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Bob Carpenter

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 13, 1963 in Beverly, Massachusetts

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
10
Washington Capitals
1982-1987		 11
New York Rangers
1987		 21
Los Angeles Kings
1987		 11
Los Angeles Kings
1988		 11
Los Angeles Kings
1989		 11
Boston Bruins
1989-1992		 11
Washington Capitals
1993		 19
New Jersey Devils
1994-1999

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 18 Washington Capitals NHL 80 32 35 67 0.84 26 0.33 105 28 102 2 -23 69 24 7 1 3 263 3.29 12.2
1982-83 19 Washington Capitals NHL 80 32 37 69 0.86 27 0.34 110 44 68 2 0 64 18 14 0 4 197 2.46 16.2
1983-84 20 Washington Capitals NHL 80 28 40 68 0.85 26 0.32 93 31 63 1 0 51 20 8 0 5 228 2.85 12.3
1984-85 21 Washington Capitals NHL 80 53 42 95 1.19 39 0.49 139 51 76 8 20 87 41 12 0 7 260 3.25 20.4
1985-86 22 Washington Capitals NHL 80 27 29 56 0.70 22 0.28 94 28 92 14 -12 105 20 7 0 3 205 2.56 13.2
1986-87 23 3 Teams NHL 60 9 18 27 0.45 10 0.17 50 14 78 15 -27 47 4 5 0 0 111 1.85 8.1
1986-87 23 Washington Capitals NHL 22 5 7 12 0.55 5 0.21 23 10 28 8 -7 21 1 4 0 0 47 2.14 10.6
1986-87 23 New York Rangers NHL 28 2 8 10 0.36 3 0.12 16 4 26 2 -12 20 1 1 0 0 41 1.46 4.9
1986-87 23 Los Angeles Kings NHL 10 2 3 5 0.50 2 0.19 11 0 24 5 -8 6 2 0 0 0 23 2.30 8.7
1987-88 24 Los Angeles Kings NHL 71 19 33 52 0.73 19 0.27 82 28 107 32 -21 84 9 10 0 2 176 2.48 10.8
1988-89 25 2 Teams NHL 57 16 24 40 0.70 15 0.27 64 16 44 3 7 26 12 4 0 3 137 2.40 11.7
1988-89 25 Los Angeles Kings NHL 39 11 15 26 0.67 10 0.26 48 13 35 3 3 16 8 3 0 1 91 2.33 12.1
1988-89 25 Boston Bruins NHL 18 5 9 14 0.78 5 0.29 16 3 9 0 4 10 4 1 0 2 46 2.56 10.9
1989-90 26 Boston Bruins NHL 80 25 31 56 0.70 22 0.27 90 32 80 19 -3 97 20 5 0 5 220 2.75 11.4
1990-91 27 Boston Bruins NHL 29 8 8 16 0.55 6 0.22 28 10 30 14 2 22 6 2 0 0 54 1.86 14.8
1991-92 28 Boston Bruins NHL 60 25 23 48 0.80 19 0.32 72 21 69 15 -3 46 18 6 1 6 171 2.85 14.6
1992-93 29 Washington Capitals NHL 68 11 17 28 0.41 10 0.15 51 10 66 9 -16 65 9 2 0 0 141 2.07 7.8
1993-94 30 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 10 23 33 0.43 12 0.16 50 2 76 35 7 51 8 0 2 1 125 1.64 8.0
1994-95 31 New Jersey Devils NHL 41 5 11 16 0.39 6 0.14 26 0 40 13 -1 19 5 0 0 0 69 1.68 7.2
1995-96 32 New Jersey Devils NHL 52 5 5 10 0.19 4 0.08 21 0 45 14 -10 14 4 0 1 0 63 1.21 7.9
1996-97 33 New Jersey Devils NHL 62 4 15 19 0.31 6 0.10 30 0 44 20 6 14 3 0 1 0 76 1.23 5.3
1997-98 34 New Jersey Devils NHL 66 9 9 18 0.27 7 0.11 30 1 49 16 -4 22 8 0 1 1 81 1.23 11.1
1998-99 35 New Jersey Devils NHL 56 2 8 10 0.18 3 0.06 25 1 46 19 -3 36 2 0 0 0 69 1.23 2.9 856 15:17
Career NHL 1178 320 408 728 0.62 282 0.24 1160 317 1175 251 -81 919 231 82 7 40 2646 2.25 12.1 856 15:17

