Andrew Clark (born April 8, 1988) is a

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professional

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player currently under contract with

SC Langenthal Schlittschuh Club Langenthal known as SC Langenthal is a Swiss professional ice hockey team. They have played since the 2001–02 season in the Swiss League, the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the Na ...

of the

Swiss League The Swiss League is the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the National League. The winners of the league each season plays a best-of-seven series against the bottom team of the NL, and if they win, th ...

(SL).

Playing career

He played for

Acadia University Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of the Acadia ...

in the

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conference of

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(CIS). For his outstanding play during the 2011–12 season, Clark was selected as the 2011-12

player of the year, and was awarded the Senator Joseph A. Sullivan Trophy. Andrew left the Acadia University Hockey program at the end of the 2012–13 AUS Hockey season and signed a professional contract with the

Stockton Thunder The Stockton Thunder were a minor league professional ice hockey team that was based in Stockton, California, and a member of the ECHL. The Stockton Arena was their home ice, with a capacity of 9,737. The team was an affiliate team of the New Yor ...

, an

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affiliate of the

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. He appeared in a total of 66 ECHL contests for the Thunder until the end of the 2013-14 season with 26 goals and 43 assists. During the 2013-14 season, he also spent time in the AHL after signing a professional tryout agreement with the

Bridgeport Sound Tigers The Bridgeport Islanders (previously known as the Bridgeport Sound Tigers) are a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League (AHL). They are the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders, who own the f ...

in December 2013. Clark saw the ice in 35 AHL games, producing seven goals as well as twelve assists. He moved abroad upon the conclusion of the 2013–14 campaign, joining

Esbjerg Energy The Esbjerg Energy is a Denmark, Danish professional ice hockey team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, playing in the Metal Ligaen, the top tier of Danish ice hockey. The club was founded in 2005 and play their home games in the Granly Hockey Arena which ...

. Clark would lead the Danish league in scoring (36 games: 25 goals, 50 assists plus 15 games with nine goals and 16 assists in post season play) and helped the Esbjerg squad reach the finals, where they lost. After making noise in the Danish league, he was picked up by the

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers The SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers are a professional ice hockey club from Rapperswil, Switzerland and are members of the National League. History The Lakers were founded in 1945 and were known as SC Rapperswil-Jona until 2005, when the club change ...

of Switzerland's second-tier

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(NLB) prior to the 2015–16 campaign. He saw the ice in 39 regular season contests for the Lakers, scoring 19 goals while assisting on 28 more. On the way to the NLB finals, Clark played in 17 playoff games, tallying four goals and ten assists. The Lakers eventually fell short to

HC Ajoie HC Ajoie is a Swiss professional ice hockey team that competes in the National League (NL), the highest league in Switzerland. The team was founded in 1973 and plays in the Raiffeisen Arena in Porrentruy, Switzerland. HC Ajoie has won three Swis ...

in the NLB finals. He continued his way through the European leagues, signing with

HC Innsbruck HC Tiroler Wasserkraft Innsbruck is an Austrian professional ice hockey team in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). They play their home games at OlympiaWorld Innsbruck complex in Innsbruck. History The club was founded in 1994 as HC Innsbru ...

of the

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on June 17, 2016.

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* 1988 births Living people Brandon Wheat Kings players Bridgeport Sound Tigers players Canadian ice hockey left wingers Esbjerg Energy players HC TWK Innsbruck players Ice hockey people from Manitoba SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers players Sportspeople from Brandon, Manitoba Stockton Thunder players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Denmark Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1980s-stub