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#47 Adam Clarke
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| Height: 6' 0" Weight: 200 lbs. Position: Defenseman Shoots: Right | Hometown: St. Louis, MO Age: 43 Year: Junior Major: Education |
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Adam Clarke
5th year/Defense
UMSL Tritons
When Adam Clarke's college career is through, he will be remembered as one of the most accomplished players in college roller hockey history.
Adam, now in his third season as UMSL captain and his final season of college roller hockey eligibility, is an accomplished veteran who has played more than his share of high-stakes hockey.
In '07-08, Clarke led UMSL to a second-place national finish in its first season as a Division I team. He finished second on the team in scoring and was a first-team NCRHA All-American, winning Nationals all-tournament honors for the fifth time in his career. He put up points in all 28 games, meaning he has points in 39 straight games and counting, and has scored points in 71 of his last 72 games.
Adam made history as the captain of the team that ended Lindenwood's 109-game win streak, scoring a goal and adding an assist to lead UMSL to a 6-4 victory over LU in the GPCIHL Division I championship.
Number 47 has made his mark on UMSL Inline Hockey through numerous clutch postseason contributions, and 2008 saw him add yet another chapter. He led the Tritons with six goals and eight points in their run to the regional championship, and stepped up once again at Nationals, putting up multiple points in six of seven games. He racked up a team-best seven points (3-4) in two games on Championship Sunday as UMSL finished second in the nation after a 6-3 championship game defeat to Lindenwood.
During the '07 offseason, Clarke proved himself over and over again at the highest levels.
In late May, at the 2007 Professional Inline Hockey Association championship series in Colorado Springs, Clarke was a top-pairing defenseman for the Southside Snipers in the absence of world-class superstars Greg Thompson and Tommy Bruce. The Snipers lost in seven games, but Clarke scored two goals and added three assists during the series as he dug deep and put on his usual awesome clutch performance, including a nasty backhand power-play goal that gave the Snipers a 3-1 lead with 5:46 left in their eventual 4-3 Game Five victory, which gave Southside a 3-2 series edge and raised the Snipers to the brink of winning the championship.
A day earlier, the Snipers had been nervous and tense, looking up at their opponent from the bottom of a 2-0 hole. But Clarke and teammates Zack Reis, Chris Loness, and Phil Maroon breathed life into the team, and nearly lifted the Snipers to the championship.
In July, at the NARCh Finals in Florida, Clarke helped the Great Plains Elite All-Stars to the national championship in the inaugural season of the NCRHA/NARCh alliance, giving the GPCIHL the right to claim itself as the top college league (or region) in the U.S. Adam also competed in the Pro division at NARCh, which is considered the highest level of competition in the sport of inline hockey worldwide.
In August, Clarke brought a lockdown defensive presence to Team Missouri in the Senior division at State Wars III. As usual, teammates heaped praise upon Clarke's consistent excellence at both ends of the floor.
Adam was brilliant throughout the 2006-07 collegiate season, earning second-team All-America honors for the second straight year while leading UMSL to a regional championship and DII national final four appearance.
In 2005-06, he made a huge impact during his debut season with UMSL, leading the Rivermen to the national championship game. Clarke was named to the all-tournament team at the College Roller Hockey National Championships after putting up 16 points in seven games and playing his usual lockdown defense. It was his third career all-tournament honor.
Adam scored UMSL's biggest goal of the year when he finished a Ben Lambert rebound to beat Brockport 2-1 in overtime of the NCRHA Division II semifinal, giving himself the opportunity to play in his fourth national final. His second goal of the day pulled UMSL to within one in the third period of the eventual 4-3 loss to Neumann.
Clarke's productivity and leadership as a newcomer made him a solid choice to replace James Wetton as captain in his second season. His experience sealed the deal.
Clarke starred as a member of back-to-back Division III national championship teams under coach Chris Marchand at St. Charles CC in 2003 and 2004, after leading Meramec to the national final as a freshman in '02.
At the 2003 Collegiate Roller Hockey Championships, Clarke won the DIII tournament's Top Playmaker award and earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
In 29 career collegiate national-championship tournament games, Clarke has racked up 54 points (24 goals, 30 assists). In five collegiate seasons, he has played in four national championship games.
