Clayton Phillips Season 2020-21

2021-22 • GRADUATE SEASON

Awards: Earned 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades...Named a 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

Season: Skated in 32 games...Tallied a career-high five goals while adding seven assists for 12 points.

LIU (10/4): Registered his first goal of the season in a 5-2 win. Niagara (10/22): Contributed two assists in a 6-2 victory. vs. No. 6 North Dakota (10/30): Tallied his first career multi-goal game while tying his career high with three points on two goals and one assist in a 6-4 victory during the 2021 US Hockey Hall of Fame Game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. at Ohio State (11/6): Collected one assist in a 4-1 loss. at St. Thomas (11/23): Recorded one goal in a 5-1 victory. Michigan State (12/3): Notched one assist in a 4-2 win. No. 13/13 Notre Dame (1/8): Scored one goal in a 5-4 loss. at No. 4/5 Michigan (1/15): Registered one assist in a 4-3 defeat. Wisconsin (1/22): Tallied one assist in a 7-2 victory.

2020-21 • SENIOR SEASON

Season: Skated in 20 games and registered a career-high three goals...Added four assists for seven points.

Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

at Wisconsin (11/24): Recorded his first goal of the season. Michigan (12/3): Tallied one assist in a 9-5 win. Michigan State (1/15): Added one assist in 3-2 victory. Wisconsin (1/22): Scored one goal in 5-4 win. Notre Dame (1/28): Tied the game with a late third-period goal and had the primary assist on the overtime game-winning goal...Secured his lone multi-point game of the season.

2019-20 • JUNIOR SEASON

Season: Skated in 27 games and had nine points (2G, 7A) in his first season in Hockey Valley...Postseason cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sacred Heart (10/11-10/12): Collected one assist in each game of an opening weekend sweep, his first assists at Penn State. Wisconsin (10/31): Added an assist in the series opener to contribute to a 6-1 victory. Michigan State (11/9): Scored his first goal as a Nittany Lion and added an assist in a 6-4 victory. at Minnesota (11/15-16): Registered an assist on Friday and recorded the game-winning goal while adding an assist on Saturday. at Robert Morris (1/11): Added an assist in a 6-2 victory at PPG Paints Arena.

BEFORE PENN STATE

Drafted in the third-round (93rd overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft…Spent his freshman and sophomore seasons playing for Big Ten foe Minnesota…Scored one goal with nine assists in 34 games in 2018-19 after playing just 11 games in the 2017-18 season without registering a point for the Gophers…Spent parts of three seasons in the USHL before joining the collegiate ranks midway through the 2017-18 season...Finished his USHL career with the Muskegon Lumberjacks registering nine points (4G, 5A) in 13 games in 2017-18…Played 62 games over three seasons for the Fargo Force, prior to being traded to Muskegon...Tallied eight goals and 15 assists for 23 points for the Force…Earned silver with the U.S. Junior Select Team at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge...Won gold medals with the U.S. Junior Select Team at the 2016 World Junior A Challenge and with the U.S. Under-17 Select Team at the 2015 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament…Won a silver medal with the U.S. Under-18 Select Team at the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup...Named to the 2016 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game and the 2016 USA Hockey/CCM All-Americans Prospects Game

PERSONAL

Son of Don and Julie Phillips...Has two sisters, Meghan and Maddie...Majoring in communications.