Education
He attended and played hockey for Bloomington Jefferson High School and the University of Minnesota.
He attended and played hockey for Bloomington Jefferson High School and the University of Minnesota.
He also played college hockey at the University of Minnesota
Clymer was drafted 27th overall in the 1997 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. Clymer left school in 1998 to take advantage of a loophole in the National Hockey League College of Business Administration which would allow him to become and unrestricted free agent if he was to play one year in the WHL. In this pursuit he joined the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League in 1998-1999 in played 70 games posting 56 points. During the National Hockey League lockout, Clymer played with Swiss team EHC Biel in the second Swiss division.
After the lockout, Clymer returned to the National Hockey League, signing a one-year contract with the Washington Capitals on August 8, 2005.
The following year he was re-signed to a three-year contract, however spent the final year of his contract in the AHL with the Hershey Bears. Foreign the 2008-2009 season, Clymer left the National Hockey League and signed with the Minsk of the KHL. That season Clymer was named an All-Star and played in the KHL"s All-Star game outdoor in Moscow"s Red Square.
Following that season Clymer signed a one-year contract with European Research Council Ingolstadt. An integral part of Ingolstadt"s defense during the 2009-2010 season, Clymer scored 32 points in 37 games before he was again on the move within Europe, signing with The Human Context Lugano of the Swiss Nationalliga A.
Clymer, failed to appear for Lugano in a National Lawyers Association after suffering a season ending knee injury in training camp.
He then returned to Ingolstadt on a one-year contract on May 14, 2011.
However, unable to satisfactorily recover from his lingering knee injury, Clymer announced his retirement just over a month later on June 30, 2011. Following Clymer"s retirement, Clymer enrolled back at the University of Minnesota, and was admitted to the Carlson School of Management where he received a degree in Finance. During his retirement Clymer also broke into the broadcast world.
In 2009 Clymer was hired by Channel 45 to cover the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament.
Clymer has continued to annually cover the State High School Tournament for Channel 45 and has also been hired by Fox Sports North to cover Minnesota Golden Gopher and Minnesota Wild games. On September 16, 2013 it was announced that Clymer had joined the Big Ten Network as a college hockey analyst.
Clymer scored a goal and was a member of the victorious "Team Jagr".