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Jimmy Carson

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 20, 1968 in Southfield, Michigan

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
17
Los Angeles Kings
1987-1988		 12
Edmonton Oilers
1989-1990		 10
Detroit Red Wings
1990-1992		 12
Detroit Red Wings
1992-1993		 12
Los Angeles Kings
1993-1994		 17
Vancouver Canucks
1994

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
1986-87 18 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 37 42 79 0.99 31 0.38 105 48 64 2 -5 22 19 18 0 2 215 2.69 17.2
1987-88 19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 55 52 107 1.34 43 0.54 141 68 94 2 -19 45 33 22 0 7 264 3.30 20.8
1988-89 20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 49 51 100 1.25 39 0.49 128 49 77 1 3 36 30 19 0 5 240 3.00 20.4
1989-90 21 2 Teams NHL 48 21 18 39 0.81 16 0.33 59 27 40 0 -8 8 10 11 0 1 138 2.88 15.2
1989-90 21 Edmonton Oilers NHL 4 1 2 3 0.75 1 0.28 4 3 3 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0 11 2.75 9.1
1989-90 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44 20 16 36 0.82 15 0.34 55 24 37 0 -6 8 10 10 0 1 127 2.89 15.7
1990-91 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 21 25 46 0.72 18 0.28 67 21 44 1 3 28 15 5 1 4 175 2.73 12.0
1991-92 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 34 35 69 0.86 28 0.35 93 26 50 0 17 30 23 11 0 3 150 1.88 22.7
1992-93 24 2 Teams NHL 86 37 36 73 0.85 29 0.33 105 49 58 0 -2 32 20 17 0 5 189 2.20 19.6
1992-93 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 25 26 51 0.98 20 0.38 72 40 32 0 0 18 12 13 0 4 108 2.08 23.1
1992-93 24 Los Angeles Kings NHL 34 12 10 22 0.65 9 0.26 33 9 26 0 -2 14 8 4 0 1 81 2.38 14.8
1993-94 25 2 Teams NHL 59 11 17 28 0.47 11 0.18 43 13 46 1 -15 24 8 3 0 1 129 2.19 8.5
1993-94 25 Los Angeles Kings NHL 25 4 7 11 0.44 4 0.16 16 2 16 0 -2 2 3 1 0 0 47 1.88 8.5
1993-94 25 Vancouver Canucks NHL 34 7 10 17 0.50 7 0.19 27 11 30 1 -13 22 5 2 0 1 82 2.41 8.5
1994-95 26 Hartford Whalers NHL 38 9 10 19 0.50 7 0.20 27 8 14 0 5 29 5 4 0 3 58 1.53 15.5
1995-96 27 Hartford Whalers NHL 11 1 0 1 0.09 1 0.05 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0.82 11.1
Career NHL 626 275 286 561 0.90 222 0.35 770 309 488 7 -20 254 164 110 1 31 1567 2.50 17.5

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
1986-87 18 Los Angeles Kings NHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 -6 6 1 0 0 0 11 2.20 9.1
1987-88 19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 5 5 3 8 1.60 -2 4 4 1 0 0 16 3.20 31.3
1988-89 20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 7 2 1 3 0.43 0 6 1 1 0 1 15 2.14 13.3
1990-91 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 2 1 3 0.43 -2 4 2 0 0 1 6 0.86 33.3
1991-92 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 2 3 5 0.45 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 1.82 10.0
1992-93 24 Los Angeles Kings NHL 18 5 4 9 0.50 1 2 3 2 0 0 30 1.67 16.7
1993-94 25 Vancouver Canucks NHL 2 0 1 1 0.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.00 0.0
Career NHL 55 17 15 32 0.58 -8 22 13 4 0 2 100 1.82 17.0

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
1983-84 15 Detroit Compuware MNHL 65 85 74 159 2.45
1984-85 16 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 68 44 72 116 1.71 12
1984-85 16 Verdun Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 3 0 1 1 0.33 4
1985-86 17 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 69 70 83 153 2.22 46
1985-86 17 United States WJC-A 7 4 1 5 0.71 0
1986-87 18 United States WEC-A 10 2 3 5 0.50 4
1995-96 27 Lausanne HC Swiss 13 3 4 7 0.54 14
1996-97 28 Detroit Vipers IHL 18 7 16 23 1.28 4
1997-98 29 Detroit Vipers IHL 49 10 28 38 0.78 7 34 4 6 0 3 110 2.24 9.1
Career IHL 67 17 44 61 0.91 7 38 4 6 0 3 110 2.24 9.1
Career M-Cup 3 0 1 1 0.33 4
Career MNHL 65 85 74 159 2.45
Career QMJHL 137 114 155 269 1.96 58
Career Swiss 13 3 4 7 0.54 14
Career WEC-A 10 2 3 5 0.50 4
Career WJC-A 7 4 1 5 0.71 0

Other 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
1984-85 16 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 14 9 17 26 1.86 12
1985-86 17 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 5 2 6 8 1.60 0
1996-97 28 Detroit Vipers IHL 13 4 6 10 0.77 12
1997-98 29 Detroit Vipers IHL 9 3 4 7 0.78 6 1 2 0 0
Career IHL 22 7 10 17 0.77 18 1 2 0 0
Career QMJHL 19 11 23 34 1.79 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1989 NHL

Honors

1986-87 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Games Played

1986-87 NHL 80 (3)
1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 80 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 86 (1)

Goals

1987-88 NHL 55 (3)
1988-89 NHL 49 (7)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.69 (5)
1988-89 NHL 0.61 (10)
Career NHL 0.44 (61)

Points

1987-88 NHL 107 (8)
1988-89 NHL 100 (9)

Points Per Game

1987-88 NHL 1.34 (10)

Goals Created

1987-88 NHL 43.2 (6)
1988-89 NHL 39.3 (8)

Goals Created Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.54 (8)
Career NHL 0.35 (95)

Even Strength Goals

1987-88 NHL 33 (6)
1988-89 NHL 30 (7)

Power Play Goals

1986-87 NHL 18 (5)
1987-88 NHL 22 (3)
1988-89 NHL 19 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1987-88 NHL 7 (6)

Shots on Goal

1987-88 NHL 264 (8)

Shooting Percentage

1991-92 NHL 22.7 (8)
Career NHL 17.5 (46)
    

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

August 9, 1988: Traded to Edmonton by Los Angeles with Martin Gelinas, Los Angeles' 1st round choices in 1989 (later traded to New Jersey - New Jersey selected Jason Miller), 1991 (Martin Rucinsky) and 1993 (Nick Stajduhar) Entry Drafts and cash for Wayne Gretzky, Mike Krushelnyski and Marty McSorley, August 9, 1988.

November 2, 1989: Traded to Detroit by Edmonton with Kevin McClelland and Edmonton's 5th round choice (later traded to Montreal - Montreal selected Brad Layzell) in 1991 Entry Draft for Petr Klima, Joe Murphy, Adam Graves and Jeff Sharples, November 2, 1989.

January 29, 1993: Traded to Los Angeles by Detroit with Marc Potvin and Gary Shuchuk for Paul Coffey, Sylvain Couturier and Jim Hiller, January 29, 1993.

January 8, 1994: Traded to Vancouver by Los Angeles for Dixon Ward, January 8, 1994.

July 15, 1994: Signed as a free agent by Hartford, July 15, 1994.