John Carlson (ice hockey)

John Carlson
Carlson with the Capitals, January 2012.
Born	(1990-01-10) January 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position	Defense
Shoots	Right
NHL team	Washington Capitals
National team	United States
NHL Draft	27th overall, 2008 Washington Capitals
Playing career	2009–present

John Carlson (born January 10, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Capitals in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Carlson was born in Natick, Massachusetts, but grew up in Colonia, New Jersey. On Sept. 6, 2014, he married his long-time girlfriend Gina Nucci, and in June, 2015, they welcomed their firstborn child, a son they named Lucca.^[1]

Playing career

Carlson began his ice hockey career with the New Jersey Rockets Youth Hockey Organization of the Atlantic Youth Hockey League.

Carlson lived in the Colonia neighborhood of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey near the New Jersey Rockets Organization based in Newark, New Jersey for Tier II and Juniors and Somerset, NJ for Tier I. He attended St. Joseph High School in New Jersey for three years before he attended Cathedral High School in Indianapolis.

Carlson played in the United States Hockey League with the Indiana Ice in 2007–08, but signed to play for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League in 2008–09.

Carlson made his professional debut for the Capitals' AHL affiliate Hershey Bears on May 2, 2009 in a Calder Cup playoff game versus the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The following night he scored his first professional goal in Game 2 of the series.

Carlson made his NHL debut for the Capitals on November 21, 2009 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On January 21, 2010, Carlson was recalled by the Capitals.^[2] Carlson would go on to score his first NHL goal against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes on March 25, 2010.

Carlson scored his first career playoff goal, which was a game tying goal with just over one minute to play in game 2 against the Montreal Canadiens, in round 1 of the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs. Later that season, he scored the game winning and Calder Cup winning goal in Game Six of the Hershey Bears/Texas Stars finals.^[3]

International play


Medal record

Representing United States
ice hockey
World Junior Championships
	2010 Canada
World Junior A Challenge
	2007 Trail

Carlson was an alternate captain for the United States in the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. On January 5, 2010, Carlson scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the Gold Medal game as part of a two-goal effort to beat Team Canada 6-5.^[4] Additionally, he was named to the WJC all-star team.

In December 2010 Carlson was named to NHL.com's All-Time World Junior Championship team.

On January 1, 2014, Carlson was named to the USA Men's Ice Hockey Team for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. On February 13, 2014, Carlson scored Team USA's first goal of the tournament, at 15:27 of the first period of the opening match vs. Slovakia. His goal was scored on his first shot in the tournament, giving him consecutive goals on shots in international play for Team USA.

Carlson at the 2010 AHL All-Star Game.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2006–07	Indiana Ice	USHL	2	0	0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Indiana Ice	USHL	59	12	31	43	72	4	1	0	1	0
2008–09	London Knights	OHL	59	16	60	76	65	14	7	15	22	16
2008–09	Hershey Bears	AHL	—	—	—	—	—	16	2	1	3	0
2009–10	Hershey Bears	AHL	48	4	35	39	26	13	2	5	7	8
2009–10	Washington Capitals	NHL	22	1	5	6	8	7	1	3	4	0
2010–11	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	7	30	37	44	9	2	1	3	4
2011–12	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	9	23	32	22	14	2	3	5	8
2012–13	Washington Capitals	NHL	48	6	16	22	18	7	0	1	1	4
2013–14	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	10	27	37	22	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	12	43	55	28	14	1	5	6	4
2015–16	Washington Capitals	NHL	56	8	31	39	14	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			454	53	175	228	156	51	6	13	19	20

International

Year	Team	Event	Result	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2010	United States	WJC	01 !	7	4	3	7	4
2014	United States	OG	4th	6	1	1	2	0
Junior totals				7	4	3	7	4
Senior totals				6	1	1	2	0

Awards

Junior

USHL Second All-Star Team	2007–08^[5]
USHL All-Rookie Team	2007–08^[5]
London Knights MVP	2008–09^[5]
London Knights Booster Club Player of the Year	2008–09^[5]
London Knights Best Defenseman	2008–09^[5]
London Knights Rookie of the Year	2008–09^[5]
London Knights Playoff Performer of the Year	2008–09^[5]
World Junior Championships All-Star Team	2010^[6]

Professional

AHL All-Star Game selection	2010^[7]
Calder Cup	2010^[3]

References

↑ http://nhlhockeywags.tumblr.com/post/121701235787
↑ "Capitals Recall WJC hero Carlson". Associated Press. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
1 2 Carlson does it again
↑ "New champs: USA stuns Canada". iihf.com. January 14, 2010. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Washington Capitals 2009–10 Media Guide" (PDF). Washington Capitals. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
↑ "U.S. National Junior Team Wins Gold at 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship with 6-5 Overtime Win over Canada". USA Hockey. 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
↑ "PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars 2010 All-Star Game Roster". theahl.com. Retrieved 2010-03-13.

External links

Preceded by Anton Gustafsson	Washington Capitals first round draft pick 2008	Succeeded by Marcus Johansson

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