Clarke Breitkreuz (born November 28, 1991) is a

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professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for German side

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in the second-tier

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Playing career

Born in

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, Breitkreuz played for the Beardy's Blackhawks of the SMHL in 2007–08, and then split the following season between WHL's

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and SJHL's

Yorkton Terriers The Yorkton Terriers are a team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) based in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. The team plays their home games in the Westland Insurance Arena, which has a seating capacity of 2,300. The Terriers won th ...

. Also the 2009–10 campaign saw him turn out for the Terriers, before joining the

Prince George Cougars The Prince George Cougars are a Canada, Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Prince George, British Columbia. Founded in 1971 as the Victoria Cougars (WHL), Victoria Cougars, the team was relocated to Prince George in 1994, where it b ...

of the WHL. For the 2010–11 season, Breitkreuz returned to the

for a third stint. In 2011, he landed his first job overseas, signing with German third-division club

Füchse Duisburg The Füchse Duisburg are a German ice hockey team formerly a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and currently plays in the Oberliga. History Known in English as the "Duisburg Foxes," the team was founded in 1971. In 2005, they earned promoti ...

. In 2013, he signed with fellow third-division side Löwen Frankfurt and also was handed a license for the

Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg The Grizzlys Wolfsburg are a professional ice hockey club of the German professional ice hockey league Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play their games at Eis Arena Wolfsburg. History Wolfsburg earned their first promotion to the DEL in 2004. Howe ...

of Germany's top-flight

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(DEL). He made four DEL appearances for the Wolfsburg team throughout the 2013–14 season, while helping Frankfurt to promotion to the second-division

. In Frankfurt, Clarke plays alongside his brother Brett. He had his contract renewed for the 2015–16 season and also played for the Löwen squad in the 2016-17 campaign in which he helped the team win the DEL2 championship. He left Frankfurt at the end of the 2017–18 season and signed with fellow DEL2 side

on June 1, 2018.

Personal info

His grandparents moved from Germany to Canada. Clarke has dual citizenship in Canada and Germany.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Breitkreuz, Clarke 1991 births Living people Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan Canadian ice hockey players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Frankfurt Lions players Grizzlys Wolfsburg players Kassel Huskies players Lausitzer Füchse players Löwen Frankfurt players Prince George Cougars players Regina Pats players