Meet your newest Panthers : Scott Clemmensen, G

by Donny Rivette on Jul 4, 2009 6:40 PM EDT Comment 11 comments

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Scott Clemmensen

#0 / Goalie / Florida Panthers

Height: 6-3

Weight: 205

Born: Jul 23, 1977

Scott Clemmensen, 31 years old. United States. Catches: Left.

Drafted by New Jersey: 8th round, 215th overall, 1997. Acquired by Florida as a free agent, July 2009.

Career Notes: NCAA National Championship, 2001. New Jersey Devils "Unsung Hero Award" winner, 2009.

International Participation: World Championships, 2009.

Full Career Statistics at HockeyDatabase

John from New Jersey Devils blog In Lou We Trust:

"With respect to his style of play, Clemmensen is not a goalie who is set in any one style; I believe he is a hybrid style of goaltender. In his tenure with the Devils last season, you could see him get better with each game. He wasn't coming out of the net to play the puck nervously eventually, and looked more poised. That could be due to inexperience and the fact that he's filling in Martin Brodeur's crease. You should expect him to be more poised but at the same time wish he was better at moving about within the crease. hile there are times his movement and positioning are a bit off (and making the fan dig their head into their hands in concern), where Clemmensen just looks shaky in net. He's alright with either hand and his pads; it's when offenses keep him moving is where he gets into trouble. Especially laterally, but you can apply that criticism to a number of goalies in the league. The only other major question is whether Clemmensen was just playing out of his mind out of necessity last season or whether he truly is for real and just needed a real opportunity in the NHL to start some games. From what I've seen, I like to believe it's the latter. He's not going to push Vokoun or anything like that; but should something happen to him, I wouldn't panic."

John continues with some background on "Clemmer":

"Scott Clemmmensen is a success story. After leaving the Devils organization after being the back-up for Martin Brodeur or a starting goaltender with the AHL affiliate since 2000, he signed up in Toronto for the 2007-08 season. He got shelled in the few games he played with the Maple Leafs and then was sent to the minors. At age 31, he re-signed with the Devils understanding the situation that he could end up starting in Lowell. And with Kevin Weekes already signed, he did just that. However, horror struck and Martin Brodeur would be injured for months. Weekes was expected to step in, but Brent Sutter gave both goalies a chance, and Clemmensen won the job. Unlike Toronto, Clemmensen proved that he was up to the task. He ended up playing 40 games with the Devils, putting together a 25-13-1 record with 2 shutouts, a 91.7% save percentage, a 2.31 goals against average before Brodeur returned, and the thanks of Devils fans across the board."

Many thanks, ILWT.

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You're welcome - ILWT

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by John Fischer on Jul 4, 2009 7:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was completely sold on Scotty being “Clemmy”…guess I’ll get used to “Clemmer”.

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by Donny Rivette on Jul 4, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clemmer is the man. He’s a competitive guy, and I can’t wait to see him impress PDB when he finally gets some ice time.

by ChrisChester on Jul 5, 2009 3:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I heartily welcome our new Clemmer overlord. BTW, don’t know where else to ask this. What would be a good name for a fictitious SoFla hockey team? I have to beat Deirdre Martin at her own game. Thanks all.

by sydarm on Jul 5, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmm. The old standby is “Humidity”, as in “The Heat’s bad, but the Humidity is worse”.

Yes that got old twenty years ago.

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by Donny Rivette on Jul 6, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I forgive ya. It’s a better response than what I got elsewhere- “But the Panthers are a fictitious SoFl hockey team”. Ahhaha. Cute.

by sydarm on Jul 6, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is Miami Ice corny? Ilive Everblades but that is verboten.

by sydarm on Jul 6, 2009 2:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

“Everblades” is pure brilliance.

This will be the only instance where I use the word “brilliance” in describing anything even remotely associated with the Carolina Hurricanes organization.

That is all.

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by Donny Rivette on Jul 6, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You could go all back-to-the-future with THIS…

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by Donny Rivette on Jul 6, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I do like that but I wonder if I could use it since they actually existed. But probably ever name anyone comes up with has. Deirdre Martin uses New York Blades.

by sydarm on Jul 6, 2009 8:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

“Peanut Island Pokers”?

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by Donny Rivette on Jul 8, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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