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Matt Clackson Born April 26, 1985
Saskatoon, SK, CANHeight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) Position Right wing Shoots Right AHL team
Former teamsChicago Wolves
Philadelphia Phantoms
Adirondack PhantomsNHL Draft 215th overall, 2005
Philadelphia FlyersPlaying career 2008–present Matthew Clackson (born April 26, 1985) is a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey right winger for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League. His father, Kim Clackson, played in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Quebec Nordiques.
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Playing career
Clackson attended Peters Township High School in McMurray, Pennsylvania, and played for the school's varsity ice hockey team, winning two Pennsylvania State AA Ice Hockey Championships. He was a teammate of NHLer Christian Hanson at Peters Township.[1] After high school, he played two seasons of Junior A with the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League (USHL) and was selected 215th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers.
Following his draft, he spent three seasons with Western Michigan University of the NCAA circuit. After his junior season, he decided to forego his senior year by signing with the Flyers on March 19, 2008. That same day, he was assigned to the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL);[2] he played two games with the AHL team to close out the 2008–09 season. Clackson then played three full seasons with the Philadelphia/Adirondack Phantoms, re-signing with the Flyers following the 2009–10 season.[2]
On June 7, 2011, Clackson was packaged into a trade that sent him, a 2012 third round draft pick and future considerations, to the Phoenix Coyotes, in exchange for goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.[3] Failing to come to terms with the Coyotes on a new contract, he became an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Several months later, he was invited to the Vancouver Canucks on a tryout basis during the team's training camp.[2]
NHL video explanation
During the 2011-12 pre-season, Clackson was illegally hit from behind by Calgary Flames forward Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond. In handing down a five-game suspension against Letourneau-Leblond, Brendan Shanahan, the new head of NHL discipline, posted on the NHL website video of the hit on Clackson to illustrate his ruling - the first of what would become Shanahan's trademark video explanations.[4]
Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2003–04 Chicago Steel USHL 42 5 4 9 108 5 0 1 1 8 2004–05 Chicago Steel USHL 56 10 15 25 270 8 0 2 2 26 2005–06 Western Michigan Broncos CCHA 34 1 1 2 52 — — — — — 2006–07 Western Michigan Broncos CCHA 36 0 8 8 80 — — — — — 2007–08 Western Michigan Broncos CCHA 35 3 3 6 87 — — — — — 2007–08 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 2 0 0 0 19 — — — — — 2008–09 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 80 3 6 9 263 4 0 0 0 4 2009–10 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 60 2 4 6 174 — — — — — 2010–11 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 62 1 3 4 118 — — — — — AHL totals 204 6 13 19 574 4 0 0 0 4 References
- ^ Musketeers open against Tri-City Storm
- ^ a b c "Matt Clackson". The Sports Network. http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=5485. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "Flyers trade for Bryzgalov". Philadelphia Flyers. http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=565164. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Letourneau-Leblond suspension Video - NHL VideoCenter
External links
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Adirondack Phantoms players
- American ice hockey players
- American people of Canadian descent
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
- People from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- People from Saskatoon
- Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
- Philadelphia Phantoms players
- Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey players
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