Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey)
Robert E. " Bobby" Carpenter Jr. ( born July 13, 1963 in Beverly, Massachusetts ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player and current coach, who in his active period from 1979 to 1999, including for the Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins and New jersey Devils played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Bobby Carpenter began his career as a hockey player in his high school at the St. John's Pioneers, for which he was active from 1979 to 1981. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1981 in the first round as the third overall player of the Washington Capitals. In the season 1981/82 he made the immediate jump in the National Hockey League, scoring in his rookie year in 80 games 32 goals and gave an additional 35 templates. He was the first high school player ever, who came into the NHL without detours via Minor Leagues used, which meant that henceforth the NHL scouts already watched high school games. Also playing for Washington, the Center in the season 1984/85 was able to achieve the first Americans more than 50 goals in an NHL season. Overall, he reached 53 goals, surpassing the previous record of a U.S. American who had been erected by Joe Mullen to twelve gates.
On 1 January 1987, Carpenter was released along with a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 in exchange for Bob Crawford, Kelly Miller and Mike Ridley of the New York Rangers. Just over two months later he transferred this but to the Los Angeles Kings, where he spent the next two years, before he moved to the Boston Bruins in January 1989 in exchange for Steve Kasper. The majority of the season 1990/91 he had to stop due to a knee injury. On June 30, 1992, he signed a contract as a free agent with his former club Washington Capitals. He stayed there for a season long before he stood from 1993 until his Karrieende 1999 at the age of 36 years for the New Jersey Devils in the NHL on the ice. With these he won the prestigious Stanley Cup in the 1994/95 season.
Following his playing career, Carpenter remained the franchise of the New Jersey Devils as a trainer and worked from 1998 to 2000 for their farm team, the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League, as an assistant coach. In this function he was parallel work for the NHL team the Devils in the 1999/2000 season and won with the team again the Stanley Cup. From 2000 to 2004 Carpenter again worked as an assistant coach for the Devils in the NHL and won in 2003 for the third time the Stanley Cup. During the 2001/ 02 season he also took over the AHL Albany River Rats of the team as head coach. In 2007 he was honored because of his contributions to the recording in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Since 2009 he works in the organization of the Toronto Maple Leafs as a scout and is responsible for the integration of young players.
Internationally
For the U.S., Carpenter participated in the World Youth Championship in 1981, and the 1987 World Championships in part. He also stood in 1984 and 1987 in the squad of his country at Canada Cup.