• The London native has come a long way after playing for his hometown Knights. Drafted by Calgary after their trip to the Cup Finals, his first full season was in 2008-09 where he won over quite a few fans (ex.: yours truly) with his gritty play before being traded to Phoenix at the deadline. He made a return to Calgary the next time trade period opened up, at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. That stint lasted 43 games before he was traded yet again, this time to the New York Rangers, where this time he attracted the ire of several opposing fans who, of course, took note of the fact that he would become an unrestricted free agent this July 1st.

• Never one to back down from a challenge (he has fought opponents up to and probably even past 6’7” over the course of his career), Prust has a bit of a knack for the net as well. He is relentless in the less-desirable areas of the ice and is a pesky one to try and move out of the play. What (little) he does produce in terms of scoring, he earns 110% of.

• Last season, his name and Brian Boyle’s would surface often as threats to the Montreal net.
• By now, you must have seen at least one reference to his tournament, Prusty4Kids.
• Who his girlfriend is.

• Was traded for and with the same player, and both transactions included the Calgary Flames. The player? Olli Jokinen.
• Like Armstrong, he is a Memorial Cup winner. Sidney Crosby is probably not his buddy, though (the Knights beat the Oceanic in order to capture the title).
• He wasn’t drafted in the OHL. He became a member of the London Knights as a walk-on tryout.
• He went on to lead the whole team in plus/minus that year as well as led rookies in goals, assists and points.
• He scored five shorthanded goals in 2010-11 which at some point that season led the league.
• He is not too shabby in the one-on-one. (Even if he missed in that instance.)
• His uncle was on Broadway, according to his former Rangers’ bio.
• He’s had his jaw broken twice, the first time by former Canadiens’ tough guy Brad Staubitz back in the OHL.
• Let him tell you more things about himself, here.

                                           --- Regular Season ---  ---- Playoffs ----
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
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2002-03  London Knights              OHL    65   12   17   29   94  14   2   1   3  21
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
2005-06  Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights    AHL    79   12   14   26  294  --  --  --  --  --
2006-07  Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights    AHL    63   17   10   27  211   6   0   3   3  20
2006-07  Calgary Flames              NHL    10    0    0    0   25  --  --  --  --  --
2007-08  Quad City Flames            AHL    79   10   27   37  248  --  --  --  --  --
2008-09  Calgary Flames              NHL    25    1    1    2   79  --  --  --  --  --
2008-09  Phoenix Coyotes             NHL    11    0    1    1   29  --  --  --  --  --
2009-10  Calgary Flames              NHL    43    1    4    5   98  --  --  --  --  --
2009-10  New York Rangers            NHL    26    4    5    9   65  --  --  --  --  --
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
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         NHL Totals                        279   24   39   63  612  24   1   2   3  35