Marty Clapton
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Marty Clapton is an American
professional ice hockey
player. Clapton played in 579 regular season games and 68 more playoff games over 10 season in the AHL
and ECHL
.
that he realized he might have a chance to play hockey professionally. Clapton’s break came at the end of his senior year at college when John Brophy
, who was then the coach of the Hampton Roads Admirals
, saw Clapton play in a Canada – United States college all-star game. Brophy was so impressed that he offered Clapton a contract to play in the ECHL.
Clapton won the ECHL championship and the Kelly Cup
in his first season as a professional with the Roads Admirals. Clapton stayed with the Hampton Roads Admirals until the end of the 1999–00 ECHL season. During that time Clapton was briefly called up to the AHL where he played two games with the Portland Pirates
during the 1997–98 AHL season
.
Clapton moved to the South Carolina Stingrays
for the start of the 2000–01 ECHL season
, and the Stingrays won the Kelly Cup in Clapton’s first year with the team. His steady played earned Clapton another call up to the AHL, where he played 12 games with the Rochester Americans
during the 2001–02 AHL season
. He also earned an opportunity to play six playoff games with the St. John's Maple Leafs
at the end of the 2001–02 AHL season
.
With the exception of 10 games played with the Long Beach Ice Dogs during the 2004–05 ECHL season, Clapton played with the Stingrays for the remainder of his career. A useful utility player, Clapton played both forward and defense. By the time Clapton played his last game with the Stingrays in the 2005–06 ECHL season he was ranked 3rd on the All-time Stingrays games played list with 373.
Clapton returned to the ice for one game with the Columbia Inferno
during the 2006–07 ECHL season before retiring from professional hockey.
United States
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professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. Clapton played in 579 regular season games and 68 more playoff games over 10 season in the AHL
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
and ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
.
Amateur
Starting at the age of four, Clapton was coached by his father (who played at the University of Massachusetts) to play hockey, but it was not until he received a hockey scholarship from Brown UniversityBrown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
that he realized he might have a chance to play hockey professionally. Clapton’s break came at the end of his senior year at college when John Brophy
John Brophy (ice hockey)
John Brophy is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former hockey player who has spent most of his career in minor professional leagues, including 18 years as a player in the Eastern Hockey League and 13 seasons as a coach in the East Coast Hockey League...
, who was then the coach of the Hampton Roads Admirals
Hampton Roads Admirals
The Hampton Roads Admirals were an American professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They played in Norfolk, Virginia at the Norfolk Scope Arena....
, saw Clapton play in a Canada – United States college all-star game. Brophy was so impressed that he offered Clapton a contract to play in the ECHL.
Professional
In 19981997–98 ECHL season
The 1997-98 ECHL season was the tenth season of the ECHL. Before the start of the season, the league saw the Knoxville Cherokees move to Florence, SC and welcomed expansion teams in New Orleans, LA and Upper Marlboro, MD...
Clapton won the ECHL championship and the Kelly Cup
Kelly Cup
The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the play-off champion of the ECHL. The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997. Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup. The current cup is named after Patrick J. Kelly, the league's first commissioner. The cup is loaned to the winning...
in his first season as a professional with the Roads Admirals. Clapton stayed with the Hampton Roads Admirals until the end of the 1999–00 ECHL season. During that time Clapton was briefly called up to the AHL where he played two games with the Portland Pirates
Portland Pirates
The Portland Pirates is a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They are the top affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League. They play in the Cumberland County Civic Center in downtown Portland, Maine. The franchise was previously known as the...
during the 1997–98 AHL season
1997–98 AHL season
The 1997–98 AHL season was the 62nd season of the American Hockey League. The AHL shifts teams in their divisions, and the Canadian division reverts to being named Atlantic division. The Northern conference is renamed the Eastern conference, and the Southern conference renamed the Western...
.
Clapton moved to the South Carolina Stingrays
South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in...
for the start of the 2000–01 ECHL season
2000–01 ECHL season
The 2000-01 ECHL season was the 13th season of the ECHL. Before the season, the league lost three members as the Huntington Blizzard and the Jacksonville Lizard Kings ceased operations and the powerhouse Hampton Roads Admirals moved up to the American Hockey League as the Norfolk Admirals, the...
, and the Stingrays won the Kelly Cup in Clapton’s first year with the team. His steady played earned Clapton another call up to the AHL, where he played 12 games with the Rochester Americans
Rochester Americans
The Rochester Americans are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and a top affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. The team plays its home games in Rochester, New York, at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial...
during the 2001–02 AHL season
2001–02 AHL season
The 2001–02 AHL season was the 66th season of the American Hockey League. It was the season of the biggest growth in the AHL's history, as it accepted eight new teams. The demise of the International Hockey League brought six teams transferring from the defunct league, in addition to two expansion...
