994-95: Was recalled by St. Louis

TRANSACTIONSSt. Louis’ sixth choice (seventh round, 158th overall) in1992 Entry Draft…Traded to NY Rangers in exchange forStephane Matteau, Dec. 28, 1995…Traded to LosAngeles, along with Ray Ferraro, Mattias Norstrom,Nathan LaFayette and the Rangers’ fourth-round choice(Sean Blanchard) in 1997 Entry Draft, in exchange forMarty McSorley, Jari Kurri and Shane Churla, March 14,1996…Signed by Colorado as a free agent, July 2, 2004.

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RIGHT WING • 6’1” • 200 LBSSHOOTS: RIGHT • BORN: JAN. 19, 1974BIRTHPLACE: MONTREAL, QUEBECRESIDES: DENVER, COLO.

GP G A PTS PIMAnaheim 51 4 13 17 73Atlanta 8 2 2 4 33Boston 17 4 2 6 25Buffalo 18 2 6 8 22Calgary 54 3 13 16 158Carolina 13 1 1 2 16Chicago 42 2 9 11 84Colorado 37 5 8 13 73Columbus 24 3 3 6 27Dallas 50 5 13 18 108

GP G A PTS PIMDetroit 47 8 10 18 51Edmonton 54 9 11 20 156Florida 13 0 1 1 21Los Angeles 12 4 3 7 15Minnesota 32 5 11 16 33Montreal 17 1 3 4 22Nashville 29 5 7 12 31New Jersey 14 4 0 4 16NY Islanders 18 0 4 4 25NY Rangers 14 0 3 3 25

GP G A PTS PIMOttawa 15 2 2 4 43Philadelphia 16 2 1 3 6Phoenix 50 13 9 22 82Pittsburgh 15 1 3 4 17San Jose 53 6 11 17 88St. Louis 37 2 6 8 87Tampa Bay 15 2 0 2 22Toronto 23 5 5 10 44Vancouver 51 6 8 14 57Washington 18 1 3 4 31

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REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFSSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM +/- PP SH GW GP G A PTS PIM1989-90 Mtl-Bourassa QAAA 22 4 10 14 10 - - - - 3 0 1 1 61990-91 Drummondville QMJHL 65 19 29 48 117 - - - - 14 2 9 11 481991-92 Drummondville QMJHL 70 28 49 77 160 - - - - 4 2 2 4 91992-93 Drummondville QMJHL 60 44 96 140 188 - - - - 10 6 13 19 201993-94 Drummondville QMJHL 62 41 72 113 150 - - - - 9 4 6 10 35

St. Louis NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - -Peoria IHL - - - - - - - - - 5 1 3 4 2

1994-95 Peoria IHL 51 16 32 48 111 - - - - - - - - -St. Louis NHL 37 13 14 27 85 +12 1 0 1 7 0 4 4 21

1995-96 St. Louis NHL 33 3 6 9 87 -4 1 0 1 - - - - -Worcester AHL 3 2 1 3 22 - - - - - - - - -NY Rangers NHL 28 1 2 3 53 -5 0 0 0 - - - - -Los Angeles NHL 10 2 3 5 15 -2 0 0 0 - - - - -

1996-97 Los Angeles NHL 62 8 15 23 102 -25 0 1 2 - - - - -1997-98 Los Angeles NHL 77 6 15 21 131 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 61998-99 Los Angeles NHL 72 3 10 13 138 -5 0 0 1 - - - - -1999-00 Los Angeles NHL 79 9 13 22 185 -14 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 22000-01 Los Angeles NHL 79 8 10 18 141 +5 0 0 0 13 1 2 3 122001-02 Los Angeles NHL 81 8 14 22 125 +5 0 0 3 7 0 1 1 92002-03 Los Angeles NHL 73 7 12 19 122 -9 1 1 1 - - - - -2003-04 Los Angeles NHL 62 10 12 22 58 -4 1 0 3 - - - - -2004-05 -- DNP --2005-06 Colorado NHL 82 21 24 45 116 +3 1 1 3 9 0 1 1 272006-07 Colorado NHL 81 8 21 29 133 +5 0 0 0 - - - - -NHL TOTALS 857 107 171 278 1491 -38 5 4 17 44 2 8 10 77

on Jan. 31 and appeared in 37 of the Blues’ 48 games…Ranked fourth in NHL rookie scoring with 27 points (13g/14a)…Wasthird in assists and sixth in goals among rookies…Led the NHL in shooting percentage (24.5%), the first rookie to do thatsince Pittsburgh’s Warren Young in 1984-85. 1992-93: Second Team QMJHL All-Star with Drummondville.

