| Height: | 6-2 |
| Weight: | 200 |
| Year: | Sophomore |
| Hometown: | Great Falls, VA |
| High School: | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| Position: | G |
| Previous Team: | U.S. NTDP |
| S/C: | L |
As a Freshman in 2009: Came on strong towards
the middle of the season and won the starting job, playing the
final 11 games of the year ... Made history in Brown's first round
playoff series at Harvard, as the Bears became the first team to
ever shutout the Crimson in back-to-back games on their home ice
... Played in 18 games, earning 17 starts ... Led Brown with a 2.67
GAA and a .930 save percentage, third in the ECAC, to go along with
two shutouts ... Named INCH Player of the Week after stopping all
86 shots he faced in an ECAC First Round sweep of Harvard ... Made
his first career start against UConn and tallied 24 saves ...
Picked up a 1-1 tie against Western Michigan in the third place
game of the Dodge Holiday Classic, allowing just a power-play goal,
with a career-high 43 saves; named 1st star ... Notched 36 saves
against Clarkson ... Stopped 32 of 33 shots in 4-1 win at Colgate,
Brown's first win in Hamilton since 1993 ... Made 31 saves the next
night at Cornell ... Recorded 42 saves against Princeton ... Made
39 saves in 2-0 loss at Merrimack, allowing just a 5x3 goal and a
powerplay goal ... Notched 26 saves at RPI ... Had 41 saves the
next night at Union, allowing two goals ... Matched his career-high
with 43 saves at #10 Princeton ... Made 25 saves, allowing just a
5x3 power-play goal and an extra attacker goal, in 3-2 win at
Quinnipiac ... Stopped 38 shots in a 3-3 tie with Colgate ... Made
39 the next night in 3-2 overtime loss to #10 Cornell ... Stopped
all 39 shots he faced to post his first career shutout, 1-0 over
Harvard, in game #1 of the ECAC First Round; named 1st star ...
Recorded a career-high 47 saves the next night to post his second
straight shutout over the Crimson as Brown swept the First Round
series, becoming the first team to ever shutout Harvard in
consecutive games; named 1st star ... Named 3rd star after stopping
31 shots in game one of ECAC Quarterfinals at Yale ... Stopped 34
shots the next night ... One of 24 Bears named to the ECAC Hockey
All-Academic Squad.
Before Brown: Clemente spent the 2007-2008 season
with the U.S. National Team Developmental Program ... Appeared in
seven games with the Under-18 Team, posting a 2.88 GAA and a .879
save percentage ... Recognized as the NAHL North Division Player of
the Week in late February while playing with te U-18 Team ... Also
played in 16 games with the Under-17 Team, earning a 3.19 GAA and a
.889 save percentage ... Spent most of the 2006-2007 season with
the Under-17 Team, earning a .879 save percentage on the season (28
games), and winning his only start with the Under-18 Team ... Prior
to joining the USNTDP, Clemente was a member of the Washington
Junior Capitals, posting a 2.17 GAA, a .933 save percentage, and a
22-7-0 record during the 2005-2006 season.
Personal: Michael Douglas Clemente is the son of
Christopher Clemente and Tracy Schar of Great Falls, Virginia ...
Born in 1990 ... Michael has three brothers, Nicholas, Dylan, and
Noah, and two sisters, Maddy and Haley ... Grandfather, Dwight
Schar, played football for the Washington Redskins ... Honor Roll
student while at Ann Arbor Pioneer (2006-2008) ... Recipient of the
2006 Jacob Jackson Memorial Award while playing at Gonzaga College
High in Washington, DC ... Interests:
Weightlifting, Reading ... Concentration:
Undecided.
