Jimmy Clark

Photo by: Brace Hemmelgarn

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Photo by: Bjorn Franke

Photo by: Bjorn Franke

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Photo by: Russell Hons

Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 180
Class:
Junior
Shoot/Catch:
L
Hometown:
Edina, Minn.
High School:
Edina HS
Previous Team:
Green Bay (USHL)
NHL Rights:
Minnesota (2023)

PRONUNCIATION

2024-25 | SOPHOMORE
Big Ten Conference Second Star of the Week (Oct. 22)
Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 39 of 40 games in his second season with the Gophers, missing one due to an injury
• Set career highs with 17 assists and 22 points, while matching his freshman total of five goals
• Had a point in eight of his first 11 contests, 12 points in that span, to surpass his point total from the previous season
• Closed the year with four multi-point performances, all victories for Minnesota
• Twice tallied a career-best three assists in a single game at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 18) and versus Ohio State (Feb. 22)
• Backed by a five-point weekend on the road at Minnesota Duluth, earned his first Big Ten Conference Star of the Week award as a Gopher (Oct. 22)
• Matched the longest point streak of his career when he had points in three-straight outings from Oct. 26-Nov. 2
• Scored a goal in back-to-back appearances for the first time in his tenure, finding the back of the net in both games of the B1G-opening series versus Penn State (Nov. 1-2), including his lone game-winning goal of the year on Saturday
• Finished the season with five power-play points behind a goal and four assists
• Buried the first power-play tally of his career at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 19)
• Ranked third on the team by winning 239 faceoffs with a season-high 11 in three different contests
• Ended the campaign with a plus-15 rating, the sixth-best mark for the team, aided by a career-best, plus-5 effort in the season opener against Air Force (Oct. 11)
• Gophers owned a record of 13-2-1 when he tallied a point and were 4-1-0 in games that he scored goal
• Earned second letter

2023-24 | FRESHMAN
• Skated in all 39 games in his first year of college hockey, one of nine Gophers to play every game
• Finished the season with 11 points behind five goals and six assists
• Made his Minnesota debut in an opening-night win over St. Thomas (Oct. 13)
• Picked up the first point of his career via an assist at home against Wisconsin (Oct. 26)
• Scored his first collegiate goal the next night versus the Badgers (Oct. 27)
• Recorded the lone multi-point and multi-goal outing of the year with two goals at No. 8/9 Michigan (Nov. 10)
• Tallied the game-winning goal against No. 7 Michigan State (Nov. 26) in overtime and was the only Gophers player to score an OT winner at 3M Arena at Mariucci
• Produced his first postseason point with a goal in the NCAA Sioux Falls Regional victory over Omaha (Mar. 28)
• Posted seven of his 11 total points in home games
• Had a season-long point streak of three games between Oct. 26 and Nov. 3
• Led the team with a faceoff winning percentage of 52.5, aided by a season-best 10 wins on the draw in his home debut versus the Tommies (Oct. 14)
• Ended the year with a plus-5 rating thanks to a season-high, plus-3 performance at Michigan (Nov. 10)
• Gophers won three of the four games in which he scored a goal
• Earned first letter

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Played the 2022-23 campaign with the USHL's Green Bay Gamblers and made 62 appearances
• Ranked third on the team in scoring, totaling 47 points behind 19 goals and 28 assists
• Led the Gamblers with a plus-11 rating for the year, the only player with a positive, double-digit rating
• Made 75 appearances in three years at Edina High School during his prep career
• Ranked second on the team with 38 points, including 15 goals and a team-best 23 assists, in 31 games in 2021-22
• Scored six game-winning goals to pace the team as a junior
• Reached the 2022 MSHSL State Class AA Tournament and won the consolation championship with the Hornets
• Tallied an assist in each of the first two state tournament games, reaching two points at the event
• Spent the remainder of 2021-22 playing for the USHL's Sioux City Musketeers following the prep season
• Registered three assists in 13 appearances with the Musketeers
• Led Edina in scoring during the 2020-21 season with 26 points (15 goals, 11 assists) over 20 games
• Played for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program U17's to close the 2020-21 campaign
• Saw the ice in 20 games and recorded four assists
• Posted nine goals and six assists for 15 points as a freshman with the Hornets in 2019-20 across 24 appearances

INTERNATIONAL
• Skated on the 2021 U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team that placed fifth at the 2021 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Piestany, Slovakia and Breclav, Czech Republic
• Appeared in four games, tallying one goal and one assist for the Americans

PERSONAL
• Son of Greg and Krysta Clark
• Has an older sister, Morgan
• Drafted in the seventh round (No. 213 overall) by the Minnesota Wild in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft