Kyle Clifford

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Kyle Clifford
Date of birth January 13, 1991
place of birth Ayr , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 94 kg
position Left wing
number # 13
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 2nd round, 35th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
2007-2010 Barrie Colts
2010-2020 Los Angeles Kings
since 2020 Toronto Maple Leafs

Kyle Clifford (born January 13, 1991 in Ayr , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League since February 2020 . Previously, Clifford played 10 years for his draft club, the Los Angeles Kings . These won wingers in the years 2012 and 2014 the Stanley Cup .

Career

Clifford first played in the 2006/07 season with the Cambridge Hawks before he was selected by the Barrie Colts in the second round of the 2007 OHL Priority Selection in 37th place . For the Colts he was active in the following three playing years.

After he had signed an entry contract with the Los Angeles Kings in September 2009 , who had previously selected him in the second round in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in 35th place, he received some appearances in the American Hockey League with the Manchester Monarchs in the spring of 2010 . The Monarchs were the Kings' farm team in the American Hockey League at the time. For the 2010/11 season Clifford received a regular place in the NHL squad of the Los Angeles Kings. With the team he then won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014 .

After ten years in the organization of the Kings, Clifford and goalkeeper Jack Campbell were handed over to the Toronto Maple Leafs in February 2020 . In return, Los Angeles received Trevor Moore , a third-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2020 and a conditional third-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2021 . In addition, the Kings continue to pay half of Clifford's salary.

International

Clifford represented his home country Canada at the 2009 U18 World Junior Championship . He finished fourth with the team. In six tournament games he remained pointless and received 16 penalty minutes.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2006/07 Cambridge Hawks Minor ON 70 31 49 80 119 - - - - -
2007/08 Barrie Colts OHL 66 1 14th 15th 83 9 0 1 1 4th
2008/09 Barrie Colts OHL 60 16 12 28 133 5 0 0 0 13
2009/10 Barrie Colts OHL 58 28 29 57 111 17th 5 9 14th 28
2009/10 Manchester monarchs AHL - - - - - 7th 0 2 2 12
2010/11 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 7th 7th 14th 141 6th 3 2 5 7th
2011/12 Los Angeles Kings NHL 81 5 7th 12 123 3 0 0 0 2
2012/13 Ontario Reign ECHL 9 4th 3 7th 2 - - - - -
2012/13 Los Angeles Kings NHL 48 7th 7th 14th 51 14th 0 2 2 8th
2013/14 Los Angeles Kings NHL 71 3 5 8th 81 24 1 6th 7th 39
2014/15 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 6th 9 15th 87 - - - - -
2015/16 Ontario Reign AHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2015/16 Los Angeles Kings NHL 56 3 6th 9 55 4th 0 1 1 0
2016/17 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 6th 6th 12 92 - - - - -
2017/18 Los Angeles Kings NHL 50 6th 4th 10 48 4th 0 0 0 6th
2018/19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 11 10 21st 96 - - - - -
2019/20 Los Angeles Kings NHL 53 6th 8th 14th 45 - - - - -
2019/20 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 16 1 2 3 23 5 0 0 0 0
OHL total 184 45 55 100 327 31 5 10 15th 45
NHL overall 676 61 71 132 842 60 4th 11 15th 62

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2009 Canada U18 World Cup 4th Place 6th 0 0 0 16
Juniors overall 6th 0 0 0 16

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maple Leafs Acquire Campbell and Clifford from Los Angeles. nhl.com, February 6, 2020, accessed on February 7, 2020 .