Jimmy Carson

Jimmy Carson
Date of birth	20th July 1968
place of birth	Southfield , Michigan , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1986 , 1st round, 2nd position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1984-1986	Verdun Junior Canadiens
1986-1988	Los Angeles Kings
1988-1989	Edmonton Oilers
1989-1993	Detroit Red Wings
1993-1994	Los Angeles Kings
1994	Vancouver Canucks
1994-1995	Hartford Whalers
1995-1996	Lausanne Hockey Club
1996-1998	Detroit Vipers

James Charles "Jimmy" Carson (born July 20, 1968 in Southfield , Michigan ) is a retired American ice hockey player (center) who worked for the Los Angeles Kings , Edmonton Oilers , Detroit Red Wings , Vancouver Canucks and Hartford from 1986 to 1996 Whalers played in the National Hockey League .

Career

As a junior he was one of the few Americans to play with the Verdun Junior Canadiens in the QMJHL together with Claude Lemieux . He played with the team in 1985 at the final tournament for the Memorial Cup . In the 1986 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the first round as second by the Los Angeles Kings .

As the youngest player in the NHL, he started the 1986/87 season . Together with his teammates Steve Duchesne and Luc Robitaille , he was one of three Kings players who were elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team this year . In his second season in Los Angeles, he made 55 goals and 107 points best for American-born players. Behind Wayne Gretzky , he was the second youngest player to reach the 50-goal mark.

When the Kings signed Gretzky for the 1988/89 season , Carson was the most valuable player the Kings sent towards Edmonton. Martin Gélinas went with him and Marty McSorley came to Los Angeles from Edmonton in addition to numerous first-round draft rights .

Also with the Edmonton Oilers he reached 100 points in his first season. Shortly after the start of the 1989/90 season , he was given to the Detroit Red Wings . In return, Petr Klíma , Joe Murphy and Adam Graves came to the Oilers. At the Red Wings he was unhappy to be in the shadow of Steve Yzerman and asked for a change in the 1992/93 season . A barter brought him back to the Los Angeles Kings. In return, Paul Coffey came to Detroit , among others .

With Wayne Gretzky and the Kings he reached the Stanley Cup final series for the only time in 1993 , but lost to the Montreal Canadiens there . In 1994 he moved to the Vancouver Canucks , but the Hartford Whalers were soon his new team. Carson was far from the achievements at the beginning of his career and moved to the 1995/96 season in Switzerland for HC Lausanne , for which he played 13 games. He returned to the Whalers one more time for eleven games.

His last stop was the Detroit Vipers in the International Hockey League , with whom he could win the Turner Cup .

Carson is of Greek descent. His grandfather changed the name from Kyriazopoulos to Carson.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	10	626	275	286	561	254
Playoffs	7th	55	17th	15th	32	22nd

Sporting successes

• Bronze medal at the Junior World Championship : 1986
• Turner Cup : 1997

Personal awards

• Michel Bergeron Trophy : 1985
• Michael Bossy Trophy : 1986
• Trophée Frank J. Selke : 1986
• QMJHL Second All-Star Team: 1986
• NHL All-Rookie Team : 1987
• Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1989

Web links

• Jimmy Carson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jimmy Carson at legendsofhockey.net (English)