Jeff Carter
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Jeffrey J. Carter (born January 1, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for and an alternate captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
During his NHL career, he has won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014, has appeared in two All-Star Games in 2009 and 2017, and led the Philadelphia Flyers – for whom he played six seasons – in scoring during their 2008–09 campaign; his 46 goals during that season were good for second overall in the NHL.
Carter also played 39 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2011–12 season before being traded to Los Angeles. Carter played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League.
He was a First Team All-Star, William Hanley Trophy and CHL Sportsman of the Year honours in his final year.
Joining the Flyers' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, immediately after his junior career, he helped the team win the Calder Cup in 2005. Internationally, Carter has won gold medals with Team Canada at the under-18, under-20 levels and at the Olympics.
During his under-20 career, he tied as Canada's all-time leading scorer at the World Juniors and was named to back-to-back Tournament All-Star Teams.
He has also represented Canada at the 2006 IIHF World Championship.
Carter represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he won a gold medal.
Playing career
Carter was a minor hockey player for minor hockey in London, Ontario, as part of the London Jr. Knights rep program. He spent a season with the Strathroy Rockets, a junior B team, before playing bantam hockey with the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA). Jared Keeso was one of Carter's teammates when playing with Strathroy.
Carter was chosen in the first round, 3rd overall, of the 2001 Ontario Hockey League's Priority Selection by Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. He began his OHL career in 2001-02, scoring 35 points in 63 games as a rookie. He rose to 71 points in the ensuing season. In the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers selected him 11th overall in the off-season.
He earned his second Team OHL All-Star accolades in 2003–04, after returning to the Greyhounds following his draft. He was assigned by the Flyers to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, for their 2005 Calder Cup playoff season, marking his third OHL appearance. In his first game at the professional level, he gained five points out of a total of 12 games. He was back in the OHL for his final junior season in 2004–05, scoring 74 goals and 40 assists) in 55 games. He was a member of the First Team OHL this season and received the OHL and CHL Sportsman of the Year Awards. Carter joined the Greyhounds once more in 21 playoff games, scoring 23 points (12 goals and 11 assists) and assisting the team in winning the Calder Cup after the Greyhounds were eliminated from the 2005 OHL playoffs.
Carter ruled the Flyers' roster out of training camp for the next season, 2005-2006. Mike Richards and R. J. Umberger, both rookies who were also instrumental in the Phantoms' Calder Cup championship of the previous season, were joined by him. On October 27, 2005, he scored his first NHL goal against the Florida Panthers' Roberto Luongo. He finished first in team-scoring among rookies with 23 goals and 42 points.
Carter and the Flyers agreed to a three-year, $15-million contract extension on June 27, 2008, days before he was due to become a restricted free agent in his second and third NHL seasons. He had a breakout campaign in 2008-09, leading the team in scoring with 46 goals and 84 points. He was also selected to his first NHL All-Star Game, representing the Eastern Conference during the season. Despite a strong regular season, Carter was held to just one goal in six Stanley Cup playoff games as the Flyers were eliminated by the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games. In Game 2 of the season, when Penguins goalie Marc-André Fleury failed to score with an open net in front of him, giving the Flyers a 3–1 lead late in the third period. Carter was later called off for a hooking penalty, and the Penguins tied the game and eventually won in overtime. Carter had played the final four games of the series with a fractured shoulder, according to a later report.
Carter signed an 11-year, $58 million contract extension with the Flyers into the 2021–22 season, the longest contract of his career.
The Flyers traded Carter to the Columbus Blue Jackets on June 23, 2011, in exchange for Jakub Voráek, a 2011 first-round pick (Nick Cousins), and a 2011 third-round pick (Sean Couturier) and a 2011 third-round pick (Nick Cousins), despite being in the middle of a significant re-tooling.
Despite being hospitalized early in the season, Carter was named as an alternate captain with the Blue Jackets, along with James Wisniewski, former Flyers teammate R. J. Umberger, and Antoine Vermette.
Carter was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jack Johnson and a conditional first-round pick, reuniting him with former Flyer and close friend Mike Richards on February 23, 2012.
Carter scored the second of three unanswered goals on a five-minute power play in Game 6 of the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals against the New Jersey Devils on June 11, 2012. His goal was the Cup-winning goal. He will finish the 2012 playoffs with eight goals and five assists.
Carter scored 26 goals and seven assists in all 48 regular season games during the lockout-shortened 2012-2013 season.
The Kings fought back from a 3–0 series deficit against the San Jose Sharks to win four straight games in the first round of the 2014 playoffs. Carter became one of the first two players (the other being his colleague Mike Richards) in history to play in two franchises (the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010). Carter and Drew Doughty were the seventh and eighth NHL players to win both an Olympic ice hockey gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year when the Kings defeated the New York Rangers in 5 games in the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals.
Carter was named the NHL First Star of the Week for October 20–26 after scoring two goals and four assists in just two games early in the 2014-15 season. During their season-opening homestand, the reigning Stanley Cup champions maintained a perfect 6–0 record. Carter scored in a 5–3 win over the Kings on February 15, 2015, beating the Calgary Flames in a three-assist performance. Carter spent the majority of the season with Tanner Pearson and Tyler Toffoli, with the line being dubbed "That '70s Line" since the three teams had jersey numbers in the 1970s.
Carter and teammate Drew Doughty were named in his second All-Star game appearance in the 2016–17 season. He appeared in all 82 games for the Kings, finishing the season as the team's top scorer with 32 goals and 66 points.
Carter would play his 1,000th NHL game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday, scoring the game winning goal in a 4-3 victory.
Carter started the pandemic stalled 2020-21 season by contributing 4 points in the Kings' opening two games against the Minnesota Wild in his tenth season with the Minnesota Wild. With the rebuilding Kings, he scored eight goals and 19 points in 40 regular season games.
Carter was traded by the Kings to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a conditional 2022 third-round draft pick and a 2021 fourth-round draft pick on April 11, 2021, on the eve of the 2021 trade deadline. In an 8–4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on May 6, 2021, he played his first four-goal game in his career. Carter praised the trade for reigniting his goalscoring and prolonging his career since joining the Penguins.
Carter will play a bigger role as a center for the Penguins in 2021-22 seasons after a few seasons of point production diminished since 2017-18, with a total of 19 goals, 26 assists, and 45 points in 76 games. Even with Evgeni Malkin's return to the league, he continued to score well in the left wing position. On January 26, 2022, he signed a two-year deal with the Penguins.