PERSONAL: Matt and his wife Michelle have two daughters, Gabby and Reece….Spends his summers in Belleville, ON…Lists Canuck Place as his favourite charity…Enjoys the television show Law and Order, and calls Top Gun his favourite movie…Playing for Team Canada is his greatest hockey moment…If he was not a hockey player he says he would collect and sell antiques, or go into business.

LAST SEASON: Finished the season with a new career high 27 assists and 42 points... Finished the season among the NHL leaders with four short-handed goals... Extended his point streak to four games (1-5-6), scoring his 13th goal and 27th assists, Mar. 23/03 vs. Washington... Extended his point streak to three games (0-4-4), notching his 25th and 26th assists, Mar. 20/03 vs. Nashville... Notched his career-high 21st assists, Mar. 6/03 at Columbus... Scored two goals and added one assist to set a new career high for points in a game (3), was named the game's 1st star, Mar. 3/03 at Boston... Recorded his 16th assists of the season, extending his point steak to three games, Feb. 7/03 at Buffalo... Recorded his 13th and 14th assists of the season, Jan. 17/03 at Chicago... Scored his 7th goal (short-handed) and notched his 11th assists, named the game's 3rd star, Jan. 8/03 vs. Ottawa... Scored his 3rd short-handed goal of the season, Dec. 28/02 vs. Anaheim... Notched two assists, giving him four in his last two games, Dec. 21/02 vs. Edmonton... Recorded two assists, Dec. 19/02 at Nashville... Scored his first goal of the season in nearly 16 minutes of ice-time, Oct. 12/02 vs. San Jose.