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| Ryan Carpenter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Carpenter with the Vegas Golden Knights in 2018 | |||
| Born |
January 18, 1991 Oviedo, Florida, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| AHL team Former teams |
San Diego Gulls San Jose Sharks Vegas Golden Knights Chicago Blackhawks Calgary Flames New York Rangers | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
Ryan Michael Carpenter[1] (born January 18, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey center for the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Playing career
Ryan Carpenter's family is from Staten Island, New York. Following in his father's footsteps, he was a New York Rangers fan as long as he can remember. Carpenter grew up in Orlando, Florida where he attended Timber Creek High School. In his youth hockey playing career he played for the Central Florida Hockey Club.[2] He started his junior career with the Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL. He played two seasons with Sioux City before moving on to Bowling Green State University.[3] Carpenter won BGSU Rookie of the Year, and was only one of four Falcons to play all 44 games during his rookie campaign.
On March 26, 2014, he signed with the San Jose Sharks as an undrafted free agent, and joined their minor league club, the Worcester Sharks.[4] In his first full professional season in 2014–15, he scored 12 goals, 22 assists and had 34 points.
During his second season with the-now San Jose Barracuda in 2015–16, Carpenter led the Barracuda in points and assists through 20 AHL games, and was called up by the San Jose Sharks on December 11, 2015.[5] He made his NHL debut on the Sharks fourth line, in a 2–0 defeat to the Minnesota Wild the following day.[6] With the Barracuda, Carpenter finished the season leading the team on points, and also won the Yanick Dupre Memorial Award for community service.[7] Helped by the AHL team falling in the first round of the 2016 playoffs, Carpenter remained on the Sharks roster as a possible back-up, seeing the franchise reach the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals.[8]
During the following 2016–17 season, he scored his first goal in the NHL on November 30, 2016, in a game against the Los Angeles Kings.
The Sharks signed Carpenter to a two-year, $1.3 million contract extension on June 17, 2017.[9] After appearing in 16 games with the Sharks during the 2017–18 season, Carpenter was placed on waivers on December 12.[10] Carpenter was claimed the next day by the Vegas Golden Knights.[11]
After playing for the Golden Knights in the franchise's first two seasons, Carpenter left as a free agent to sign a three-year, $3 million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on July 1, 2019.[12] He would score his first goal as a Blackhawk in a 4–3 win over the Boston Bruins.[13]
In the 2021–22 season, the Blackhawks traded Carpenter to the Calgary Flames in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick at the NHL trade deadline on March 21, 2022.[14] A few weeks later, Carpenter got his first point as part of the Flames in a win against the Los Angeles Kings on April 4, 2022.[15][16]
As a free agent from the Flames, Carpenter was signed to a one-year, $750,000 contract with the New York Rangers on July 14, 2022.[17] On December 8, 2022, he was placed on waivers.[18] He performed well in the AHL, with 44 points in 51 games.
On July 1, 2023, Carpenter returned to his original club, the San Jose Sharks, signing a one-year, two-way contract.[19]
After a season within the Sharks organization, Carpenter ended his second stint with the club in signing as a free agent to a two-year AHL contract with the San Diego Gulls, primary affiliate to the Anaheim Ducks on July 2, 2024.[20]
Personal life
Carpenter is a devout Christian and he participates in a chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes alongside Nick Holden.[21] He is married to Alexis and they have three children together, two sons and a daughter.[22]
Career statistics
Awards and honors
References
- ^ "Ryan Carpenter – Ice Hockey".
- ^ "Ryan Carpenter makes it from Florida". Orlando Sentinel. April 5, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Ryan Carpenter – 2011–12 Ice Hockey". Bowling Green State University. December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ "Ryan Carpenter San Jose Sharks player profile". San Jose Sharks. March 26, 2014.
- ^ "Sharks Recall Ryan Carpenter". San Jose Sharks. December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ "Darcy Kuemper posts shutout as Wild beat Sharks". National Hockey League. December 13, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ a b "Barrcuda's Carpenter wins Yanick Dupre Memorial Award". San Jose Barracuda. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ Pinchevsky, Tal (June 5, 2016). "For N.H.L.'s Black Aces, It's an Opportunity in Spades". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Barracuda, San Jose. "SHARKS RE-SIGN CARPENTER, HEED AND RYAN – San Jose Barracuda". www.sjbarracuda.com.
- ^ Lavoie, Renaud [@renlavoietva] (December 12, 2017). "Waivers: RYAN CARPENTER S.J" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Ryan Carpenter Claimed Off Waivers From San Jose Sharks". NHL.com. December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "Blackhawks agree to terms with Ryan Carpenter". Chicago Blackhawks. July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
- ^ "Chicago Blackhawks at Boston Bruins Box Score — December 5, 2019". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Flames add forward Ryan Carpenter in trade with Blackhawks". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ markparkinson14 (April 5, 2022). "The Morning After LA: Welcome To Calgary Ryan Carpenter". Matchsticks and Gasoline. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Flames' Ryan Carpenter: Earns first helper with new team". CBSSports.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ "Rangers agree to terms with Ryan Carpenter". New York Rangers. July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Rangers' Ryan Carpenter: Placed on waivers Thursday". CBS Sports. December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ^ "Sharks Sign Forward Ryan Carpenter". NHL.com. San Jose Sharks. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "Gulls ink four to AHL contracts". American Hockey League. July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ Hill, Adam (March 11, 2019). "Faith guides Knights' Ryan Carpenter on and off the ice". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ @NHLBlackhawks (July 21, 2019). "Congrats to Ryan Carpenter and his wife Alexis on the birth of their son Brock! Big brother Beau is visibly thrilled to have a new sibling" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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