He's impressed us over the few weeks we've had him in training. The Maple Leafs and mapleleafs.com are trademarks of MLSE. All Rights Reserved.Despite his success in the OHL - Clarkson scored 33 goals and had 21 assists during his final season in Kitchener in 2004-05 - the native of Etobicoke, Ontario, went undrafted and signed with the New Jersey Devils as a free agent in August 2005.Beginning in 2008-09, Clarkson scored 10 goals or more in six of seven seasons, including a 30-goal, 46-point season with the Devils in 2011-12.
He scored 13 goals for Motherwell in the 2007–08 season, during which his uncle, Phil O'Donnell, collapsed and later died from heart failur… Born in Bellshill, Scotland, Clarkson made his debut for local club Motherwell in December 2002, scoring his first goal nine minutes into his first starting appearance for the club, at home in an SPL match against Partick Thistle on 2 January 2003. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. He was called up to the Devils at the end of the 2006-07 season and made his NHL debut on March 15, 2007, against the Carolina Hurricanes. He will give us good competition, good experience and a good goal return at this level. On Tuesday afternoon, the Toronto Maple Leafs completed one of the more head-scratching and punch-line … "He hasn't really played as a main striker for a few years but we see him as a centre-forward. He scored his first NHL goal and NHL assist one game later, also against the Hurricanes.Two years later, Clarkson opted not to re-sign with the Devils, and on July 5, 2013, he signed a seven-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team he grew up rooting for as the son of a longtime Maple Leafs season-ticket holder.Clarkson spent less than two full seasons with the Maple Leafs, who traded him to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Feb. 26, 2015.Clarkson has developed a reputation for being one of the game's great agitators, a player who is just as likely to drop his gloves and fight an opponent as he is to score.torontomapleleafs.com is the official Web site of the Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club.
Clarkson went on to score three goals in his first season, and was a regular from the following season, playing in the majority of matches. Copyright © 1999-2020 MLSE and the National Hockey League. John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports. The reputation is one that dates to Clarkson's four-year junior career that started with Belleville of the Ontario Hockey League and ended with Kitchener, where he won the Memorial Cup in 2003.Clarkson spent most of his first two pro seasons playing in the American Hockey League. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. "Clarkson has been capped twice for Scotland, scoring on his international debut in a friendly against Czech Republic in 2008.The 28-year-old, who also played for Bristol Rovers, has signed on at Dens Park following a successful trial period over the last few weeks. Clarkson spent less than two full seasons with the Maple Leafs, who traded him to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Feb. 26, 2015. Scottish Premiership outfit Dundee have completed the signing of former Bristol City striker David Clarkson on a free transfer.. As a youth, Clarkson played in the 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Marlboros minor ice hockey team. He added three goals and 12 points during 24 Stanley Cup Playoff games.