Player's Profile
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- Name: Emerson Etem
- Position: RW
- Shoots: Left
- Height: 6-0
- Weight: 194 lbs
- Birthdate: 1992-06-16
- Eligible for Draft: 2010
- Drafted: 2010
- Hometown: Long Beach, California
- Acquired: 1st round (29th overall), 2010
- Playing In: CHL
Emerson Etem
Prospect Grade: 8.0 C (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2006-07: Drafted by the Medicine Hat Tigers in the sixth round (115th overall) of the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft.
2007-08: Etem skated for the Shattuck-St. Mary prep team as a sophomore as the team captured USA Hockey's Tier I U18 National Championship. The youngest player on the team as a 15-year-old, he scored 13 goals with 15 assists and had 20 PMs in 58 games.
2008-09: Played for the U.S. NTDP Under-17 squad. In 50 games for that team, Etem scored 23 goals and added 22 assists for 45 points.
2009-10: In his WHL rookie season, Etem played in 72 games for the Tigers. He scored 37 goals and added 28 assists for 65 points, finishing at +8 for the season. In 12 playoff games, Etem scored 7 goals and chipped in 3 assists for 10 points. Named the Tigers' 2009-10 Rookie of the Year. Etem played in the 2010 CHL Top Propsects Game, scoring a shorthanded goal for the victorious Team Cherry.
Watch this HF video of Emerson Etem from the 2010 NHL Draft
2010-11: Etem was the second-leading scorer for Medicine Hat; playing a big role for the Tigers in the second half of the season and during the WHL playoffs. The Long Beach, CA native also skated for Team USA at the 2011 U20 World Junior Championship as an 18-year-old. Etem scored 45 goals with 36 assists and had a team-high +41 plus/minus with 24 PMs in 65 games during the WHL regular season. He added 10 goals and 11 assists in 15 playoff games as the Tigers reached the Eastern Conference finals. Etem drew the ire of Buffalo fans during the World Junior tournament for some ill-timed comments and finished the tournament -1 with 1 goal in six games as the host Americans finished third.
Talent Analysis
A two-way forward with with some offensive ability, Etem could blossom into a reliable offensive weapon.
Future
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Stats
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Profile Last Updated: November, 30th 2011
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