2013-14 MEDIA GUIDE

29
HEIGHT: 6-3
WEIGHT: 225 LBS.
SHOOTS: LEFT
BORN: 09/30/1982
ST. JoHn’S, nFLd.
SEASON: 9TH nHL/
1ST nJ
DRAFTED: San JoSE’S
5TH cHoicE (6TH
round), 175TH
ovEraLL, in 2001
EnTry draFT
29 • ryANe CLOwe • Lw
LAST SEASON: Split campaign between San Jose (28 games) and ny rangers
(12); traded for first time in nHL career…Totaled three goals/16 assists/19 points
overall; notched all 3g following apr. 2 transaction…Posted season-high threegame
assist/point-scoring streak apr. 18-21 (1g-3a-4pts); also had assists/points in
back-to-back games mar. 27-28 (2a), mar. 9-10 (2a) and Jan. 24-26
(3a)…recorded three multiple-point games, including season-high 2g-1a-3pts in
new york debut apr. 3 vs. Pittsburgh…also had 1g-1a-2pts apr. 19 at Buffalo and
2a Jan. 26 vs. colorado…appeared in his 400th career nHL contest Jan. 27 vs.
vancouver…Served two-game suspension Feb. 23-26 for leaving the
bench/starting an altercation Feb. 22 at chicago; was assessed a roughing
penalty and game misconduct…missed four contests mar. 18-25 due to shoulder
injury…injuries also limited playing time to just two playoff games…Served as an
assistant coach with San Francisco (EcHL) during nHL work stoppage.
CAreer
2011-12: appeared in 76 games; saw action in 304 of 328 contests (92.7%) over a
four-season stretch 2008-09 to 2011-12…Stats showed 17g-28a-45pts overall;
reached 100-goal mark in nHL career apr. 3 at dallas…recorded two seasonhigh
four-game point-scoring streaks: Feb. 2-10 (1g-5a-6pts) and nov. 3-10 (1g-3a-
4pts)…Posted nine multiple-point games, including two season-high three-point
efforts: 1g-2a mar. 19 vs. anaheim and three assists Feb. 4 at Phoenix…Led San
Jose with 97 penalty minutes; total included 21 minors, nine majors and one
misconduct…Finished tied for second in nHL (5 others) with four game-deciding
goals (5-11 So, 45.5%); trailed only new Jersey’s i. Kovalchuk (7)…missed five
matches Jan. 19-31 with an upper body injury…Tied for Sharks’ lead (L. couture &
J. Thornton) with 3a in Stanley cup Playoffs…2010-11: Established career highs
with 24 goals/62 points and plus-13 mark; matched career high with 38a (2009-
10)…recorded two 5-game point-scoring streaks over a 12-game stretch mar. 8-
apr. 2 (6g-8a-14pts); also notched points in five straight dec. 6-13 (4g-5a-
9pts)…Posted 16 multiple-point efforts, including 1g-2a-3pts mar. 26 at Phoenix
and nov. 13 vs. calgary…also had two 2g games: mar. 10 vs. vancouver and
dec. 11 vs. chicago…reached/surpassed 100-assist mark in nHL career nov. 13;
registered his 200th career nHL point with goal Feb. 22 at detroit; played in his
300th game Feb. 19 vs. colorado…missed four contests Jan. 15-22 with lower
body injury, snapping career-high 129 consecutive games-played streak…also
missed last 3 games of regular-season schedule apr. 6-9 with lower body
injury…Played in 17 of 18 playoff games; finished with career-high 6g-9a-15pts enroute
to Western conference Finals…matched career high with 3a in game four
of WcSF at detroit…Posted 2g in games 3-4 of WcQF at Los angeles; also had 3a
in game 1...2009-10: appeared in all 82 games for only time in nHL career…Set
career highs with 38a (since tied), 189 shots, and team-leading 131 Pim...reached
100pt mark in nHL career with assist oct. 30 vs. colorado…notched career-high
10-game point-scoring stretch nov. 17-dec. 9 (5g-7a-12pts)…Totaled ten 2pt
games, including 2g Jan. 19 at Los angeles…Scored on first career penalty shot
attempt (gWg) dec. 30 vs. Washington’s m. neuvirth, marking San Jose’s first of 2
PS goals (Thornton) that evening…Tied franchise record with +4 mark in game 6 of
WcQF vs. colorado…Posted 2a in game 2, including overtime helper…2008-09: a
member of San Jose's Presidents' Trophy-winning team...Finished tied for first on
squad with career-high 11 power play goals (P. marleau, d. Setoguchi &
Thornton); entered campaign with 6 career PPg…recorded two season-high 4-
game point-scoring streaks over a 9-game stretch on two occasions: Jan. 10-Feb.
