Kevin Clark (born December 29, 1987) is a

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professional

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. He is currently playing with

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of the

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(DEL).

Playing career

Prior to turning professional, Clark attended the

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where he played four seasons with the

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team which competes in

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's Division I in the

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conference. Clark turned pro in 2010 and joined the

Manitoba Moose The Manitoba Moose are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and a member of the American Hockey League (AHL). The team plays its home games at Canada Life Centre, the home arena of its parent club, Winnipeg Jets o ...

of the

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. In 2011, he joined the AHL St. John’s Ice Caps before signing with Krefeld Pinguine of the German top-flight

(DEL) in February 2013. He finished the 2012-13 campaign with the team and had his contract renewed for the following season, which turned out to be a very successful one: He finished the 2013-14 DEL regular season as the league’s third-leading scorer with 30 goals and 38 assists. In June 2014, Clark signed with the DEL side

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, where he continued his scoring prowess, tallying 32 goals and 34 assists in 52 games during the 2014-15 DEL season. He was named DEL Player of the Year and DEL Forward of the Year. Clark left Germany to sign a one-year contract with the SCL Tigers of the Swiss top-flight

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on May 6, 2015. Clark made 42 NLA appearances for the Tigers in the 2015-16 regular season, recording 18 goals and 19 assists. In the relegation round, he chipped in with three goals and dealt out eleven assists in twelve games. On June 5, 2016, he signed with Brynäs IF of the

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(SHL). During the 2018–19 season, having appeared in 38 games with

Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga ( lv, Rīgas Dinamo) is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LLU. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of ...

of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Clark left the club to sign a three-year contract in a return to Switzerland with SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers on January 3, 2019. Following two seasons with Eisbären Berlin, Clark left at the conclusion of his contract to continue his tenure in the DEL with Düsseldorfer EG for the 2023–24 season on April 22, 2023.

International play

In December 2015, Clark helped

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win the Spengler Cup.

Career statistics

Awards and honours

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Kevin 1987 births Living people Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey players Brynäs IF players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Dinamo Riga players Düsseldorfer EG players Eisbären Berlin players Hamburg Freezers players Krefeld Pinguine players Manitoba Moose players SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers players St. John's IceCaps players SCL Tigers players Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Latvia Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden