CLARK NAMED ECHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Tuesday, October 25th

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October 25, 2016

OILERS’ CLARK NAMED SHER-WOOD HOCKEY ECHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

The 23-year-old forward compiled three goals and four assists for seven points to help Tulsa to three wins last weekend

PRINCETON, N.J. – Tulsa Oilers forward Emerson Clark has been selected as the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Oct. 17-23, as announced by the league Tuesday.

Clark helped the Oilers to a 3-0-0 record during the club’s 65th Home-Opening Weekend, posting three goals and four assists for seven points in the three games.

The Whitby, Ontario native tallied two assists in a 6-1 win against the Indy Fuel on Friday, scored a goal and the only shootout goal in a 5-4 shootout win against Atlanta on Saturday and factored into the scoring on all four Oilers goals (2g-2a) in a 4-3 overtime win against the Gladiators on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Clark is tied for second in the ECHL with seven points in four games this season.

Clark has recorded 79 points (42g-37a) in 157 career ECHL games with Tulsa, Greenville and Toledo. He has added seven points (2g-5a) in 29 career American Hockey League games with Chicago, and signed an AHL deal with the Wolves in the off-season, earning the chance to participate in the St. Louis Blues’ NHL camp.

Prior to turning pro, Clark posted 44 points (26g-18a) in 210 career games in the Ontario Hockey League with the Oshawa Generals and Windsor Spitfires.

On behalf of Emerson Clark, a case of pucks will be donated to a Tulsa youth hockey organization by Sher-Wood Hockey, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Sher-Wood Hockey has donated more than 35,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

The Oilers face the defending Kelly Cup Champion Allen Americans tonight at 7:05pm at the BOK Center. It’s the first of 13 meetings between the two Western Conference rivals. Tulsa then hits the road for games against the Indy Fuel (6:35pm Friday) and Quad City Mallards (7:05pm Saturday).

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