Gordie Clark

Gordon Corson Clark (born May 31, 1952 in Glasgow, Scotland) and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) is a retired ice hockey right winger. He played 8 games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and 21 in the WHA for the Cincinnati Stingers between 1974 and 1979. He was the assistant coach for the Boston Bruins for a few years in the early 1990s. He is currently a scout for the Montreal Canadiens. He won a Calder Cup as a member of the American Hockey League (AHL) champion Maine Mariners.

Playing career
Selected by the Boston Bruins in the 1972 NHL draft, Clark played three seasons at the University of New Hampshire before joining the Bruins organization. He played primarily for their American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, scoring 123 goals over four seasons and serving as team captain in 1977-78. Clark appeared in eight regular-season games and one postseason game for Boston.

After splitting the first part of the 1978-79 season between the AHL's Springfield Indians and the WHA's Cincinnati Stingers, Clark joined the AHL's Maine Mariners and helped them to the 1979 Calder Cup championship. He led the AHL with 47 goals in 1979–80, and achieved personal bests with 50 goals and 101 points during the 1981–82 season.

Clark was voted a First Team AHL All-Star and a Second Team AHL All-Star twice each during his career.

Coaching and scouting
Clark retired from playing in 1983 and joined the Mariners as an assistant coach in 1987–88, working with head coach Mike Milbury. He was promoted to assistant coach of the Boston Bruins in 1989 and spent three seasons there, including a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1990.

Clark joined the Bruins' scouting department in 1992. He served in several capacities with the New York Islanders from 1996 to 2002, including director of player personnel and assistant general manager, and later spent 20 seasons with the New York Rangers, including 2007 to 2020 as director of player personnel.

Clark joined the Montreal Canadiens as a pro scout in 2022.