David Clements | |||
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Born | Coventry, West Midlands, England | 20 September 1994||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
EIHL team Former teams | Coventry Blaze Milton Keynes Lightning Telford Tigers Ogden Mustangs | ||
National team | ![]() | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2012–present |
David Clements (born 20 September 1994) is an English ice hockey player for Coventry Blaze and the British national team. [1]
Clements was born in Coventry, West Midlands. He played for the Coventry Blaze junior teams until 2009, when he studied at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Canada. [2] In 2012, he was captain of the Great Britain under 18s team for the World Championships in Holland. [2]
Clements plays as defenceman for Coventry Blaze. [3] [4] [5] In his early professional career he played for Ogden Mustangs, [6] Milton Keynes Lightning and Telford Tigers.
Clements became an associate captain of Coventry Blaze in 2022/23. [7] He played his 500th game in the Elite Ice Hockey League on 18 December 2024. [8] After ten years playing with Coventry Blaze, Clements was honoured with a testimonial game on 17 May 2025. [9] [10]
Clements has represented Great Britain at the 2021 IIHF World Championship, [11] [12] the 2022 IIHF World Championship [13] and the 2023 IIHF World Championship. [14] [15] He also played in the 2026 Winter Olympics qualification match against Romania, with a 7-4 win. [16]