Emerson Albert Spratlen Etem (born June 16, 1992) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger and current Color Analyst for the Anaheim Ducks radio broadcast.
In 2021, he purchased a junior team and became the head coach of the Long Beach Shredders in the United States Premier Hockey League.
While watching Martin play with the Long Beach Jr. Ice Dogs in the 2003 National Tier II Championship tournament, he saw Sidney Crosby lead the Shattuck-Saint Mary's Sabres to the Tier I 17 under National Championship (held concurrently at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel, Maryland).
Inspired by the caliber of players, coaching and winning tradition of Sabres hockey, Etem moved to Faribault, Minnesota, at age 14 to play at Shattuck-Saint Mary's, where he led the Bantam team to a third-place finish at the Tier I 14 & under 2007 National Championship at Amherst, New York, in his freshman year.
As the only sophomore on the Shattuck-Saint Mary's 2007–08 Midget Minor AAA team, Etem helped the Sabres win their second consecutive Tier I 17 & under National Title, the first time in the school's history.
[citation needed] In 2008–09, Etem then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to play for USA Hockey's National Team Development Program (NTDP).
On January 8, 2016, Etem was traded by the Rangers to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Nicklas Jensen and a 6th round pick in the 2017 draft.
In his debut game with the Gulls Etem scored a goal, however suffered a knee injury which later required season ending surgery.
[10] As a free agent, Etem returned to North America in the summer, agreeing to a professional tryout to attend the Los Angeles Kings 2018 training camp on August 22, 2018.