- Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey)
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Center
shot =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 200
played_for =Washington Capitals New York Rangers Los Angeles Kings Boston Bruins New Jersey Devils
league = NHL
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1963|07|13
birth_place = Beverly,Massachusetts
career_start = 1981
career_end = 1999
draft = Round 1, 3rd overall
draft_year = 1981
draft_team =Washington Capitals
image_size =
nickname =Robert E. Carpenter Jr. (born
July 13 ,1963 in Beverly,Massachusetts ) is a formerprofessional ice hockey center who played in theNational Hockey League for 18 seasons from 1981–82 until 1998–99. In his NHL career that spanned 18 years, Carpenter played 1,178 games, scoring 320 goals and 408 assists for 728 points. He has the distinction of being the first U.S. Citizen to be drafted into theNational Hockey League directly out of high school, and the first U.S.-born hockey player to be selected within the top five picks of the NHL Draft.Playing career
Selected third overall in the
1981 NHL Entry Draft out ofSt. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts, Carpenter was called the "Can't-Miss Kid" in theFebruary 23 ,1981 issue ofSports Illustrated . During his first tour with the Capitals, he would have his best season statistics-wise during the1984–85 NHL season when he scored 53 goals and 42 assists and was the first US born player to do so. He was invited to play in the 1985NHL All-Star game and he also participated in the1984 Canada Cup as a member of Team USA.Primarily due to his clashes with head coach Bryan Murray, the Capitals traded Carpenter to the
New York Rangers in the deal that sentMike Ridley and Kelly Miller to Washington during the middle of the1986–87 NHL season . Later in the season, he would be dealt again, this time to theLos Angeles Kings in the trade that sentMarcel Dionne to the Rangers. He finished the 1986–87 season with the United States team at the 1987Ice Hockey World Championship tournament inMoscow after the Kings were knocked out in the first round of the 1987Stanley Cup playoffs. Carpenter represented the US nationals for the final time in the1987 Canada Cup .Carpenter was traded to the
Boston Bruins during the1988–89 NHL season , and a year later he would help guide the Bruins to the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Interestingly enough, the Bruins defeated his former team the Capitals in the semifinals. By this time in his career, Carpenter was contributing more as a defensive-minded center than the high-scoring superstar that he was once projected to be.Carpenter signed with the Capitals in 1992 and spent one season in his second tour with the team that originally drafted him. In 1993, he signed with the
New Jersey Devils , where he would play for the final six seasons of his NHL career. It was during his time with the Devils that he would help the team win their first Stanley Cup in the lockout-shortened1994–95 NHL season .Awards and Achievements
Played in NHL All-Star Game (1985)
External links
* [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1981/81003.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]
*hockeydb|836|Bob Carpenter
*legendsofhockey|10225|Bob Carpenter
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