in his rookie professional season with the ducks in 2010–11, clark was assigned to ahl affiliate, the syracuse crunch. as only one of two, he played in every game with the crunch to collect 2 goals and 18 points in 80 games. in the following 2011–12 season, on march 31, 2012, clark received his first nhl recall by anaheim. he made his nhl debut the following day in the ducks final home game of the season, a 2-1 defeat against the edmonton oilers.