5 (3g-9a-12pts) and oct. 18-nov. 6 (8g-3a-11pts)...Early-season stretch included
career-high 4-game goal-scoring streak oct. 30-nov. 6 (5g)…notched 12 multiplepoint
games, including career-high 4a/pts Jan. 17 vs. detroit…Posted 3a Feb. 10
at Boston and nov. 28 at dallas; also had 2g nov. 22 vs. Washington and nov. 6 vs. St. Louis…missed 11
games mar. 19-apr. 7 with lower body injury…2007-08: appeared in just 15 contests during third nHL season;
missed 67 games oct. 29-march 28 as the result of knee injury suffered oct. 27 at columbus…notched
season-high 2g oct. 7 at colorado; had assists/points in back-to-back games mar. 30-apr. 1 (2a) and oct.
15-18 (2a)…Finished post-season tied for first on San Jose (J. Pavelski) with 5g, including 2g in game 1 of
WcQF vs. calgary…2006-07: Saw action in 58 games during first full nHL season, including season-high 42
consecutive appearances Jan. 4 through end of regular-season schedule apr. 7…Finished in the top-ten
among first-year players with 16g (9th-tie), 34pts (10th), 78 Pim (10th) and 3 game-winning goals (7thtie)…Total
included season-high 6-game point-scoring streak Jan. 30-Feb. 13 (1g-7a-8pts)…Stats showed five
season-high 3pt efforts over 14 appearances Jan. 6-Feb. 7, including lone career hat trick Jan. 6 vs.
columbus…also posted multiple-goal games with 2g-1a Jan. 13 at Phoenix and 2g Jan. 4 vs.
detroit…named nHL Rookie of the Month for January; posted 9g-7a-16pts in 11 games...missed 14 games
dec. 2-31 due to groin injury and eight early-season contests with foot injury…completed post-season first
among nHL rookies/tied for first on squad (m. michalek) with 4g…Scored first career playoff goal/point in
game 2 of WcQF at nashville…2005-06: Split campaign between San Jose and cleveland (aHL) for last
minor-league stint of pro career…Barons’ teammates included current devils’ forward S. Bernier…recorded
first two nHL points with 2a oct. 8 at St. Louis…made nHL playoff debut in game 4 of WcSF at
Edmonton…2004-05: named cleveland’s most valuable Player; led Barons with 27g, 35a and 62pts…also
first on squad with +19 mark and 14 PPg…2003-04: made pro debut with cleveland; finished tied for fourth
among aHL rookies with 29a/14th with 40pts…OTHER: Split 2002-03 between rimouski/montreal (QmJHL);
established three-year junior career highs with 49a/75pts…completed 2000-01 season with rimouski following
promotion from Tier ii juniors.
HIGHLIGHTs
1st nHL gP: 10/5/05, SJ 2 @ nsh. 3 • 1st nHL goal: 10/29/06, SJ 4 @ TB 2 vs. m. denis • 1st nHL assist: 10/8/05,
SJ 7 @ StL. 6 • 400th nHL game: 1/27/13, van. 0 @ SJ 5 • most goals in game: 3; 1/6/07, cBJ 2 @ SJ 5 • most
assists in game: 4; 1/17/09, det. 5 @ SJ 6 • most Pts. in game: 4; 1/17/09, det. 5 @ SJ 6 (4a) • most Pim in
game: 35; 1/27/13, van. 0 @ SJ 5 (5 min., maj., misc., game misc.) • most Shots in game: 8; 4 times, last
time 4/10/10, Phx. 2 @ SJ 3 (So) • gP Streak: 129; 4/9-11/09 (2), 10/1/09-4/10/10 (82), 10/8/10-1/13/11(45) •
goal-Scoring Streak: 4; 10/30-11/6/08 (5g) • assist-Scoring Streak: 5; 3/23-4/2/11 (6a); 1/30-2/7/07 (7a) •
Point-Scoring Streak: 10; 11/17-12/9/10 (5g-7a-12pts) • Penalties: 128 min., 51 maj., 5 misc., 2 game misc. •
multiple-Pt. games: 47 2-pt. games, 12 3-pt. games, 1 4-pt. game.
