Bobby Carpenter

Bobby Carpenter
Date of birth	July 13, 1963
place of birth	Beverly , Massachusetts , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1981 , 1st round, 3rd position Washington Capitals
Career stations
1979-1981	St. John's Pioneers
1981-1987	Washington Capitals
1987	New York Rangers
1987-1989	Los Angeles Kings
1989-1992	Boston Bruins
1992-1993	Washington Capitals
1993-1999	New Jersey Devils

Robert E. "Bobby" Carpenter junior (born July 13, 1963 in Beverly , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach , who worked for the Washington Capitals , New York Rangers from 1979 to 1999, among others , Los Angeles Kings , Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League . Most recently, he was part of the Kunlun Red Star coaching staff in the 2017/18 season . His daughter Alex Carpenter is also a professional ice hockey player and multiple world champion.

Career

Bobby Carpenter began his career as a hockey player in high school with the St. John's Pioneers, for which he was active from 1979 to 1981. He was then selected in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft in the first round as the third player overall by the Washington Capitals . In the 1981/82 season he immediately made the leap into the National Hockey League and scored 32 goals in 80 games in his rookie year and gave another 35 templates. He was the first high school player ever to play in the NHL without going through minor leagues , which led to the NHL scouts watching high school games from then on. Also playing for Washington, the center was the first American to score more than 50 goals in an NHL season in the 1984/85 season. In total, he reached 53 goals and exceeded the previous record for an American, which had been set by Joe Mullen , by twelve goals.

On January 1, 1987 Carpenter was given together with a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 1989 in exchange for Bob Crawford , Kelly Miller and Mike Ridley to the New York Rangers . A little more than two months later, however, they transferred him to the Los Angeles Kings together with Tom Laidlaw and in exchange for Jeff Crossman , Marcel Dionne and a third-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 , with whom he spent the following two years. In January 1989 Carpenter moved to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Steve Kasper . He had to sit out most of the 1990/91 season due to a knee injury. On June 30, 1992 he signed a contract as a free agent with his ex-club Washington Capitals. He stayed there for a season before he was on the ice for the New Jersey Devils in the NHL from 1993 to his retirement in 1999 at the age of 36 . With these he won the prestigious Stanley Cup in the 1994/95 season .

Following his playing career, Carpenter stayed with the New Jersey Devils franchise as a coach and worked from 1998 to 2000 for their farm team , the Albany River Rats from the American Hockey League , as an assistant coach. In the same function, he worked for the Devils NHL team in the 1999/2000 season and again won the Stanley Cup with the team. From 2000 to 2004 Carpenter worked again as an assistant coach for the Devils in the NHL and in 2003 won the Stanley Cup for the third time. During the 2001/02 season he also took over the AHL team of the Albany River Rats as head coach. In 2007 he was honored with the induction of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame for his services . From 2009 he worked in the organization of the Toronto Maple Leafs as a scout and was responsible for the integration of the young players.

Prior to the 2017/18 season, he was asked by Mike Keenan to be his assistant coach for Kunlun Red Star of the Continental Hockey League . At the beginning of December 2017, Keenan was released from his duties and Carpenter was temporarily promoted to head coach. A new head coach, Jussi Tapola, was introduced for the 2018/19 season .

Since October 23, 2018 he has been the head coach of the Kassel Huskies in the DEL2.

International

For the USA Carpenter took part in the Junior World Championship in 1981 and the World Championship in 1987 . He was also in his country's squad for the Canada Cup in 1984 and 1987 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1985 NHL All-Star Game
• 1995 Stanley Cup win with the New Jersey Devils
• 2000 Stanley Cup win with the New Jersey Devils (as assistant coach)
• 2003 Stanley Cup win with the New Jersey Devils (as assistant coach)

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	18th	1178	320	408	728	919
Playoffs	16	140	21st	38	59	136

Web links

• Bobby Carpenter at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Bobby Carpenter at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Patrick Johnston: All out: Mike Keenan axed as Kunlun Red Star coach, days after dismissal as GM. In: theprovince.com. December 5, 2017, accessed December 6, 2017 .