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PERSONALIan and his wife, Magali, have two sons, Tristan (5) and Zachary (3)…Nickname is Lappy…Was selected by his teammatesas the Avalanche’s nominee for the King Clancy Trophy in 2007, given to the player who demonstrates leadership andhumanitarian contribution in his community…Is actively involved in helping the Ronald McDonald House…Has also lent histime to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America…Visits youth hockey practices as part of Colorado Avalanche Player Clinics andalso gives his time to the team’s Break the Ice program and Colorado Special Hockey for mentally and physically challengedindividuals…Was the Avalanche’s 2007 recipient of the Chopper Travaglini Award for community service…Was LosAngeles’ nominee for the NHL’s Masterton Trophy and King Clancy Award in 2003…Kings Community Service award win-ner for 2003-04…Played former Canadiens great “Boom Boom” Geoffrion in the movie “Maurice Richard” - an independentfilm about the legendary hockey player released in 2005…Ian’s first job was delivering newspapers…Lists the MontrealAlouettes as his favorite non-hockey team…Voted Kings’ Most Popular Player by Kings Booster Club on four occasions (‘97,‘00, 01, ‘03)…Voted by teammates as the Kings’ Most Inspirational Player in ‘97, ‘01, ‘03.

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CAREER HIGHSGoals/Game: 2, Nov. 1, 2003 vs. ColumbusAssists/Game: 2 (5x), last: March 23, 2006 at St. LouisPoints/Game: 3, March 23, 2006 at St. LouisPoint Streak: 5 games, Nov. 20-Dec. 2, 2003 (1g/4a)Goal Streak: NoneAssist Streak: 4 games, March 25-April 2, 2004 (4a)Consec. Games: 176 games, Feb. 19, 2003 - March 29, 2006Multiple Point Games: 2 pts (8), 3 pts (1)

2006-07 SEASONMissed all but 15 games due to three separate injuries…Missed the first 25 games of the season following hernia sur-gery performed on Aug. 1…Was activated from the IR on Dec. 1 and made his Avalanche debut on Dec. 2 atVancouver…Sat out 17 games because of a groin injury, Dec. 13-Jan. 20…Returned to action following the All-StarBreak…Suffered a wrist injury on Feb. 15 at Calgary, forcing him to miss the final 25 games of the season…Was placedon the IR, Feb. 20 (retroactive to Feb. 15)…Underwent surgery for a fractured wrist on Feb. 21.

CAREER2005-06: Played in 74 games for the Flames and finished second on the team in average time on ice (22:19)…Skated inhis 200th NHL game on March 4 vs. San Jose…Recorded a career-high three points on March 23 at St. Louis, notchingtwo assists and the game-winning goal…Missed a total of eight games due to injury. PLAYOFFS: Skated in seven playoffgames, notching one assist. 2003-04: Appeared in all 82 regular season games and all 26 playoff games for theFlames…Led Calgary defensemen in scoring with 33 points (9g/24a)…Finished fifth on the team in points, tied for thirdin assists, second in power-play points (17) and second in ice-time (22:14)…Played in his 100th NHL game on Jan. 13 atToronto…Tallied his first career multi-goal game on Nov. 1 vs. Columbus. PLAYOFFS: Made his NHL playoff debut, skat-ing in all 26 games for Calgary…Led the Flames defense in scoring with 10 points (10a) and was second in average ice-time (25:41)…Collected two assists in his first NHL playoff game, April 7 at Vancouver (WCQF)…Led the Flames with fourassists in the WCQF against San Jose…Played in his first Stanley Cup Final match in Game One at Tampa Bay on May25…Posted a PP assist in Game Seven. 2002-03: Led all Flames rookies with 14 points (4g/10a) in his first NHLseason…Played in his first NHL game on Oct. 19 at Chicago…Registered his first career goal/point on Oct. 26 vs. St.Louis…Posted his first career assist and multi-point game on Nov. 2 vs. Colorado (1g/1a)…Missed 10 games due to injury.

