Playing Career
McClement was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 2nd round, 57th overall, of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft from the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League.
He was a member of the 2007 Canadian IIHF World Championship team that won gold in a 4–2 win against Finland in Moscow. He owns a cottage on Howe Island on the St. Lawrence River where he spends the summer.
On May 26, 2009, McClement was re-signed to a three-year contract with the Blues.
In the 2010–11 season, on October 30, 2010, McClement scored his first NHL hat trick in a 4-3 shoot-out victory against the Atlanta Thrashers. On February 19, 2011, he was traded by the Blues to the Colorado Avalanche along with Erik Johnson and a conditional first round pick in exchange for Chris Stewart, Kevin Shattenkirk and a conditional second round pick. Later that day McClement made his Avalanche debut at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in a 4-0 defeat to the San Jose Sharks.
On July 1, 2012 McClement signed a two-year contract, worth $3 million as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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