Adam is a well-rounded player who possesses a rare combination of size, smarts, and skill. He is tough, poised, and confident, and his hockey sense is off the charts. He was named league MVP in 2005-06 after proving that he was easily the best defensive player in Great Plains DII. And he can certainly score: Clarke finished third in the country in points by a defenseman in his first season at UMSL, and scored points in 23 of 24 games during his second.
Adam's skills are exceptional, but what truly sets him apart is his tremendous character. He has the mindset of a champion, leading by example in every possible way.
Adam humbly commands respect, and not just among his teammates. He is one of the most well respected players in the St. Louis roller hockey community.
Clarke is UMSL's undisputed leader. He was awarded the 'C' in May 2006, when two-year captain James Wetton graduated.
This is Clarke's team, mostly because of the essential attributes he happens to share with Wetton.
Fearless, consistent, and productive. And mentally tough to the extreme. That's an UMSL captain.
2007-08
NCRHA College Roller Hockey National Championships (April 9-12): Adam was named first-team all-tournament after finishing second on the team with 21 points (9-12) . . . Multiple points in six of seven games . . . Five points (2-3) in UMSL's satisfying opening victory over Eastern Michigan, including a spectacular first-period goal during a 2-on-4 man disadvantage . . . Three points (1-2) vs. Colorado State . . . Assisted on Blake Propp's second-period power play goal that tied the score 2-2 in UMSL's eventual 3-2 win over Stony Brook . . . Goal, three points in UMSL's 7-5 comeback victory over Long Beach State in the first round of the playoffs . . . Scored back-to-back second-period goals in UMSL's 6-4 quarterfinal win over Florida . . . Scored the first goal of the game and finished with a hat trick and five points in UMSL's 8-1 semifinal win over Central Florida . . . Tied for the team lead with two points (both assists) in the 6-3 national championship game loss to Lindenwood . . . Ended up with eight points (3-5) in five games vs. LU in '07-08.
GPCIHL Regional Championships (March 2): Adam Clarke will forever be known as the captain of the team that ended "the streak" . . . Clarke led the Tritons to a Great Plains Division I championship in their first season as a DI team, as UMSL defeated Lindenwood 6-4 and ended the Lions' record win streak, which had reached 109 games . . . Put UMSL on the board with a first-period power play goal, and fed Blake Propp for the one-timer on a third-period power play that gave the Tritons a 4-2 lead . . . Was awesome on the penalty kill, particularly during the third period . . . In UMSL's 3-0 semifinal win over Mizzou, Adam scored with :29 left in the first period to give the Tritons a 2-0 lead . . . Scored four goals and put up five points in the 11-2 quarterfinal win over Illinois State . . . Finished as the tournament's top scorer, with six goals and eight points . . . Now has 47 points in 20 games this season, and continues to maintain a season-long point streak.
GPCIHL Regionals Weekend - Regular Season Wrap-up Saturday (March 1): Clarke assisted on PJ Tallo's power play goal in UMSL's loss to Lindenwood, keeping his season-long scoring streak intact . . . Racked up three more assists in the regular-season finale against Illinois . . .
Fifth GPCIHL Event Weekend (Feb. 16-17): Adam scored the team's first goal against Truman State, cutting a 2-0 deficit in half . . . Scored later to give Tritons a 6-3 lead in the eventual 10-4 victry . . . Missed Sunday morning's game with a minor illness. Fourth GPCIHL Event Weekend (Feb. 9-10): Clarke had five assists in two games on Saturday (two vs. Illinois State, three vs. St. Charles CC) in leading UMSL to two victories . . . Three more assists in UMSL's only game Sunday, a 10-0 mercy of Meramec.
Third GPCIHL Event Weekend (Jan. 19-20): Clarke was outstanding as usual in leading the Tritons to four wins . . . 15 goals on the season, third-most in GPCIHL DI, 25 points ranks fifth . . . Goal, assist in 9-1 win over St. Charles CC . . . Goal, two assists in 8-1 win over Middle Tennessee State . . . Points on three of UMSL's four goals in 4-0 shutout of Mizzou; Assisted on first-period goals by Andy Meade and Ben Lambert, and gave Tritons breathing room, putting UMSL ahead 3-0 with a spectacular goal with 2:40 left in the third period . . . Saved his season-long goal and point streaks when he sniped a wrist shot very late in the third period to close out UMSL's 10-0 mercy of UM-Rolla.
