DAVID EVANS

#15

1998-02

Center

6-2, 200

Sand Lake, New York

Born: February 17, 1980

 

SENIOR YEAR (2001-02)—Closed out his collegiate career with a flurry with nine points (4-5) over the last six games … Was Clarkson's fifth top scorer overall with 11 goals and 12 assists for 23 points in 36 games … Amassed 98 career points on 40 goals and 58 assists through 136 games … A four-year veteran, who helped lead the Golden Knights to an 80-52-13 record, four appearances in the ECAC Tournament, including three trips to Lake Placid, two ECAC Regular Season titles (1999, 2001) and a league tournament championship (1999) along with one NCAA Regional appearance (1999) … Earned ECAC Honor Roll mentioned for the second consecutive week after recording his first career hat trick in 6-1 victory over St. Lawrence in the second game of the ECAC Quarterfinal series (3/9) … Had six multiple-point games … Scored game-winning goal and added two assists in 4-1 victory over Vermont (3/1) to start season-ending scoring outburst … Scored two goals and one assist in 8-1 victory over Mercyhurst (1/5) … Named to ECAC All-Academic squad … Was presented Clarkson's Fran Neragin Award for sportsmanship and excellence in academics along with making a significant contribution to the Clarkson Hockey Program … Selected for the second straight year as a Verizon District 1 Academic All-America.

JUNIOR YEAR (2000-01)—Highly skilled offensive force, who also played well in his own end … Third on the Knights in scoring with 31 points on 12 goals and 19 assists … Shared team lead in plus/minus at +15 … Tallied 13 points (7-6) during the final 11 games of the regular season to help Clarkson claim the ECAC title … Recorded seven multiple-point outings, three game-winners and two power-play markers … Selected ECAC/CCM Player of the Week (2/19) after scoring four points, including three goals in the weekend sweep at Harvard and Brown (2/16-17) … Tallied winning goal before hometown crowd in 3-2 victory at Rensselaer (1/12) … Scored Knights’ final goal of the season, a power-play marker, in third game of ECAC Quarterfinals series against Vermont (3/11) … Had three, two assists outings … Named to the ECAC Honor Roll (2/12) … A national Verizon Academic All-America and an ECAC All-Academic Team member.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (1999-00)—The Knights’ second leading scorer with 28 points on 11 goals and 17 assists … Top power play force with seven man-advantage goals … Also had four gamewinners … Tallied one goal and one assist in 2-1 win over Princeton in second game of ECAC Quarterfinals (3/11) … Had a six-game point-scoring streak (4-5) in late January through early February … Named ECAC/CCM Player of the Week (2/5) after recording both gamewinners in sweep of Princeton (5-2) and Yale (4-0) ... Selected to the ECAC All-Academic squad.

FRESHMAN YEAR (1998-99)—Made a big impact after a slow start to his collegiate career ... Gained tremendous confidence skating on Clarkson’s top line with All-America Erik Cole and Mikko Ollila in the last 12 games ... After recording just three assists through his first 19 games, he scored six goals and seven assists in the last 14 contests to finish with 16 points (6-10) through 33 games ... Scored both of Clarkson’s goals in NCAA Tournament game against Maine (3/27), including the Knights’ first penalty shot marker since 1984 ... Tallied first collegiate goal to spark Clarkson to a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Vermont (2/6) at Cheel Arena ... Notched one goal and one assist in 9-3 victory over Brown (2/26) ... Was named Clarkson’s Most Improved Player.

BEFORE CLARKSON—Was the leading scorer for the Capital District Selects, coached by Jim Salfi ... Tallied 53 goals and 60 assists for 113 points through 51 games in 1997-98 ... Served as team captain ... Hockey Night in Boston co-MVP.

PERSONAL—Son of Mary Ellen and Don Evans ... Born February 17, 1980 ... Shoots right ... Selected in the eighth round of the 1999 NHL Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes (231) ... Made the 1999 United States Junior hockey team and skated on the Gold Medal-clinching USA Team at the 1999 August's Summer Challenge Tournament in Lake Placid ... Bio-Molecular Science major ... Excellent student ... National Honor Society Scholar Athlete ... Also recruited by Rensselaer, Yale, Maine and Princeton.

Year	GP	Goals	Asst	Pts	P/M	PPG	SHG	GWG	HT	+/-
1998-99 FR	33	6	10	16	3/6	0	0	0	0	+3
1999-00 SO	34	11	17	28	9/18	7	0	4	0	+4
2000-01 JR	33	12	19	31	4/8	2	0	3	0	+15
2001-02 SR	36	11	12	23	8/16	0	0	2	1	+5
Totals	136	40	58	98	24/49	9	0	9	1	+25

CAREER GAME-HIGHS - Last Time
Points: 3 (3 times) (3-0) vs SLU
in Game two of ECAC Quarterfinals 3/9/02
Goals: 3 vs SLU in Game two of ECAC Quarterfinals 3/9/02
Assists: 2 (eight times) vs Dartmouth, 3/2/02
PP Goals: 1 (nine times) vs Vermont in Game Three of ECAC Quarterfinals, 3/11/01