Marty Clapton

Marty Clapton
Born	(1974-07-01) July 1, 1974 Newton, MA, USA
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	AHL Portland Pirates Rochester Americans St. John's Maple Leafs ECHL Hampton Roads Admirals South Carolina Stingrays Long Beach Ice Dogs Columbia Inferno
Playing career	1997–2007

Marty Clapton (born July 1, 1974) 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.

Playing career

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 University 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.

Professional

In 1998 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.

Awards

• 1997–98 ECHL Championship (The Kelly Cup)
• 2000–01 ECHL Championship (The Kelly Cup)

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993–94	Brown University	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	Hampton Roads Admirals	ECHL		47	11	8	19	29		12	2	3	5	22
1997–98	Portland Pirates	AHL		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	ECHL		69	8	14	22	62		17	3	9	12	30
2001–02	Rochester Americans	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	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		6	1	0	1	0
2002–03	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL		68	14	42	56	110		4	0	0	0	4
2003–04	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL		71	17	18	35	43		7	1	3	4	4
2004–05	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	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL		51	13	17	30	47		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Columbia Inferno	ECHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
ECHL totals				565	122	212	334	571		62	9	20	29	85

External links

• Marty Clapton's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database