Mat Clark

This article covers the ice hockey player Mat Clark; on the actor, see Matt Clark .

Mathew Clark is a redirect to this article. For other people, see Matthew Clark .

Mat Clark
Date of birth	17th October 1990
place of birth	Lakewood , Colorado , USA
size	191 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2009 , 2nd round, 37th position Anaheim Ducks
Career stations
2005-2006	Halton Hurricanes
2006-2008	Brampton Capitals
2008-2010	Brampton Battalion
2010–2012	Syracuse crunch
2012-2015	Norfolk Admirals
2015	Lake Erie Monsters
2015-2017	San Antonio Rampage
2017-2018	HC Bolzano
2018-2019	Vienna Capitals

Mathew "Mat" Clark (born October 17, 1990 in Lakewood , Colorado , USA ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who, among other things, completed nine NHL games for the Anaheim Ducks . The Canadian played in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for HC Bozen and Vienna Capitals .

Career

Clark first played for the Halton Hurricanes in a sub-class Canadian junior league. The defender then went on the ice for the Brampton Capitals in the Ontario Junior Hockey League from 2006 to 2008 . For the 2008/09 season , the Canadian made his debut for the Brampton Battalion in the Ontario Hockey League , which he had previously selected at the OHL Priority Selection . In his first season he reached the final series of the J. Ross Robertson Cup against the Windsor Spitfires with the team , but lost them in five encounters. Clark played a total of 63 games in the regular season and 21 more in the playoffs, in which he scored a total of 28 points . In the NHL Entry Draft 2009 he was selected in the second round at a total of 37th position by the Anaheim Ducks .

The following season 2009/10 was less successful, as neither Clark nor the Brampton Battalion could confirm the successful previous year. Especially in defensive work, the right-shooter showed deficits. In the same season, the Canadian also ran for the first time for the Manitoba Moose from the American Hockey League , for which he played seven games. He had previously signed a three-year entry - level contract with the Anaheim Ducks in late March 2010 . For the 2010/11 season , Clark was accepted into the roster of the AHL farm team of the Anaheim Ducks, the Syracuse Crunch , and established himself there as a service provider. He also started the following game year in Syracuse, but made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Anaheim Ducks in the last week of the 2011/12 regular season . Overall, Clark was on the ice in two NHL games for the Californians.

After he had spent the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons completely in the AHL with the Norfolk Admirals , he played seven appearances for the Ducks in the NHL at the beginning of the 2014/15 season. In March 2015 it was handed over to the Colorado Avalanche , which in return sent Michael Sgarbossa to Anaheim. There it was also only used in the farm system in the AHL. After the last two playing years at the San Antonio Rampage in the AHL, Clark moved to the Italian club HC Bozen in the summer of 2017 .

After a year in Bolzano and the surprising championship title, Clark moved to league competitor Vienna Capitals in July 2018 .

In May 2019, Clark announced his resignation.

successes

• 2018 EBEL winner with HC Bozen

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2008/09	Brampton Battalion	OHL		63	3	20th	23	91		21st	0	5	5	37
2009/10	Brampton Battalion	OHL		66	7th	16	23	88		7th	2	4th	6th	9
2009/10	Manitoba mosses	AHL		1	0	0	0	0		6th	0	0	0	2
2010/11	Syracuse crunch	AHL		80	2	14th	16	128		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Syracuse crunch	AHL		62	1	11	12	72		4th	1	1	2	11
2012/13	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		71	1	9	10	79		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		23	0	2	2	37		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		7th	0	1	1	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		45	1	5	6th	60		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Lake Erie Monsters	AHL		21st	0	1	1	11		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		60	1	7th	8th	36		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		38	1	6th	7th	29		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	HC Bolzano	EBEL		25th	0	5	5	4th		18th	0	5	5	20th
2018/19	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		50	3	15th	18th	16		18th	0	2	2	10
AHL total				401	7th	55	62	452		10	1	1	2	13
EBEL total				75	3	20th	23	20th		36	0	7th	7th	30th
NHL overall				9	0	1	1	6th		-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				129	10	36	46	179		28	2	9	11	46

( 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

• Mat Clark at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1] , accessed on May 29, 2019.