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Veteran Forward Clarke Joins Ice Flyers

September 20, 2016 - SPHL (SPHL)
Pensacola Ice Flyers News Release


Veteran Forward Clarke Joins Ice Flyers
Veteran Forward Clarke Joins Ice Flyers
(Pensacola Ice Flyers)

PENSACOLA, Fla.- The 2016 Southern Professional Hockey League President's Cup Champions, the Pensacola Ice Flyers, have announced the signing of veteran forward Aaron Clarke during the formal introduction of new Ice Flyers head coach Kevin Hasselberg.

"Aaron is a complete player that takes pride in playing at both ends of the rink," said Ice Flyers head coach Kevin Hasselberg. "The professionalism he brings to the room regarding preparation, leadership, and performance will assist the younger players transitioning into their professional careers." Clarke is a native of Peterborough, Ontario. He brings great experience and leadership to the Ice Flyers having skated four seasons of NCAA Division I hockey and eight seasons of professional hockey in the American Hockey League, the ECHL, and the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League. Clarke has won two championships in his career winning the College Hockey America championship as a freshman in 2003-04 with Niagara University and he led the Belfast Giants to the 2011-12 EIHL championship. "I'm really looking forward to the experience and opportunity of playing in Pensacola," commented Clarke. "The team that has a first class reputation as an organization and has built a winning culture."

In 378 career ECHL games split between five teams, Clarke scored 119 goals and had 163 assists for 282 points. He also amassed 244 penalty minutes. Clarke was named the ECHL Player of the Week for the week of March 24-30, 2014 while playing for the Fort Wayne Komets and former Ice Flyers coach Gary Graham. During that week, the Komets played two games and Clarke scored three goals while assisting on three others. During that season with the Belfast Giants, he appeared in 38 games and scored 16 goals with 36 assists and 52 penalty minutes (PIM). In 32 AHL games with the Binghamton Senators, Providence Bruins, and the Albany River Rats; Clarke scored three goals, had four assists, and six PIM. Hasselberg continued, " Aaron brings a wealth of knowledge but above all else, he is passionate about the team's success and his own performance. He is a player that will show up and compete on a nightly basis." Clarke finished up by saying, "my family and I are also excited about becoming a part of the community and engraining ourselves in all that it has to offer." Photos courtesy of the Fort Wayne Komets ### ~~~~~

The Ice Flyers begin the 2016-17 regular season on Friday, Oct. 21, at 7:05 p.m. inside the Pensacola Bay Center when they face off against the Fayetteville FireAntz for Championship Celebration Night. Other games in October will be Football Fundraising Night on Saturday, the 22nd, and Ice Flyers Fight Cancer Night on Saturday, Oct. 29.

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