Steve Carpenter

Steve Carpenter (born March 30, 1971 in Prince George, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Between 1995 and 1997 he played in the ECHL and the West Coast Hockey League before moving to the United Kingdom, where he played until he retired from ice hockey in 2005.

For the former NFL player, see Steve Carpenter (American football).
Steve Carpenter
Born (1971-03-30) March 30, 1971
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Richmond Renegades
Fresno Falcons
Solihull Blaze
Nottingham Panthers
Sheffield Steelers
Coventry Blaze
Milton Keynes Lightning
Playing career 1995–2005

Playing career

Carpenter attended Northern Michigan University between 1990 and 1994. Whilst there he played for the ice hockey team, the Wildcats, and was honoured by both the league and the team.[1][2] After university, Carpenter joined the Richmond Renegades in the ECHL for the 1995–96 season. The following season he went to the United Kingdom where he joined the Solihull Blaze in the British National League (BNL), before he returned to the United States to finish the season with the Fresno Falcons in the West Coast Hockey League.

For the 1997–98 season Carpenter returned to the United Kingdom to join the Nottingham Panthers in the Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL). He stayed with the Panthers for the next three seasons helping them to win the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1998 and to get to three other major trophy finals. For the 2000–01 season he joined the Panthers rivals, the Sheffield Steelers, who he helped to win the Grand Slam of all four major competitions that season.

He joined the Coventry Blaze in the second tier BNL in 2001–02. In the 2002–03 season he helped them to win the league and the playoffs and was himself named to the BNL All Star First Team. Coventry joined the new first tier Elite Ice Hockey League for 2003–04 season where Carpenter played. He then joined the Milton Keynes Lightning in the second tier English Premier Ice Hockey League for the 2004–05 season and helped them to win the league and playoffs before he retired from playing in May 2005.

Awards and honours
Award Year
WCHA All-Tournament Team 1993 [1][3]

Career statistics

Club
    Regular season[5][6]   Playoffs[5]
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1990–91Northern Michigan UniversityNCAA3207724
1991–92Northern Michigan UniversityNCAA342111378
1992–93Northern Michigan UniversityNCAA3822022123
1993–94Northern Michigan UniversityNCAA33111930123
1995–96Richmond RenegadesECHL4392938100—————
1996–97Solihull BlazeBNL45274168178
1996–97Fresno FalconsWCHL624610511230
1997–98Nottingham PanthersISL272682462022
1998–99Nottingham PanthersISL283121526803342
1999–00Nottingham PanthersISL3041721114601144
2000–01Sheffield SteelersISL374101467813422
2001–02Coventry BlazeBNL421834521021018930
2002–03Coventry BlazeBNL361424381061027914
2003–04Coventry BlazeEIHL40920298441018
2004–05Milton Keynes LightningEPIHL2892332110513424

Footnotes
  1. "National Awards and Honors". Northern Michigan University. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  2. "Team Awards and Honors". Northern Michigan University. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  3. "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  4. "All Star Team Season 2002-2003". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  5. "Steve Carpenter - player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  6. "Steve Carpenter's profile at hockeydb.com". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2007-12-17.

References
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