INTERNATIONALHas represented the United States at two World Junior Championships, three World Championships and oneOlympics…Made his Olympic debut for Team USA at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, where he scored one goalin six games…Was invited to participate in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey but suffered an injury in training camp keepinghim out of the tournament…Led all USA defensemen in scoring with four points (1g/3a) at the 2003 World Championship.

COLLEGE2001-02: Captured the 2002 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as college hockey’s most outstanding player as a senior at theUniversity of Minnesota…Became just the fourth defenseman to win the award…Was also named WCHA Defensive

TRANSACTIONSAnaheim’s first choice (second round, 44th overall) in 1999Entry Draft…Traded to Calgary in exchange for AndreiNazarov and Calgary's second round choice in the 2001Entry Draft, Sept. 26, 2000…Traded to Colorado, alongwith a second-round choice (Codey Burki) in the 2006 EntryDraft and a conditional second-round pick (Trevor Cann) inthe 2007 Entry Draft, in exchange for Alex Tanguay, June24, 2006.

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DEFENSEMAN • 6’1” • 200 LBSSHOOTS: LEFT • BORN: AUG. 3, 1980BIRTHPLACE: GOLDEN VALLEY, MINN.RESIDES: DENVER, COLO.

GP G A PTS PIMAnaheim 12 1 3 4 2Atlanta 3 1 0 1 0Boston 3 1 0 1 0Buffalo 3 0 0 0 0Calgary 1 0 0 0 0Carolina 2 0 1 1 0Chicago 12 0 3 3 6Colorado 15 3 5 8 4Columbus 13 2 5 7 6Dallas 12 1 2 3 4

GP G A PTS PIMDetroit 10 0 2 2 12Edmonton 18 1 3 4 8Florida 3 0 0 0 0Los Angeles 11 1 3 4 0Minnesota 17 0 3 3 16Montreal 4 0 1 1 4Nashville 12 0 2 2 4New Jersey 4 0 1 1 0NY Islanders 3 0 2 2 4NY Rangers 4 0 1 1 2

GP G A PTS PIMOttawa 4 1 1 2 4Philadelphia 2 0 0 0 2Phoenix 11 2 2 4 6Pittsburgh 2 1 0 1 0San Jose 13 0 4 4 6St. Louis 10 2 4 6 4Tampa Bay 1 0 1 1 0Toronto 6 0 0 0 2Vancouver 15 0 6 6 12Washington 3 0 0 0 0

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REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFSSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM +/- PP SH GW GP G A PTS PIM1997-98 U.S. U-18 USDP 60 11 12 23 16 - - - - - - - - -1998-99 U. of Minnesota WCHA 39 7 16 23 20 - - - - - - - - -

United States WJC 6 0 1 1 0 - - - - - - - - -1999-00 U. of Minnesota WCHA 39 6 18 24 20 - - - - - - - - -

United States WJC 7 1 2 3 0 - - - - - - - - -2000-01 U. of Minnesota WCHA 42 12 37 49 38 - - - - - - - - -2001-02 U. of Minnesota WCHA 44 20 28 48 28 - - - - - - - - -

United States WC 7 0 1 1 4 - - - - - - - - -2002-03 Saint John AHL 3 1 2 3 0 - - - - - - - - -

Calgary NHL 58 4 10 14 12 -15 3 0 0 - - - - -United States WC 6 1 3 4 2 - - - - - - - - -

2003-04 Calgary NHL 82 9 24 33 24 +8 6 0 1 26 0 10 10 6 2004-05 United States WC 7 0 1 1 0 - - - - - - - - -2005-06 Calgary NHL 74 2 18 20 68 +6 2 0 1 7 0 1 1 4

United States Olympics 6 1 0 1 4 - - - - - - - - -2006-07 Colorado NHL 15 2 3 5 14 -4 1 1 0 - - - - -NHL TOTALS 229 17 55 72 118 -5 12 1 2 33 0 11 11 10

Player of the Year and earned a spot on the WCHA First All-Star Team…Led the NCAA in scoring among defensemenwith 48 points (20g/28a)…Captained the Gophers to the 2002 NCAA Championship. 2000-01: Was runner-up for theHobey Baker Award as a junior…Named to the WCHA First All-Star Team and the NCAA West First All-Star Team. Other:Was selected to the WCHA Second All-Star Team as a sophomore in 1999-2000 and was named to the WCHA All-RookieTeam as a freshman in 1998-99…Set a Minnesota record for career goals by a defenseman with 45.