. He also earned an opportunity to play six playoff games with the St. John's Maple Leafs
St. John's Maple Leafs
The St. John's Maple Leafs were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada at Memorial Stadium from 1991–2001, and at Mile One Stadium from 2001–2005.-History:...
at the end of the 2001–02 AHL season
2001–02 AHL season
The 2001–02 AHL season was the 66th season of the American Hockey League. It was the season of the biggest growth in the AHL's history, as it accepted eight new teams. The demise of the International Hockey League brought six teams transferring from the defunct league, in addition to two expansion...
.
With the exception of 10 games played with the Long Beach Ice Dogs during the 2004–05 ECHL season, Clapton played with the Stingrays for the remainder of his career. A useful utility player, Clapton played both forward and defense. By the time Clapton played his last game with the Stingrays in the 2005–06 ECHL season he was ranked 3rd on the All-time Stingrays games played list with 373.
Clapton returned to the ice for one game with the Columbia Inferno
Columbia Inferno
The Columbia Inferno are an ECHL team based in Columbia, South Carolina. The team is currently on voluntary suspension awaiting construction of a new arena in suburban Lexington County. They played their home games at the Carolina Coliseum. They planned on playing in a new arena during the...
during the 2006–07 ECHL season before retiring from professional hockey.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1993–94 | Brown University Brown University Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,... |
ECAC | 19 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Brown University | ECAC | 26 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Brown University | ECAC | 29 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Brown University | ECAC | 29 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 1997–98 ECHL season The 1997-98 ECHL season was the tenth season of the ECHL. Before the start of the season, the league saw the Knoxville Cherokees move to Florence, SC and welcomed expansion teams in New Orleans, LA and Upper Marlboro, MD... |
Hampton Roads Admirals Hampton Roads Admirals The Hampton Roads Admirals were an American professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They played in Norfolk, Virginia at the Norfolk Scope Arena.... |
ECHL | 47 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | ||
| 1997–98 | Portland Pirates Portland Pirates The Portland Pirates is a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They are the top affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League. They play in the Cumberland County Civic Center in downtown Portland, Maine. The franchise was previously known as the... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Hampton Roads Admirals | ECHL | 70 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 1999–00 | Hampton Roads Admirals | ECHL | 64 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | South Carolina Stingrays South Carolina Stingrays The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in... |
ECHL | 69 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | ||
| 2001–02 | Rochester Americans Rochester Americans The Rochester Americans are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and a top affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. The team plays its home games in Rochester, New York, at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial... |
AHL | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 63 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | St. John's Maple Leafs St. John's Maple Leafs The St. John's Maple Leafs were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada at Memorial Stadium from 1991–2001, and at Mile One Stadium from 2001–2005.-History:... |
AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 2002-03 ECHL season The 2002-03 ECHL season was the 15th season of the ECHL. The ECHL All-Star Game was held at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida and was hosted by the Florida Everblades. The Northern Conference All-Stars dominated the game, beating the Southern Conference All-Stars 8:2. Atlantic City's Scott... |
South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 68 | 14 | 42 | 56 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 2003-04 ECHL season The 2003-04 ECHL season was the 16th season of the ECHL. This season brought a major change in the ECHL as the ECHL Board of Governors approved membership applications from the Anchorage Aces, the Bakersfield Condors, the Fresno Falcons, the Idaho Steelheads, the Las Vegas Wranglers, the Long... |
South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 71 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 2004-05 ECHL season The 2004-05 ECHL season was the 17th season of the ECHL. This season marked uncharted territory for the ECHL as they established their first Canadian franchise, the Victoria Salmon Kings.... |
South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 51 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | ECHL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 2005-06 ECHL season The 2005–06 ECHL season is the 18th season of the East Coast Hockey League, ECHL, a professional ice-hockey league based in the United States. The season ran from late October, 2005 to early June, 2006... |
South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 51 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 2006-07 ECHL season The 2006–07 ECHL season was the 19th season of the ECHL. Two teams returned to the ECHL after suspensions: the Texas Wildcatters and the Cincinnati Cyclones The 2006–07 ECHL season was the 19th season of the ECHL. Two teams returned to the ECHL after suspensions: the Texas Wildcatters (who had... |
Columbia Inferno Columbia Inferno The Columbia Inferno are an ECHL team based in Columbia, South Carolina. The team is currently on voluntary suspension awaiting construction of a new arena in suburban Lexington County. They played their home games at the Carolina Coliseum. They planned on playing in a new arena during the... |
ECHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| ECHL totals | 565 | 122 | 212 | 334 | 571 | 62 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 85 | ||||