Chris Clark

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Chris Clark
Date of birth March 8, 1976
place of birth Manchester , Connecticut , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 3rd lap, 77th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
1994-1998 Clarkson University
1998-1999 Saint John Flames
1999-2004 Calgary Flames
2004-2005 Storhamar Dragons
2005-2009 Washington Capitals
2009-2011 Columbus Blue Jackets
2011 Providence Bruins

Chris Clark (born March 8, 1976 in Manchester , Connecticut ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach who played 641 games for the Calgary Flames , Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets between 1994 and 2011 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . However, he celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Saint John Flames by winning the Calder Cup of the American Hockey League in 2001.

Career

The 1.81 m tall winger began his career on the Clarkson University team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations before being selected ( drafted ) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft as 77th in the third round of the Calgary Flames ( drafted ).

After he was first used with the farm team Saint John Flames in the American Hockey League , the right- shooter completed his first NHL games for Calgary in the 1999/00 season . For the Flames, Clark was on the ice for five seasons, in his last season in Canada he even reached the Stanley Cup final with the team , which was lost three to four games against the Tampa Bay Lightning .

After the lockout season 2004/05 , which the American spent at SC Bern in the Swiss National League A and at the Storhamar Dragons in the Norwegian UPC leagues , Chris Clark switched to Washington Capitals on August 4, 2005 as a free agent . From January 2006 he was next to Alexander Ovetschkin in the first row of the Capitals, on September 13 he also became the new captain of the capital. After the striker suffered from bad luck with injuries in the 2007/08 and 2008/09 seasons , he was finally able to play again without any problems in the 2009/10 season . Nevertheless, the Capitals transferred their captain to the Columbus Blue Jackets on December 28, 2009 together with defender Milan Jurčina . In return, Jason Chimera moved to Washington.

After the 2010/11 season, the American did not get a new contract with the Blue Jackets. In September 2011 he tried his hand at the Boston Bruins training camp , where he also received no working paper. Finally, Clark moved to the Providence Bruins in the AHL in early November 2011 on a tryout basis . After six missions, he finally ended his active career in the same month and then switched back to the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he took a position in the coaching staff.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 Clarkson University NCAA 32 12 11 23 92
1995/96 Clarkson University NCAA 38 10 8th 18th 106
1996/97 Clarkson University NCAA 37 23 25th 48 86
1997/98 Clarkson University NCAA 35 18th 21st 39 106
1998/99 Saint John Flames AHL 73 13 27 40 123 7th 2 4th 6th 15th
1999/00 Saint John Flames AHL 48 16 17th 33 134 - - - - -
1999/00 Calgary Flames NHL 22nd 0 1 1 14th - - - - -
2000/01 Saint John Flames AHL 48 18th 17th 35 131 18th 4th 10 14th 39
2000/01 Calgary Flames NHL 29 5 1 6th 38 - - - - -
2001/02 Calgary Flames NHL 64 10 7th 17th 79 - - - - -
2002/03 Calgary Flames NHL 81 10 12 22nd 126 - - - - -
2003/04 Calgary Flames NHL 82 10 15th 25th 106 26th 3 3 6th 30th
2004/05 SC Bern NLA 3 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
2004/05 Storhamar Dragons UPC leagues 15th 10 4th 14th 86 7th 4th 4th 8th 14th
2005/06 Washington Capitals NHL 78 20th 19th 39 110 - - - - -
2006/07 Washington Capitals NHL 74 30th 24 54 66 - - - - -
2007/08 Washington Capitals NHL 18th 5 4th 9 43 - - - - -
2008/09 Washington Capitals NHL 32 1 5 6th 32 8th 1 0 1 8th
2009/10 Washington Capitals NHL 38 4th 11 15th 27 - - - - -
2009/10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 36 3 2 5 21st - - - - -
2010/11 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 53 5 10 16 38 - - - - -
2011/12 Providence Bruins AHL 6th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
NCAA overall 142 63 65 128 390
AHL total 175 47 61 108 392 25th 6th 14th 20th 64
NHL overall 607 103 111 214 700 34 4th 3 7th 38

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2002 United States WM 7th place 7th 2 0 2 6th
2007 United States WM 5th place 6th 2 1 3 4th
Men overall 12 4th 1 5 10

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Clark, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester , Connecticut