PERSONALJordan and his wife, Jamie, have two daughters…Is involved with the Garth Brooks “Teammates For Kids” Foundation…Favoritehockey player growing up was Paul Coffey…Lists former Minnesota Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek as his favorite non-hockeyathlete…Lists George Washington as the person he would most like to meet…Lists Maui as his favorite vacation spot.

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CAREER HIGHSGoals/Game: 2 (2x), last: Oct. 18, 2006 at TorontoAssists/Game: 3, Oct. 29, 2006 vs. MinnesotaPoints/Game: 3 (3x), last: Nov. 30, 2006 at EdmontonPoint Streak: 6 games, Jan. 14-26, 2006 (2g/7a)Goal Streak: 2 games (4x), last: March 18-21, 2007Assist Streak: 6 games, Jan. 14-26, 2006 (7a)Consec. Games: 126 games, March 31, 2004 - Jan. 6, 2007Multiple Point Games: 2 pts (18), 3 pts (3)

2006-07 SEASONLed all Colorado defensemen in goals (14), assists (30) and points (44)…Became the first NHL defenseman to score 10or more goals in each of his first three seasons since Steve Duchesne from 1986-87 to 1988-89…Finished tied for 10thamong NHL backliners in goals and 20th in points…28 of his 44 points came on the power play (8g/20a)…Suffered abroken left foot on Jan. 6 at Minnesota, forcing him to miss 11 games…Placed on the IR Jan. 8 and activated on Feb.6…Had two assists and logged a career-high 25:40 of ice time in the season opener against Dallas on Oct. 4…Was +3and tied his career high with two goals on Oct. 18 at Toronto…Changed his sweater number from #26 to #4 on Oct.20…Set a career high with three assists on Oct. 29 vs. Minnesota.

CAREER2005-06: Surpassed his rookie-season totals in every scoring category, compiling 14 goals, 35 assists and 49points…Finished second among Avalanche defensemen in points and tied Rob Blake for first in goals…Ranked 14thamong NHL defensemen in scoring…One of six Avalanche players to skate in all 82 games…Set a new franchise recordfor most points by a defenseman in the month of October with 14…Recorded three consecutive multiple-point games,Oct. 10-14, becoming only the third defenseman in franchise history to accomplish the feat…Set a career high with twogoals and three points on Oct. 21 at Edmonton…Played in 100th NHL game Nov. 21 vs. Calgary…Compiled a career-highsix-game point streak, Jan. 14-26. PLAYOFFS: Collected points in each of his first three games during the postseason(1g/2a)…Scored first career playoff goal in Game One (CQF) at Dallas on April 22…Assisted on Joe Sakic’s OT winnerin Game Two at Dallas on April 24. 2004-05: Played for Iserlohn in Germany. 2003-04: Was named to the NHL All-RookieTeam…Led all NHL rookie defensemen with 34 points, the most by a rookie defenseman since Lubomir Visnovsky had39 with the Kings in 2000-01…It was the second-best point total by a first-year defenseman in team history, trailing onlyBruce Bell’s 37 with the Nordiques in 1984-85…Liles’ 10 goals were the most by a rookie defenseman in franchise his-tory and also led all rookie blueliners in 2003-04…Scored a game-winning goal for his first NHL point, Oct. 16 atMinnesota…Left the game on March 23 vs. Chicago with a bruised knee, missing three contests. PLAYOFFS: Skated inall 11 postseason games…Recorded first career playoff assist/point in Game One (WCQF) vs. Dallas. 2002-03: Signedto an amateur tryout contract with Hershey (AHL) on March 30, playing his first pro game that night in Grand Rapids.

