Matt Beca (born March 6, 1986) is a retired

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professional

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player. He last played for Glasgow Clan of the

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, where he was player/assistant coach. He previously played for fellow Elite League side Manchester Storm and

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of the

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Playing career

Prior to turning professional, Beca attended

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, where he played four seasons of college hockey with the NCAA Division I

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team. Beca was a freshman with the Golden Knights when they won the 2006-07 ECAC conference tournament, and he was named as the team's most valuable player, winning the Bill Harrison MVP Award, during his senior year. During the

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season, Beca compiled 23 points in 31 games for the Everblades before he was reassigned by the Checkers as part of a trade for

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to the

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on December 31, 2012. After four seasons of professional hockey in North America, Beca left to sign his first European contract with German club, Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim of the DEL2 on July 28, 2013. Ahead of the 2016/17 season, Beca signed for

Braehead Clan Glasgow Clan (formerly ''Braehead Clan'') is a Scottish professional ice hockey team. It was formed in 2010 as the UK Elite Ice Hockey League expanded into the west of Scotland market, and are based at the Braehead Arena in Renfrewshire. It is o ...

of the UK's

, putting up 83 points in 62 league and cup games. On 14 July 2017, Beca followed former Braehead coach

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to sign for Manchester Storm. In doing so, Beca re-joined former Braehead teammates Jay Rosehill and Mike Hammond who had both signed for the club earlier in the summer.https://eliteleague.co.uk/finnerty-lands-top-target-beca/ Beca rejoined the newly renamed Glasgow Clan ahead of the 2018-19 season, spending a further two campaigns with the team before retirement.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beca, Matt 1986 births Living people Braehead Clan players Canadian ice hockey forwards Charlotte Checkers (2010–) players Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey players Florida Everblades players Glasgow Clan players South Carolina Stingrays players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Ice hockey people from Mississauga Springfield Falcons players Manchester Storm (2015–) players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland