Clay Wilson

Clay Daniel Wilson (born April 5, 1983) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played parts of 36 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Atlanta Thrashers, Florida Panthers, and Calgary Flames. Outside of the NHL, Wilson played for HC Donbass, HC Sochi, and Severstal Cherepovets of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), and AIK IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan.

Career
Before playing in the NHL, Wilson played parts of four years with the Michigan Tech Huskies of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and two seasons with the Muskegon Fury of the United Hockey League (UHL).

He was not drafted by an NHL team. On July 11, 2006, Wilson signed a two-year contract to join the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was immediately sent down to play for their AHL-affiliate Portland Pirates. On November 15, 2007, the Ducks traded Wilson along with Aaron Rome to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Geoff Platt. He was immediately sent down to play for their AHL-affiliate Syracuse Crunch. On March 25, 2008, the Blue Jackets called him up and Wilson made his NHL debut in a 3–0 loss against the Nashville Predators. The next day on November 26, he recorded his first NHL point, assisting on a Joakim Lindström goal. The next period, Wilson scored his first NHL goal against Nikolai Khabibulin in a 4–0 win against the Chicago Blackhawks.

On January 14, 2009, the Blue Jackets traded Wilson along with a 2009 sixth-round draft pick to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Jason Williams. He played a total of 2 games with the Thrashers.

On July 2, Wilson signed a two-year, two-way contract to join the Florida Panthers. He split time between the Panthers and their AHL-affiliate Rochester Americans. He played 17 games with the Panthers, scoring 3 goals and recording 2 assists.

On February 7, 2011, Wilson signed a two-year, $1.05 million contract to join the Calgary Flames. He played 5 games with the Flames and spent most of his time playing for their AHL-affiliate Abbotsford Heat.

On October 16, 2018, Wilson decided to retire and become the assistant coach for HC Donbass of the Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL).

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