PersONAL
nickname is “clowie”…Favorite sport besides hockey is baseball; his dinner foursome would include former
new york yankees Babe ruth, mickey mantle and Billy martin…Lists steak as his favorite food…Favorite
movies are Slap Shot and Scarface; Sons of Anarchy is his favorite television show…Enjoys the music of Tom
Petty...if he wasn’t a hockey player, would be a crab fisherman like his father…Favorite hockey memory was
with San Jose, when they beat detroit in game seven of the 2011 Western conference Semifinals; the Sharks
held a 3-0 series lead, detroit won three straight, but San Jose triumphed on home ice…names Eric Lindros as
his hockey idol, but his parents had the biggest influence on his career…Plays golf with current teammate
and fellow newfoundland native michael ryder.
Vs. NHL
GP G A PTS PIM
ANA 31 5 13 18 48
BOS 6 0 6 6 0
BUF 7 1 4 5 9
CGY 20 7 8 15 41
CAR 7 1 5 6 4
CHI 25 3 10 13 47
COL 19 7 10 17 16
CBJ 21 6 9 15 36
DAL 30 9 16 25 42
DET 22 6 9 15 16
GP G A PTS PIM
EDM 21 5 6 11 40
FLA 7 2 2 4 5
LA 36 7 9 16 48
MIN 19 3 10 13 15
MTL 4 1 1 2 6
NSH 23 1 6 7 10
NJ 7 1 3 4 9
NYI 5 1 1 2 7
NYR 4 2 0 2 5
OTT 3 1 2 3 0
GP G A PTS PIM
PHI 8 5 5 10 4
PHX 31 6 15 21 26
PIT 8 3 3 6 20
SJ 0 0 0 0 0
STL 22 6 10 16 29
TB 7 3 2 5 11
TOR 7 1 0 1 9
VAN 22 5 7 12 78
WSH 8 4 2 6 0
WPG 5 2 1 3 0
29 • CLOwe • Lw
48
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S GP G A PTS PIM
1999–00 St. John’s nFaHa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2000–01 moncton mJaHL 30 21 22 43 - - - - - - - - - - - -
rimouski QmJHL 32 15 10 25 - 43 - - - - - 11 8 1 9 12
2001–02 rimouski QmJHL 53 28 45 73 - 120 - - - - - 7 1 6 7 2
2002–03 rimouski QmJHL 17 8 19 27 - 44 - - - - - - - - - -
montreal QmJHL 43 18 30 48 - 60 - - - - - 7 3 7 10 6
2003–04 cleveland aHL 72 11 29 40 - 97 - - - - - 8 3 1 4 9
2004–05 cleveland aHL 74 27 35 62 - 101 - - - - - - - - - -
2005–06 San Jose nHL 18 0 2 2 2- 9 0 0 0 - 14 1 0 0 0 0
cleveland aHL 35 13 21 34 - 35 - - - - - - - - - -
2006–07 San Jose nHL 58 16 18 34 4 78 4 0 3 - 93 11 4 2 6 17
2007–08 San Jose nHL 15 3 5 8 1- 22 2 0 0 - 22 13 5 4 9 12
2008–09 San Jose nHL 71 22 30 52 8 51 11 0 1 - 161 6 1 1 2 8
2009–10 San Jose nHL 82 19 38 57 0 131 2 0 2 - 189 15 2 8 10 28
2010–11 San Jose nHL 75 24 38 62 13 100 5 0 2 - 185 17 6 9 15 32
2011–12 San Jose nHL 76 17 28 45 5- 97 4 0 2 - 180 5 0 3 3 0
2012–13 San Jose nHL 28 0 11 11 4- 79 0 0 0 - 65 - - - - -
ny rangers nHL 12 3 5 8 5 14 1 0 0 - 22 2 0 1 1 0
NHL TOTALS 435 104 175 279 18 581 29 0 10 - 931 70 18 28 46 97
Traded to ny rangers by San Jose for ny rangers’ second (gabryel Paquin-Boudreau) and Florida’s third-round (previously acquired-later traded
to Phoenix-yan-Pavel Laplante) choices in 2013 Entry draft and conditional second-round choice in 2014 Entry draft, april 2, 2013. Signed as a free
agent by dEviLS, July 5, 2013.
49