Jimmy Clark, a native of Edina, had a 5-point weekend as the Gophers swept UMD with wins of 7-5 and 5-1. Clark had three assists on Friday and added another goal and an assist on Saturday as the Gophers improved to 3-1-0. PHOTO COURETSY OF GOPHER SPORTS/BRACE HEMMELGARN
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Men’s NCAA Player of the Week
Jimmy Clark
University of Minnesota
Edina High School
Jimmy Clark (Edina, MN) helped the Gophers to a sweep of UMD this past weekend with a 5-point performance over the two games. In Minnesota’s 7-5 win Friday, Clark assisted on three goals. All three assists came in the first period when the Gophers exploded for four goals and a 4-0 lead. He assisted on goals by Brody Lamb, Matthew Wood and Sam Rinzel. On Saturday he added a goal and an assist in the Gophers 5-1 win, improving them to 3-1-0 on the season. They are currently ranked fifth in the latest USCHO.COM poll.
Clark is currently tied for second on the team with seven points (1G, 6A) in the team’s first four games. Connor Kurth leads the team with 8 points (4G, 4A) and Matthew Wood also has 7 points with two goals and five assists.
Clark skated in all 39 games as a freshman for the Gophers last season. At Edina High School he had 79 points in 75 games and was a three-year letter winner before playing on the US National U-17 team in 2021. He played one full season of junior hockey after graduating from Edina in 2022, scoring 47 points in 62 games for the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL.
Name: Jimmy Clark
Team: University of Minnesota (B1G)
Age: 20
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Edina
High School: Edina
NHL Draft: Minnesota Wild (7th Round, 213 overall, 2023)
Junior Team (s): Sioux City (USHL), Green Bay (USHL)
2023-24 Stats: 39GP-5G-6A-11TP
Career Collegiate stats: 43GP-6G-12A-18TP
Junior stats: 75GP-19G-31A-50TP
High School stats: 75GP-39G-40-A- 79TP
Awards/Accomplishments:
- One of nine Gophers to skate in the full 2023-24 season.
- Tallied goal in NCAA Sioux Falls Regional vs Omaha in a win.
- Reached the 2022 MSHSL State Class AA Tournament and won the consolation championship with the Hornets
- 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
- In Green Bay, Ranked third on the team in scoring, totaling 47 points behind 19 goals and 28 assists
- Drafted in the seventh round (No. 213 overall) by the Minnesota Wild in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft
- Letter Winner at the University of Minnesota as Freshman
- 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).
