Matt Carkner

Matt Carkner
Date of birth	3rd November 1980
place of birth	Winchester , Ontario , Canada
size	195 cm
Weight	103 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1999 , 2nd lap, 58th position Montréal Canadiens
Career stations
1997-2001	Peterborough Petes
2001-2006	Cleveland Barons
2006-2007	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2007-2009	Binghamton Senators
2009–2012	Ottawa Senators
2012-2014	New York Islanders
2014-2016	Bridgeport Sound Tigers

Matthew "Matt" Carkner (born November 3, 1980 in Winchester , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . The defender played 237 games for the San Jose Sharks , Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders in the National Hockey League . His third cousin Terry Carkner was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Carkner in the Jersey of the Islanders (2013)

Carkner first played from 1997 to 2001 with the Peterborough Petes in the Canadian Ontario Hockey League . After he had already been selected in the second round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in 58th place by the Montreal Canadiens , but they had not offered him a contract even after two years, he signed a contract with league rivals San Jose Sharks in the summer of 2001 .

The Sharks put the tough defender on their new farm team , the Cleveland Barons . In total, the Canadian played five seasons for the Barons until the end of the 2005/06 season. In the 2002/03 season he was able to play only 39 season games due to a knee injury suffered in January 2003. Carkner had his best year in the 2005/06 season when he was able to collect 30 scorer points in 69 games. This significant increase, compared to previous years, was rewarded with an appointment to the roster of the San Jose Sharks. On February 6, 2006 he played his only NHL game so far against the Calgary Flames in which he was able to prepare a goal by Milan Michálek .

After the barons moved to Worcester , and the prospect of a permanent place in the Sharks defender rotation, the free agent signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the summer of 2006 . There he has been playing for the AHL farm team, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, since the beginning of the season . At the end of the season he was honored with the Yanick Dupré Memorial Award for the player who distinguishes himself through special commitment in society and signed a contract with the Ottawa Senators for the new season as a free agent . After three years in Ottawa, he joined the New York Islanders in 2012 .

With the Cleveland Barons, Carkner holds the franchise records for the most games (315) and the most penalty minutes (948), and the most penalty minutes in a season (335).

After he had missed most of the 2014/15 season due to a back operation, the Islanders gave him to their AHL farm team, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , after his recovery in February 2015 . There he completed 19 games by the end of the season and then only received a two-year AHL contract, so that he was no longer used in the NHL. However, after the following season 2015/16, Carkner ended his active career and took on the role of assistant coach at the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 Yanick Dupré Memorial Award

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1997/98	Peterborough Petes	OHL		57	0	6th	6th	121		4th	0	0	0	2
1998/99	Peterborough Petes	OHL		60	2	16	18th	173		5	0	0	0	20th
1999/00	Peterborough Petes	OHL		62	3	13	16	177		5	0	1	1	6th
2000/01	Peterborough Petes	OHL		53	8th	8th	16	128		7th	0	3	3	25th
2001/02	Cleveland Barons	AHL		74	0	3	3	335		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Cleveland Barons	AHL		39	1	4th	5	104		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Cleveland Barons	AHL		60	2	11	13	115		9	0	3	3	39
2004/05	Cleveland Barons	AHL		73	0	10	10	192		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Cleveland Barons	AHL		69	10	20th	30th	202		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	San Jose Sharks	NHL		1	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		75	6th	24	30th	167		8th	1	0	1	19th
2007/08	Binghamton Senators	AHL		67	10	15th	25th	218		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Binghamton Senators	AHL		67	3	18th	21st	210		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Ottawa Senators	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Ottawa Senators	NHL		81	2	9	11	190		6th	1	0	1	12
2010/11	Ottawa Senators	NHL		50	1	6th	7th	136		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Binghamton Senators	AHL		3	0	1	1	11		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Ottawa Senators	NHL		29	1	2	3	33		4th	0	1	1	21st
2012/13	New York Islanders	NHL		22nd	0	2	2	46		4th	0	1	1	2
2013/14	New York Islanders	NHL		53	0	3	3	149		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		19th	2	1	3	38		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		41	2	9	11	164		-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				232	13	43	56	599		21st	0	4th	4th	53
AHL total				587	36	116	152	1756		17th	1	3	4th	58
NHL overall				237	4th	23	27	556		14th	1	2	3	35

( 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 )

Web links

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• Matt Carkner at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Matt Carkner at eliteprospects.com (English)