Noah Clarke
Noah Clarke (born June 11, 1979) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger. He played 21 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils between 2003 and 2008. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2003 to 2013, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.
| Noah Clarke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke with the Lowell Devils during the 2007-08 season | |||
| Born | June 11, 1979 La Verne, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Los Angeles Kings New Jersey Devils HC Ambrì-Piotta Lukko Slavia Praha Augsburger Panther EHC München Belfast Giants | ||
| NHL draft | 250th overall, 1999 Los Angeles Kings | ||
| Playing career | 2003–2013 | ||
Biography edit
Clarke was born in La Verne, California. As a youth, he played in the 1992 and 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Ontario, California.[1]
Clarke made his NHL debut on December 16, 2003 against the Edmonton Oilers and [2] scored his first career NHL goal on March 12, 2007 against the Edmonton Oilers, becoming the first native of Southern California to record a goal for the Kings. Clarke was signed by the New Jersey Devils in 2007. In May 2008, he signed a two-year contract with HC Ambri-Piotta in the Swiss National League. In Ambrì, Clarke played with former NHL player Erik Westrum and was coached by the 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist John Harrington, he left on 17 December Ambri and moved to Rauman Lukko. The following season Clarke returned to Ambri before splitting the year again with HC Slavia Prague of the Czech Extraliga.
On July 16, 2010, Clarke signed a one-year contract as a free agent to play in Germany with Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. On June 29, 2012, Clarke signed with Belfast Giants in the British Elite Ice Hockey League.[3]
Career statistics edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997–98 | Des Moines Buccaneers | USHL | 54 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | ||
| 1998–99 | Des Moines Buccaneers | USHL | 52 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 47 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 1999–00 | Colorado College | WCHA | 39 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Colorado College | WCHA | 41 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Colorado College | WCHA | 42 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Colorado College | WCHA | 42 | 21 | 49 | 70 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 71 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 61 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 69 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 63 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 47 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | NLA | 28 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Lukko | SM-l | 25 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | NLA | 22 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Slavia Praha | CZE | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 52 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | EHC München | DEL | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 52 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| AHL totals | 314 | 99 | 131 | 230 | 133 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 14 | ||||
| NHL totals | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and honors edit
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| All-WCHA Rookie Team | 1999–00 |
| All-WCHA Second Team | 2002–03 |
| AHCA West First-Team All-American | 2002–03 |
References edit
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings Box Score — December 16, 2003".
- ^ . Augsburger Panther (in German). 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database