Emily Clark (ice hockey)

Clark was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on November 28, 1995. She was the youngest of six children, all of whom played hockey, and her father served as a local coach.^[5]

During the 2010–11 season, Clark was the alternate captain for the Saskatoon Stars as they reached the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League championship game for the second consecutive season. In addition, she won a gold medal at Mac's Tournament with the Stars. She was part of Team Saskatchewan at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.^[6] In 2009–10, Clark won the Tier 2 Saskatoon city championship with the Saskatoon Flyers.^{[citation needed]}

In her NCAA debut with the Wisconsin Badgers on October 3, 2014, Clark registered two goals and three points in a 4–1 win against the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.^[7]

In December 2016, Clark tied for the WCHA lead in both points scored with eight and assists with seven, while leading the conference in plus/minus rating with a +7 rating. She would record an assist in Wisconsin's 8–2 win against their archrivals, the Minnesota Golden Gophers, on December 4, 2016.^[8] On December 9, against the Ohio State Buckeyes, she established a career-high for most points in a game with five, compiling a goal and four assists in a 7–0 triumph.^[9] In each game contested in December, she logged at least one point. For her efforts, she was recognized as the WCHA Player of the Month.^[10]

After college, Clark expected to play professionally in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), but the league abruptly discontinued operations before her graduation. She joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) in boycotting the National Women's Hockey League or any other professional North American women's hockey league until a more sustainable model was developed.^[4]

Clark helped lead Team Harvey's to the PWHPA Secret Cup championship in 2023. In the final, Clark recorded a hat-trick and four points overall, and was named the game's first star.^[11]

Following the PWHPA and the rival Premier Hockey Federation consolidating into the new Professional Women's Hockey League in 2023, Clark was one of the first three player signings announced when she signed with PWHL Ottawa, along with Team Canada teammates Brianne Jenner and Emerance Maschmeyer.^[12][13][14] Ahead of Ottawa's first game on January 2, 2024, Clark was named one of the team's assistant captains.^[15] Clark scored her first PWHL goal on January 23 in a 3–1 win over Toronto.^[16]

During the 2024–25 season, she recorded nine goals and ten assists in 30 regular season games. During the 2025 PWHL playoffs, she recorded three goals and two assists in eight games. On August 7, 2025, she signed a two-year contract extension with the Charge.^[17]

In August 2011, Clark competed with the Under 18 Canadian National Women's Ice Hockey Team in a three-game series versus the United States. In the third game of the series, Clark scored a goal, and Canada won the series.^[18] In addition, she was the youngest player on the team, and one of only three women from Saskatchewan invited to try out for the team.^[19]

Clark was selected to compete for Team Canada in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.^[20][2] Clark recorded her first Olympic goal in the semi-finals against the Olympic athletes from Russia, which Canada won 5–0.^[21] She helped Team Canada take home a silver medal in a shootout against the United States.^[22]

On January 11, 2022, Clark was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.^[23][24][25] She won gold with the team which defeated United States 3–2 in the final, saying of the game "The whole day, the whole game, felt like a dream. I've never felt that way in a championship game. It kind of felt like the stars aligned."^[26]

On January 9, 2026, she was named to Canada's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[27] Speaking about representing Saskatchewan on the national team, she said "To be able to represent our province on that team means a lot to me, and something I definitely don't take for granted."^[28] In the final game of preliminary round play of Group A, Clark scored twice as Canada beat Finland by a 5-0 mark. ^[29] She was part of the squad which won the silver medal, following a 2-1 loss against the United States in the final on February 19, 2026.^[30]

Career statistics are from USCHO.com, or Eliteprospects.com or the Team Canada Media Guide for 2023.^[31]

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2012	Canada	U18			5	2	2	4	2
2013	Canada	U18			5	1	4	5	6
2014	Canada	4 Nations Cup			4	0	0	0	0
2015	Canada	WC			5	1	1	2	0
2015	Canada	4 Nations Cup			4	0	1	1	6
2016	Canada	WC			5	1	0	1	4
2017	Canada	NWDT Nations			5	0	3	3	6
2017	Canada	WC			5	2	0	2	2
2017	Canada	4 Nations			4	0	1	1	4
2018	Canada	OG			5	1	0	1	4
2019	Canada	WC			7	2	0	2	4
2021	Canada	WC			7	1	2	3	4
2022	Canada	OG			7	2	1	3	4
2022	Canada	WC			7	2	2	4	0
2024	Canada	WC			7	2	1	3	2
2025	Canada	WC			7	2	3	5	0
Senior totals					79	16	12	28	34

• WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 7, 2014)^[32]
• WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of February 3, 2015)^[33]
• WCHA Player of the Month (December 2016)^[34]