Second GPCIHL Event Weekend (Nov. 17-18): Gave UMSL a 1-0 lead 2:02 into the second period of the weekend opener against Illinois, touching off a five-goal frame as the Tritons cruised to a 5-0 victory . . . Scored both of UMSL's first-period goals, later added an assist in 8-0 win over Illinois State . . . Assisted on Jeremy Scott's goal that gave Tritons a 1-0 lead over Lindenwood; later scored a third-period power-play goal that brought UMSL back within two in the eventual 5-3 loss.
GPCIHL Season-Opening Weekend (Nov. 3-4): Led team with 7 goals in four games, also added three assists . . . Opened season with a hat trick and assist in 9-3 win over UM-Rolla . . . Scored a second-period power play goal to cut deficit to 3-2 in eventual 7-3 loss to top-ranked Lindenwood . . . Goal, assist in 10-0 win over Middle Tennessee State . . . Two goals, assist, and was named the #1 star in UMSL’s 6-3 win over Mizzou . . . First-period shorthanded goal gave Tritons a 2-1 lead, and third-period goal broke 3-3 tie and would be the game-winner . . . Also won a battle along the boards to earn an assist by setting up PJ Tallo’s late-third-period insurance goal.
2006-07
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Clarke was the only UMSL player to notch at least one point in every postseason game of '06-07. He scored five goals and assisted on five in six games at Nationals. He was named to the all-tournament team for the fourth time in his career.
GPCIHL DII PLAYOFFS: Adam was outstanding at Regionals, earning tournament MVP honors while winning his first championship as captain. His six points tied James Wetton for tops on the team. He always produces when it counts: in four career GPCIHL DII elimination games, Clarke put up 12 points (7-5), an average of three per game.
REGULAR SEASON: 19 goals tied for 9th in GPCIHL DII, t-3rd among defensemen . . . 22 assists (3rd in league, 3rd among defensemen) . . . Three shorthanded goals (t-3rd in league) . . . Seven power-play goals (t-2nd in league) . . . Was one of eight GPCIHL DII players to average more than two points per game . . . Called for just one penalty all regular season . . . Started season with multiple points in nine straight games . . . Had points in 16 of 17 regular-season games, failing to score in just one game: Feb. 4 vs. Saint Louis, while battling a case of the flu.
GPCIHL Regional Championship Tournament (March 4): Adam was the Regionals MVP, and shared the team lead with six points in the two games while winning his first championship as captain . . . Three points in each of the team's two games . . . Scored twice in the final vs. Truman State, including a goal early in the second period to give the Rivermen a 3-0 lead . . . Had also assisted on Jeremy Scott's first-period goal when he won a battle along the boards in the defensive zone and shoveled a quick backhand breakout pass that led to Scott's laser wrist shot that put UMSL ahead 2-0.
Fifth GPCIHL Event Weekend (Feb. 10-11): Six goals, 11 points in three-game weekend . . . Hat trick vs. Western Kentucky . . . Five points (2-3) vs. SEMO.
Fourth GPCIHL Event Weekend (Feb. 3-4): Clarke played through an illness to score a power-play goal against Truman State and a shorthanded goal against Wash U; sat out the Saturday evening game against Missouri State.
Third GPCIHL Event Weekend (Jan. 20-21): Adam is having a dominant season and is one of the elite defensemen in college roller hockey . . . Now leads the Rivermen with 28 points (11-17) and holds a 30-game pointscoring streak . . . 28 points leads GPCIHL DII defensemen, ranks second overall in the league, and is far ahead of last season's pace . . . Season-long multiple point streak ended at nine games when Clarke was held to one goal by SIUC in the final game of the weekend . . . Weekend high five points (1-4) in the first SIUC game . . . Scored goals in all four games, finished weekend with 11 points (5-6), second on the team.
Second GPCIHL Event Weekend (Nov. 18-19): Again performed at an all-star level as the team's top defenseman, and now leads the Rivermen with 17 points (6-11) . . . Two goals, assist in crucial 7-5 win vs. Missouri State . . . Four assists vs. Kansas State . . . Two assists vs. Western Kentucky . . . Finished weekend with a team-high nine points (2-7) in three games.
