John Carter (ice hockey player)

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United StatesUnited States  John Carter Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 3, 1963
place of birth Winchester , Massachusetts , USA
size 178 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1982-1986 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1986-1991 Boston Bruins
1991-1993 San Jose Sharks
1993-1994 Providence Bruins
1994-1995 Worcester IceCats

John A. Carter (born May 3, 1963 in Winchester , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 244 games for the Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League between 1982 and 1995 on the position of the left winger .

Career

Carter initially studied for four years from 1982 to 1986 at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . There the left winger played together with Adam Oates and made it into the Second and First All-Star Team of the Eastern College Athletic Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the 1983/84 and 1984/85 seasons .

Even so, Carter was not selected in any NHL Entry Draft , and so he was only signed undrafted by the Boston Bruins from the NHL during the 1985/86 season . The American stayed there until the end of the 1990/91 season . However, he never managed to establish himself in the Bruins roster for an entire season and found himself again and again on the farm team in the American Hockey League , the Maine Mariners . Carter was part of the squad when Boston reached the final for the Stanley Cup in the 1989/90 season, where the team was defeated by the Edmonton Oilers in five games. In the summer of 1991, Carter moved to the newly formed San Jose Sharks as a free agent . There he played for two years and was also mainly used in the International Hockey League with the farm team, the Kansas City Blades . With these he won the Turner Cup in the 1991/92 season . After the 1992/93 season he left the Sharks and played for the Providence Bruins and the Worcester IceCats in the AHL in the following two years . After the 1994/95 season he ended his career.

International

For his home country Carter took part in the 1986 World Cup in the Soviet capital Moscow , where he finished sixth with the Americans. In nine tournament games he scored three times, including one goal.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1984 ECAC Second All-Star Team
  • 1984 NCAA East First All-American Team
  • 1985 ECAC First All-Star Team

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1982/83 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ECAC 29 16 22nd 38 33
1983/84 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ECAC 38 35 39 74 52
1984/85 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ECAC 37 43 29 72 52
1985/86 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ECAC 27 23 18th 41 68
1985/86 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1986/87 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 58 25th 30th 55 60 6th 2 3 5 5
1986/87 Boston Bruins NHL 8th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1987/88 Maine Mariners AHL 76 38 38 76 145 10 4th 4th 8th 44
1987/88 Boston Bruins NHL 4th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1988/89 Maine Mariners AHL 24 13 6th 19th 12 - - - - -
1988/89 Boston Bruins NHL 44 12 10 22nd 44 10 1 2 3 6th
1989/90 Maine Mariners AHL 2 2 2 4th 2 - - - - -
1989/90 Boston Bruins NHL 76 17th 22nd 39 26th 21st 6th 3 9 45
1990/91 Maine Mariners AHL 16 5 9 14th 16 1 0 0 0 10
1990/91 Boston Bruins NHL 50 4th 7th 11 68 - - - - -
1991/92 Kansas City Blades IHL 42 11 15th 26th 116 15th 6th 9 15th 18th
1991/92 San Jose Sharks NHL 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1992/93 Kansas City Blades IHL 9 4th 2 6th 14th - - - - -
1992/93 San Jose Sharks NHL 55 7th 9 16 81 - - - - -
1993/94 Providence Bruins AHL 47 11 5 16 82 - - - - -
1994/95 Worcester IceCats AHL 64 18th 9 27 96 - - - - -
NCAA overall 131 117 108 225 207
AHL total 287 112 99 211 413 17th 6th 7th 13 59
IHL total 51 15th 17th 32 130 15th 6th 9 15th 18th
NHL overall 244 40 50 90 201 31 7th 5 12 51

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1986 United States WM 6th place 9 1 2 3 14th
Men overall 9 1 2 3 14th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Carter, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carter, John A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Winchester , Massachusetts , USA