2 Cliff Watson
Cliff Watson
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Appleton, Wis.
  • Position:
    D
  • Team:
    Sioux City (USHL)
  • gp
    37
  • p
    10
  • g
    2
  • a
    8
  • pim
    53
  • +/-
    +10

Bio

Sophomore Season (2014-15): Recipient of the Gitzen-Loutit Memorial Award as Michigan Tech’s most outstanding defensive player … Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Served as an alternate captain for the Huskies … Tied for second among Tech blue-liners with 13 points (3-10) in 40 outings …  Finished eighth nationally in blocked shots with 87 … Scored his first-career goal on Oct. 28 vs. Alabama Huntsville … Participated in the 2015 San Jose player development camp.

Freshman Season (2013-14): Earned the Gitzen-Loutit Memorial Award as the team's outstanding defensive player … Appeared in all 40 games with four assists on the season … Led the WCHA and ranked in the top five nationally in blocked shots with 101 … Team was 3-0-1 when Watson had a point.

Prior to Michigan Tech: Played two seasons with the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL …Tallied three goals and eight assists for 11 total points in 62 games in 2012-13 …Played in 58 games in 2011-12 with 0-8=8 … Selected in the sixth round of the 2012 NHL Draft by the San Jose Sharks (168th overall).

Personal: Son of Clifford and Helene Watson of Appleton, Wis. … Born Dec. 12, 1993 … Has two younger brothers … Owns a 3.32 grade point average in sports in fitness management.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 27 Alaska W, 3-2
Mar 4 Northern Michigan W, 4-0
Mar 5 at Northern Michigan W, 5-1
Mar 11 Alaska W, 7-1
Mar 12 Alaska W, 5-3
Mar 18 vs. Ferris State L, 1-0
  Overall Conf
Games 37 29
Points 10 8
Goals 2 2
Assists 8 6
PIM 53 49
+/- +10 +10
Power-play goals 0 0
Short-handed goals 0 0
Empty net goals 0 0
Games started 19 16
Game-winning goals 1 1
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 48 35
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Oct 3 Intrasquad Scrimmage   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Laurentian W, 5-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Oct 10 Laurentian W, 5-0 1 0 0 0 14 +2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Oct 16 at Ferris State W, 5-1 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 17 at Ferris State L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 23 at Northern Michigan L, 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 24 Northern Michigan W, 3-1 - 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 30 Ferris State W, 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 31 Ferris State L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov 6 at Alabama Huntsville W, 4-2 - 0 0 0 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 7 at Alabama Huntsville W, 2-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 13 Bowling Green W, 2-0 1 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Nov 14 Bowling Green L, 3-2 1 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov 21 at Michigan State W, 5-4 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 22 at Michigan State T, 4-4 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 27 at Alaska W, 4-1 - 0 0 0 15 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nov 28 at Alaska W, 3-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 4 Alaska Anchorage L, 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 5 Alaska Anchorage L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 4 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 11 at Lake Superior State T, 1-1 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 12 at Lake Superior State W, 6-2 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dec 29 vs. Michigan State W, 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 30 vs. Michigan L, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 8 vs. Connecticut W, 4-2 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 10 vs. Yale T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 15 Minnesota State T, 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 16 Minnesota State W, 3-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 29 at Bowling Green T, 4-4 1 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 30 at Bowling Green W, 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 5 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 6 Lake Superior State W, 3-1 1 0 0 0 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 19 at Bemidji State L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 20 at Bemidji State W, 9-2 - 0 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 26 Alaska W, 6-5 1 0 0 0 6 +1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Feb 27 Alaska W, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Mar 4 Northern Michigan W, 4-0 1 0 0 0 6 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 5 at Northern Michigan W, 5-1 - 0 1 1 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 11 Alaska W, 7-1 - 1 3 4 2 +4 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 12 Alaska W, 5-3 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 18 vs. Ferris State L, 1-0 - 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
2013-14 40 0 4 4 30 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
2014-15 40 3 10 13 47 +6 1 0 1 1 0 0 46
2015-16 37 2 8 10 53 +10 0 0 0 1 0 0 48
2016-17 45 3 12 15 42 +14 0 0 0 0 0 0 72
Total 162 8 34 42 172 +28 1 0 1 2 0 0 206
    gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
Event Total 37 2 8 10 53 +10 0 0 0 1 0 0 48
Conference 29 2 6 8 49 +10 0 0 0 1 0 0 35
Exhibition 2 0 0 0 14 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Location Home 16 2 5 7 24 +10 0 0 0 1 0 0 25
Away 16 0 2 2 27 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Neutral 5 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Result Wins 23 2 6 8 43 +13 0 0 0 1 0 0 36
Losses 9 0 1 1 8 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Ties 5 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Month October 6 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
November 8 1 1 2 21 +3 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
December 6 0 2 2 6 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
January 6 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
February 6 0 1 1 8 +3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
March 5 1 4 5 12 +5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5