Emerson Etem

Emerson Etem
Born	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 Former teams	Vancouver Canucks Anaheim Ducks New York Rangers
NHL Draft	29th overall, 2010 Anaheim Ducks
Playing career	2012–present

Medal record
Representing 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 for the Vancouver Canucks 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 was traded to the New York Rangers on June 27, 2015. On January 8, 2016, Etem was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Nicklas Jensen and a 2017 6th-round draft pick.

Early life and family

Etem comes from a family where rowing is 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.

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).^[1]

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.^[2] 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 is reunited with former junior coach with Medicine Hat in Willie Desjardins.^[3] He scored his first goal as a Vancouver Canuck on February 6, 2016, against the Calgary Flames.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2008–09	U.S. National Development Team	NAHL		40	19	14	33	16		9	4	4	8	4
2009–10	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		72	37	28	65	26		12	7	3	10	0
2010–11	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		65	45	35	80	24		15	10	11	21	7
2011–12	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		65	61	46	107	34		7	7	6	13	13
2011–12	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		2	1	0	1	2		4	2	0	2	0
2012–13	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		45	13	3	16	12		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		38	3	7	10	9		7	3	2	5	2
2013–14	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		29	7	4	11	4		4	0	0	0	12
2013–14	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		50	24	30	54	10		4	0	2	2	0
2014–15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		45	5	5	10	4		12	3	0	3	0
2014–15	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		22	13	8	21	2		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	New York Rangers	NHL		19	0	3	3	2		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				131	15	19	34	19		23	6	2	8	14

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2011	United States	WJC			6	1	0	1	0
2012	United States	WJC	7th		6	0	4	4	2
Junior totals					12	1	4	5	2

References

1. "California kid Etem could hear name called early". NHL. 2009-12-09.
2. "Rangers trade Cam Talbot and Carl Hagelin". New York Post. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
3. "Canucks acquire Etem for Jensen, pick". The Sports Network. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

External links

• Emerson Etem's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• Emerson Etem's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database