GPCIHL Opening Weekend (Nov. 4-5): Up to his usual standards, or maybe even better . . . Led the team in points (7) and tied for the team lead in goals (4) . . . Multiple points in all three games . . . Scored back-to-back goals to give UMSL a 3-2 lead late in the second period of 4-4 tie vs. SLU . . . Three assists in 8-6 win vs. Wash U . . . Two goals in 3-0 win vs. Truman State.
GAME LOG
2005-06
LEAGUE GAMES (GPCIHL regular season)
Sixteen points (9-7) at the Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships, named second-team all-tournament. . . Scored the game-winner in UMSL's 2-1 overtime win over Brockport in the national semifinals . . . Scored to cut deficit to 4-3 with 8:11 remaining in championship game loss vs. Neumann . . . Three goals, assist in national quarterfinal vs. Maine . . . Goal, four assists in pool play vs. Nevada . . . In pool play vs. Hofstra, Clarke scored a first-period shorthanded goal to give UMSL a 3-0 lead, then scored on the power play with less than 5:00 remaining to give UMSL a 4-2 lead.
Seven goals, 11 points in five games at GPCIHL Regional Championship Tournament . . . Played through a painful ankle injury in championship game, and set up Zach Stacy's late game-tying goal in eventual 5-4 OT loss vs. Wash U . . . Season-high four goals in 9-2 semifinal win vs. Truman State . . . Second-period goal gave UMSL a 3-0 lead in 3-1 round-robin win vs. SLU . . . Three points (1-2) in 10-0 round-robin win vs. K-State . . .
Put up 22 points in eight games over the last two regular-season weekends . . . Scored two goals in each of the first three games of the final weekend (2/11-12), and finished the event with 10 points (6-4) in four games . . . Racked up a season-high five points, including his first UMSL hat trick, vs. SIUC (2/5), and finished the weekend with 12 points (4-8) in four games . . . Team's second-leading scorer (3-5--8) at Winter Invitational (1/6-7).
Video Highlights
Adam Clarke Highlight 1 - Clarke puts away Zach Stacy's crossbar rebound to give UMSL a 2-1 lead in the second period of the 2006 GPCIHL semifinal vs. Truman State.
Adam Clarke Highlight 2 - Clarke scores his second goal of the shift, and third of the game, as UMSL takes a 3-1 lead over Truman State in the 2006 GPCIHL semifinal.
Adam Clarke Highlight 3 - Clarke scores his fourth of the game, giving UMSL a 7-1 lead over Truman State in the 2006 GPCIHL semifinal.
Adam Clarke Highlight 4 - Clarke scores the overtime game-winner in UMSL's 2-1 win over Brockport in the 2006 NCRHA Div. II national semifinal. Also embedded below.
Adam Clarke Highlight 5 - Clarke blocks a shot to spring himself loose for a shorthanded goal, giving UMSL a 3-0 lead over Hofstra at Nationals.
UMSL inline hockey defenseman Adam Clarke scores the overtime game-winner to clinch a 2-1 win over SUNY Brockport in the semifinals of the 2006 National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association Division II National Championship Tournament.
(April 9, 2006).
Video Extra
Rivermen Reels No. 5 - Guiding Force
May 23, 2006
Length: 5:29
Music: Audioslave, "Light My Way"
UMSL roller hockey defenseman Adam Clarke is featured in "Guiding Force," a music highlight video featuring clips from UMSL games during the 2005-06 season.
2003-04
Won Division III national championship . . . assisted on the goal that gave SCCC a 2-0 lead in the first period of the title game . . .
2002-03
Had a dynamite season, finishing third in Great Plains Conference A in regular-season scoring (25-22-47) . . .
First-team all-star, and third-leading scorer (12 pts) at CRHL Division III National Championship Tournament . . .
Led the tournament in assists (9), and received Top Playmaker honors . . .
In the national championship game, scored a key third-period goal and added an assist as SCCC defeated Meramec 3-2 to win the DIII national title . . . only took one penalty in five tournament games . . . tied for sixth at Great Plains regional tournament with nine points (5 g, 4 a) . . . posted four points (2-2) in regional championship game win . . . team finished 20-1.
2001-02
Meramec CC
Fourth in goals, fifth in points at Division III Nationals (
HIGH SCHOOL:
2000: tied for third in the MOIHA Gold Division in goals (33) and points (51).
2001: 23 goals (6th), 32 points (9th).
UMSL Tritons player profile by James Lambert. |
