Rookie left winger Clarke was second in Battalion scoring with 19 goals and 32 assists for 51 points in 68 games … tied Sergey Tolchinksy of Sault Ste. Marie for third in OHL rookie scoring, and finished third in voting for the OHL’s rookie of the year award … led OHL rookies with six game-winning goals … career-tying seven-game point streak (7G, 2A) ended Jan. 4 in a 4-3 loss at Sudbury … career-high seven-game point streak (1G, 8A) ended Nov. 22 in a 3-2 win at Barrie … earned his first OHL points on Sept. 30 with one goal and one assist in a 7-4 loss at Oshawa … 2011-12 … Battalion’s first-round choice, 15th overall, in 2012 OHL Priority Selection … started the 2011-12 season with the Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League and scored one goal in 13 games before returning to St. Louis and joining the St. Louis Blues under-18 team … 2010-11 … scored 15 goals and added 19 assists for 34 points in 35 games with the Chicago Mission under-16 squad … started playing organized hockey in Chesterfield when he was six and graduated to the St. Louis Blues AAA program when he was 10 … attended highly-regarded Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school at Fairbault, Minn., in 2009-10, scoring 33 goals and adding 47 assists for 80 points in 58 games … Shattuck-St. Mary’s alumni include current NHL stars Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews and Zach Parise … Blake was the top scorer at the 2009 Quebec International Peewee Tournament and his St. Louis Blues team won the prestigious championship … father, Charles, is an endodontist in St. Louis … a native of Toronto, he graduated from the University of Toronto and attended post-graduate school at the University of Oregon … mother, Susan Adams, was born and raised in Serbia, moved to Australia when she was 12, and arrived in Toronto for high school. A graduate of the University of Toronto and University of Tennessee, she is also an endodontist and a professor of advanced dental education at Saint Louis University … younger brother Hayden attends Lafayette High School … younger sister Riley is a nationally-ranked tennis player … Blake’s favourite NHL team is the St. Louis Blues, and favourite player is Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins … turned 17 on Jan. 24.
