The forward has appeared in 104 career NHL games, including two with the Lightning last season.
With the news that Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ondrej Palat will be out of the lineup for 3 to 5 weeks with a lower body injury, it was almost a guarantee that someone currently with the Syracuse Crunch would be seeing an NHL call up. Most were anticipating that the lucky player would be Jonathan Marchessault. Marchessault currently leads Syracuse in scoring, and has found a lot of success recently after being reunited with two line mates he shared time with last season, forwards Yanni Gourde and Tanner Richard.