Emerson Etem

Emerson Etem
Born (1992-06-16) June 16, 1992
Long Beach, CA, USA
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams
Anaheim Ducks
San Diego Gulls (AHL)
New York Rangers
Vancouver Canucks
National team  United States
NHL Draft 29th overall, 2010
Anaheim Ducks
Playing career 2012present
Medal record
Representing United States USA
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2011 USA

Emerson Albert Spratlen Etem (born June 16, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey right winger currently playing with the San Diego Gulls in the American Hockey League while in his second tenure for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally selected in the first round, 29th overall, by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He has also played for the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks.

Early life and family

Etem comes from a family where rowing is very popular, and his African-American mother Patricia made the U.S. Olympic rowing team, though due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, did not participate at the 1980 Games in Moscow. Continuing with his family's rowing tradition, Emerson's elder brother Martin rowed four years for Syracuse University where he was team captain his senior year. After graduation he became an elite rower who trained to compete for the U.S. National Rowing Team, and he placed third in the men's double in the Olympic trials prior to the London Olympic Games. Emerson has an older sister Elise who also has had a successful athletic career. She was nationally ranked in the butterfly from age 10 and was Wilson High School's Most Valuable Swimmer her senior year. She swam for one season at University of California, Berkeley and then walked on to the Women's Rowing team at the university ultimately becoming captain of the PAC 12 champion team her senior year.

Etem and his wife, Danette have a son named Laulo who was born on September 30, 2016.[1]

Playing career

Junior

Etem followed his older brother Martin into roller then ice hockey. While watching Martin play with the Long Beach Jr. Ice Dogs in the 2003 National Tier II Championship tournament, he saw Sidney Crosby lead the Shattuck-Saint Mary's Sabers to the Tier I 17 under National Championship (held concurrently at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel, Maryland). Inspired by the caliber of players, coaching and winning tradition of Sabers hockey, Etem moved to Faribault, Minnesota, at age 14 to play at Shattuck-Saint Mary's, where he led the Bantam team to a third-place finish at the Tier I 14&under 2007 National Championship at Amherst, New York, in his freshman year. As the only sophomore on the Shattuck-Saint Mary's 2007–08 Midget Minor AAA team, Etem helped the Sabers win their second consecutive Tier I 17&under National Title, the first time in the school's history.

In 2008–09, Etem then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to play for USA Hockey's National Team Development Program (NTDP).[2]

Etem was drafted into the Western Hockey League (WHL) 115th overall by the Medicine Hat Tigers in the 2007 Bantam Draft. While playing for Medicine Hat in 2009–10, he led all WHL rookies in goals.

Professional

Despite reaching the eighth spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's rankings ahead of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Etem saw his draft day go on longer than expected; he was ultimately selected 29th overall by the Anaheim Ducks. He scored his first career NHL goal on March 18, 2013, against Antti Niemi of the San Jose Sharks.

On June 27, 2015, Etem, along with a second-round draft pick, was traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for Carl Hagelin and two draft picks in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.[3] After his first training camp with the Rangers, Etem made the opening night roster for the 2015–16 season. Used as the a depth forward, Etem was unable to cement a role and in 19 games provided 3 assists. On January 8, 2016, Etem was traded by the Rangers to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Nicklas Jensen and a 6th round pick in the 2017 draft. As a result, Etem was reunited with former junior coach with Medicine Hat in Willie Desjardins.[4] He scored his first goal as a Vancouver Canuck on February 6, 2016, against the Calgary Flames. In 39 games with the Canucks, he tallied 7 goals, 5 assists (12 points).

On June 27, 2016, Etem resigned with the Canucks to a 1-year contract worth $775,000. However, he did not make the opening roster for the 2016-17 season and was placed on waivers at the start of the season. Etem was picked up by the Anaheim Ducks off waivers on October 13, 2016 reuniting him with the organisation that drafted him in the 1st round back in 2010.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09U.S. National Development TeamNAHL4019143316 9 4 4 8 4
2009–10Medicine Hat TigersWHL72372865261273100
2010–11Medicine Hat TigersWHL6545358024151011217
2011–12Medicine Hat TigersWHL656146107347761313
2011–12Syracuse CrunchAHL2101242020
2012–13Norfolk AdmiralsAHL451331612
2012–13Anaheim DucksNHL383710973252
2013–14Anaheim DucksNHL2974114 4 0 0 0 12
2013–14Norfolk AdmiralsAHL502430541040220
2014–15Anaheim DucksNHL4555104 12 3 0 3 0
2014–15Norfolk AdmiralsAHL22138212
2015–16New York RangersNHL190332
2015–16Vancouver CanucksNHL3975129
NHL totals 170 22 24 46 28 23 6 2 8 14

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2011 United States WJC 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 1 0 1 0
2012 United States WJC 7th 6 0 4 4 2
Junior totals 12 1 4 5 2

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Cam Fowler
Anaheim Ducks first round draft pick
2010
Succeeded by
Rickard Rakell
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