Emily Clark (ice hockey)

Emily Clark (born November 28, 1995) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the Wisconsin Badgers and has competed for the Canadian national Under-18 team in 2011. She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2014 4 Nations Cup.[1] In the autumn of 2014, she joined the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program.[2] She also competed with the Canadian National team at the 2018 Winter Olympics where she helped Canada win a silver medal.

Emily Clark
Emily Clark playing for Team Canada in 2017
Born (1995-11-28) November 28, 1995
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 134 lb (61 kg; 9 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
WCHA team Wisconsin Badgers
National team  Canada
Playing career 2014–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2015 Sweden
2016 Canada
2017 United States
2019 Finland
World U18 Championships
2013 Finland
2012 Czech Republic

Playing career

During the 2010–11 season, Clark was the alternate captain for the Saskatoon Stars as they reached the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League championship game for the second consecutive season. In addition, she won a gold medal at the Mac's Tournament with the Stars. She was part of Team Saskatchewan which competed at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.[3] In 2009–10, Clark won the Tier 2 Saskatoon city championship with the Saskatoon Flyers.

Hockey Canada

In August 2011, Clark competed with the Under 18 Canadian National Women's ice hockey team in a three-game series versus the United States. In the third game of the series, Clark scored a goal as Canada won the series.[4] In addition, she was the youngest player on the team, and one of only three women from Saskatchewan invited to tryout for the team.[5]

NCAA

In her NCAA debut on October 3, 2014, Clark registered three points (two goals, one assist) in a 4–1 victory against the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.[6]

During the month of December 2016, Clark tied for the WCHA lead in both points scored with eight and assists with seven, while leading the conference in plus/minus rating with a +7 rating. She would record an assist in Wisconsin's 8–2 win against their archrivals, the Minnesota Golden Gophers on December 4, 2016.[7]

In a December 9, 2016 contest against the Ohio State Buckeyes, she established a career high for most points in a game with five, compiling a goal and four assists in a 7–0 triumph.[8] In each game contested in December, she logged at least one point in every game. For her efforts, she was recognized as the WCHA Player of the Month, the first in her career.

2018 Winter Olympics

Clark was selected to compete for Team Canada in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.[9] Clark recorded her first Olympic goal in the semi-finals against the Olympic athletes from Russia, which Canada won 5–0.[10] She helped Team Canada take home a silver medal in a shootout against the United States.[11]

Career statistics

Hockey Canada
EventGPGAPTSPIM
2011 Canada Winter Games71014
2012 Women's World Junior Championships52242
2013 Women's World Junior Championships51456
2015 Women's World Championships51120
2016 Women's World Championships51014
2017 Women's World Championships52022

SFMAAAHL
EventGPGAPTSPIM
2009–10282246
2010–112817102724

NCAA
YearGPGAPTSPIMPPGSHGGWG
2014–153612152722114
2015–163824214518507
2016–173015213624307

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Awards and honours
  • WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 7, 2014)[13]
  • WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of February 3, 2015)[14]
  • WCHA Player of the Month (December 2016)[15]

References
  1. "Canada – 2014 Tournament – Roster". Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  2. "Player \- Emily Clark :: Statistics :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=173404&la_id=1
  5. "Saskatoon Minor Hockey Association powered by GOALLINE.ca". Saskatoon Minor Hockey Association. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  6. "Clark leads No. 2 Badgers past No. 10 Bulldogs, 4–1 – UWBadgers.com – The Official Athletic Site of the Wisconsin Badgers". Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  7. "Sunday statement: No. 1 Badgers blitz No. 2 Golden Gophers 8–2: Nurse nets hat trick as UW scores its most goals of the season". Wisconsin Badgers Athletics. December 4, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  8. "No. 1 Wisconsin blanks Buckeyes on road, 7–0: Clark, Pankowski and Ryan pace Badger offense". Wisconsin Badgers Athletics. December 9, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  9. "Emily Clark". olympic.ca. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  10. "Saskatoon's Emily Clark lives out 'childhood dream' on Olympic world stage". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. February 24, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  11. Futterman, Matthew (February 22, 2018). "U.S. Beats Canada for First Women's Hockey Gold Since 1998". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  12. "Emily Clark Career Stats". USCHO. n.d. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  13. http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1415/201410/oct7wpw.pdf
  14. http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1415/201502/feb2wpw.php
  15. "UW's Clark, MSU's Hinze And UND's Houston Named WCHA Women's Players of the Month Players honored for outstanding efforts in December 2016". WCHA ice hockey. January 5, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
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