 As a youth, he played in the 1992 and 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Ontario, California.Clarke made his NHL debut on December 16, 2003 vs. the Edmonton Oilers and  scored his first career NHL goal on March 12, 2007 against the Edmonton Oilers, becoming the first native of Southern California to record a goal for the Kings.Clarke was signed by the New Jersey Devils in 2007.