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1982-83 19 Washington Capitals NHL 4 1 0 1 0.25 2 1 0 0 0
1983-84 20 Washington Capitals NHL 8 2 1 3 0.38 -2 25 1 1 0 0 15 1.88 13.3
1984-85 21 Washington Capitals NHL 5 1 4 5 1.00 0 8 1 0 0 0 15 3.00 6.7
1985-86 22 Washington Capitals NHL 9 5 4 9 1.00 4 12 3 2 0 1 24 2.67 20.8
1986-87 23 Los Angeles Kings NHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 -4 2 1 0 0 0 4 0.80 25.0
1987-88 24 Los Angeles Kings NHL 5 1 1 2 0.40 -7 0 1 0 0 0 13 2.60 7.7
1988-89 25 Boston Bruins NHL 8 1 1 2 0.25 -6 4 0 1 0 1 19 2.38 5.3
1989-90 26 Boston Bruins NHL 21 4 6 10 0.48 -3 39 2 2 0 1 41 1.95 9.8
1990-91 27 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
1991-92 28 Boston Bruins NHL 8 0 1 1 0.13 -1 6 0 0 0 0 13 1.63 0.0
1992-93 29 Washington Capitals NHL 6 1 4 5 0.83 2 6 1 0 0 0 13 2.17 7.7
1993-94 30 New Jersey Devils NHL 20 1 7 8 0.40 -1 20 1 0 0 0 39 1.95 2.6
1994-95 31 New Jersey Devils NHL SC 17 1 4 5 0.29 -1 6 0 1 0 0 21 1.24 4.8
1996-97 33 New Jersey Devils NHL 10 1 2 3 0.30 2 2 1 0 0 0 15 1.50 6.7
1997-98 34 New Jersey Devils NHL 6 1 0 1 0.17 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.50 33.3
1998-99 35 New Jersey Devils NHL 7 0 0 0 0.00 -1 2 0 0 0 0 7 1.00 0.0 100 14:15
Career NHL 1 140 21 38 59 0.42 -17 136 14 7 0 3 243 1.79 8.2 100 14:15

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 16 St. John's Pioneers High-MA 33 28 37 65 1.97
1980-81 17 St. John's Pioneers High-MA 18 14 24 38 2.11
1980-81 17 United States WJC-A 5 5 4 9 1.80 6
1981-82 18 Washington Capitals DN-Cup 4 4 0 4 1.00 0
1984-85 21 United States Can-Cup 6 1 4 5 0.83 4
1986-87 23 United States WEC-A 10 2 2 4 0.40 8
1987-88 24 United States Can-Cup 5 1 2 3 0.60 4
Career Can-Cup 11 2 6 8 0.73 8
Career DN-Cup 4 4 0 4 1.00 0
Career High-MA 51 42 61 103 2.02
Career WEC-A 10 2 2 4 0.40 8
Career WJC-A 5 5 4 9 1.80 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1985 NHL

Games Played

1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)
 1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 Career NHL 1178 (90)

Goals

1984-85 NHL 53 (7)

Goals Per Game

1984-85 NHL 0.66 (7)

Even Strength Goals

1984-85 NHL 41 (3)

Game-Winning Goals

1984-85 NHL 7 (7)
    

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

January 1, 1987: Traded to NY Rangers by Washington with Washington's 2nd round choice (Jason Prosofsky) in 1989 Entry Draft for Bob Crawford, Kelly Miller and Mike Ridley, January 1, 1987.

March 10, 1987: Traded to Los Angeles by NY Rangers with Tom Laidlaw for Jeff Crossman, Marcel Dionne and Los Angeles' 3rd round choice (later traded to Minnesota - Minnesota selected Murray Garbutt) in 1989 Entry Draft, March 10, 1987.

January 22, 1989: Traded to Boston by Los Angeles for Steve Kasper to complete transaction that sent Jay Miller to Los Angeles (January 22, 1989), January 23, 1989.

December 8, 1990: Missed majority of 1990-91 season recovering from kneecap injury suffered in game vs. Montreal, December 8, 1990.

June 30, 1992: Signed as a free agent by Washington, June 30, 1992.

September 30, 1993: Signed as a free agent by New Jersey, September 30, 1993.

August 16, 1999: Officially announced retirement, August 16, 1999.

March 23, 2000: Named Assistant Coach of New Jersey, March 23, 2000.

August 3, 2001: Named Head Coach of Albany (AHL), August 3, 2001.

July 11, 2002: Named Assistant Coach of New Jersey, July 11, 2002.