INTERNATIONALMade his Olympic debut with Team USA at the 2006 Winter Games, playing in all six contests (0g/2a)…Also represent-ed Team USA at 2005 IIHF World Championship, appearing in seven games…Was a late addition to the U.S. roster atthe 2004 World Cup of Hockey, replacing an injured Hal Gill…Selected to the 2000 U.S. National Junior Team but suf-fered a shoulder injury in the final minute of the last exhibition game and was unable to participate in the World Juniors.

TRANSACTIONSColorado’s eighth selection (fifth round, 159th overall) in2000 Entry Draft.

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DEFENSEMAN • 5’10” • 185 LBS SHOOTS: LEFT • BORN: NOV. 25, 1980BIRTHPLACE: INDIANAPOLIS, IND.RESIDES: CULVER, IND.

GP G A PTS PIMAnaheim 11 0 3 3 6Atlanta 2 0 0 0 2Boston 3 1 0 1 0Buffalo 3 0 1 1 0Calgary 21 2 10 12 4Carolina 2 1 0 1 0Chicago 12 2 7 9 10Colorado - - - - -Columbus 12 1 4 5 10Dallas 12 2 5 7 4

GP G A PTS PIMDetroit 7 1 4 5 0Edmonton 21 5 8 13 14Florida 2 0 1 1 0Los Angeles 11 3 5 8 2Minnesota 21 5 3 8 8Montreal 3 0 2 2 0Nashville 11 3 4 7 8New Jersey 3 0 1 1 2NY Islanders 2 1 1 2 4NY Rangers 3 0 1 1 0

GP G A PTS PIMOttawa 3 0 1 1 2Philadelphia 2 1 2 3 0Phoenix 10 1 5 6 0Pittsburgh 2 0 0 0 2San Jose 11 5 4 9 4St. Louis 12 0 5 5 4Tampa Bay 3 0 1 1 0Toronto 3 3 1 4 0Vancouver 22 1 10 11 10Washington 2 0 0 0 0

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REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFSSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM +/- PP SH GW GP G A PTS PIM1999-00 Michigan State CCHA 40 8 20 28 26 - - - - - - - - -2000-01 Michigan State CCHA 42 7 18 25 28 - - - - - - - - -2001-02 Michigan State CCHA 41 13 22 35 18 - - - - - - - - -2002-03 Michigan State CCHA 39 16 34 50 46 - - - - - - - - -

Hershey AHL 5 0 1 1 4 - - - - 5 0 0 0 22003-04 Colorado NHL 79 10 24 34 28 +7 2 0 1 11 0 1 1 4

United States W-Cup 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - -2004-05 Iserlohn Germany 17 5 6 11 24 - - - - - - - - -

United States WC 7 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - -2005-06 Colorado NHL 82 14 35 49 44 +5 6 0 1 9 1 2 3 6

United States Olympics 6 0 2 2 2 - - - - - - - - -2006-07 Colorado NHL 71 14 30 44 24 0 8 0 3 - - - - -NHL TOTALS 232 38 89 127 96 +12 16 0 5 20 1 3 4 10

COLLEGE2002-03: Was a Hobey Baker Award finalist as a senior at Michigan State…Named an All-American for the secondstraight year…Led the Spartans in scoring with 50 points…Became the first two-time winner of the CCHA’s BestOffensive Defenseman Award and was first team All-CCHA for the second straight year…Ranked as the top-scoringdefenseman in the league and led the nation among blueliners in points per game (1.28)…Closed out his collegiate careeras the top goal-scoring defenseman in Michigan State history (44). 2001-02: Led all CCHA defensemen in goals (13) andpoints (35) as a junior…Was a first-team All-CCHA selection and a second team All-American…Winner of the CCHA’sBest Offensive Defenseman Award. 2000-01: Named to the All-CCHA Second Team as a sophomore.

PERSONALFirst player in franchise draft history to hail from the state of Indiana…His mother, Janie, was a rower at PurdueUniversity…Lettered in hockey and golf at Culver Military Academy…Brother, Joe, graduated from the United StatesNaval Academy…Is actively involved in Hinote’s Heroes, a charity group founded by former Avs teammate DanHinote…Is a minority owner of the Indiana Ice (USHL) hockey team…Favorite player growing up was Brian Leetch…ListsBenjamin Mackenzie as the actor who would play him in his life story.

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