Alex Carpenter

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1994)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox ice hockey biography

| name = Alex Carpenter

| image = Alex Carpenter.jpg

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| caption = Carpenter with PWHL New York in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|4|13}}

| birth_place = North Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 154

| position = Forward

| shoots = Left

| league = PWHL

| team = PWHL Seattle

| former_teams = {{plainlist|

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| played_for =

| sex = f

| ntl_team = USA

| career_start = 2011

}}

Alexandra Carpenter (born April 13, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey forward for PWHL Seattle of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), and member of the American national team.

Playing career

=High school=

In the fall of 2007, Carpenter joined The Governor's Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, where she played for their varsity team beginning at 13 years old. Over four years, she totaled 239 goals and 427 points in 100 games, being named team MVP in each season and captaining the team as a senior.{{cite web|author=Pierce|first=Jessi|date=September 2010|title=Alex Carpenter: Young Carpenter Is Building Quite a Career|url=http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/article/2010-09/alex-carpenter|access-date=2012-09-24|website=USA Hockey Magazine|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918054626/http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/article/2010-09/alex-carpenter|url-status=live}}

=NCAA=

On July 22, 2010, Carpenter committed to play college ice hockey at Boston College. After fielding calls from over 20 programs on the first day she was eligible for recruitment, she chose between Boston College and Harvard, swayed in part by her experience playing alongside BC students at the international level and her respect for Eagles coach Katie King.{{cite web|last1=Kipouras|first1=Bill|date=July 22, 2010|title=It's Boston College! Peabody's Alex Carpenter makes her decision|url=http://weeklynews.net/drupal/node/791|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728034728/http://weeklynews.net/drupal/node/791|archive-date=July 28, 2010|access-date=August 9, 2024|website=Peabody/Lynnfield Weekly News}}

In the 2011–12 season, Carpenter's freshman year, she led the Eagles in scoring with 39 points, the first freshman to do so since 2006. She was named a first team Hockey East All-Star and to the conference's All-Rookie Team, as well as its rookie of the month on four separate occasions.

In her sophomore season in 2012–13, Carpenter led the Eagles with 70 points, including a conference-leading 48 points in Hockey East play. She set a conference record with a 24-game point streak from October 21, 2012 to February 2, 2013, and was named player of the year for both Hockey East and New England. She recorded her 100th career point against UConn on February 17, 2013.{{cite web|last=Souris|first=Pete|date=2013-03-08|title=BC's Alex Carpenter Named Athletic Republic Player of the Year|url=http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/pres1213/201303/mar8awa.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518082833/http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/pres1213/201303/mar8awa.php|archive-date=2013-05-18|access-date=2013-06-06|website=Hockey East}}

Carpenter took a leave of absence for the 2013–14 season in order to prepare for the 2014 Winter Olympics with the American national team.

During her junior season, the 2014–15 season, Carpenter recorded 37 goals and 44 assists for 81 points, all of which led the NCAA. She also led the nation in goals per game (1.00), assists per game (1.19), points per game (2.19), and game winning goals (9). She recorded multiple points in a game on 25 occasions, including six points against Harvard on November 28, 2014. For her achievements, she was named Hockey East player of the year and won the Patty Kazmaier Award, becoming the first Boston College player and the first player from the Hockey East conference to claim the award.{{Cite web|date=2015-03-21|title=Alex Carpenter Wins 2015 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award|url=https://www.pattykaz.com/news_article/show/494080-alex-carpenter-wins-2015-patty-kazmaier-memorial-award|access-date=2020-10-09|website=The USA Hockey Foundation|language=en-us|archive-date=July 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709005642/http://www.pattykaz.com/news_article/show/494080-alex-carpenter-wins-2015-patty-kazmaier-memorial-award|url-status=live}}

As a senior and one of three team captains in the 2015–16 season, Carpenter set program records with 43 goals, 45 assists, and 88 points in 41 games. She recorded four hat tricks, including four goals against Syracuse University on December 10, 2015, a game in which she set the program record for career goals. She was named Most Valuable Player of the Hockey East Tournament, scoring three goals and six points as Boston College claimed the conference championship. She and the Eagles' season would end in the finals of the 2016 Frozen Four, with the team having set NCAA records for assists and points in a season, with 379 and 592, respectively. She was named a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, but ultimately did not repeat as its winner.

Upon her graduation in 2016, Carpenter's 133 goals, 145 assists, and 278 points were the most in Eagles history. She also set program records in power play goals (26), game-winning goals (27), and plus/minus (+180), and ranked fifth in all-time NCAA goals and points.

=NWHL=

Carpenter was the first player drafted in the National Women's Hockey League's (NWHL) inaugural draft in 2015, selected by the New York Riveters.{{Cite web|date=2015-06-23|title=Alex Carpenter Becomes 1st NWHL Draft Pick|url=https://doublegsports.com/alex-carpenter-becomes-1st-ever-nwhl-draft-pick/|website=Double G Sports|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114180029/https://doublegsports.com/alex-carpenter-becomes-1st-ever-nwhl-draft-pick/|url-status=live}} She returned for her senior season with Boston College and her rights were traded to the Boston Pride in April 2016.{{Cite web|last=Vaughan|first=Nathan|date=2016-04-29|title=What the Alex Carpenter deal means for the Pride|url=https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/boston-pride-nwhl/2016/4/29/11531300/what-does-trading-for-alex-carpenter-mean-for-the-boston-pride-lineup|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Stanley Cup of Chowder|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114180029/https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/boston-pride-nwhl/2016/4/29/11531300/what-does-trading-for-alex-carpenter-mean-for-the-boston-pride-lineup|url-status=live}} During the summer of 2016, Carpenter signed with the Boston Pride for a one-year, $19,500 contract, making her the highest paid player of the 2015 NWHL draft class.{{cite web|date=2016-08-12|title=Prospects to Pros: Signing the 2015 NWHL Draft Picks|url=https://nwhl.zone/prospects-pros-signing-draft-picks/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826104745/https://nwhl.zone/prospects-pros-signing-draft-picks/|archive-date=2016-08-26|access-date=2016-08-23|website=National Women's Hockey League}} Playing for Team Steadman, Carpenter recorded a goal and an assist at the 2nd NWHL All-Star Game.{{cite web|last=Rao|first=Nicole|date=2017-02-13|title=NWHL Stars Shine Bright in Pittsburgh|url=http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/757347?referrer_id=2739439|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215022834/http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/757347?referrer_id=2739439|archive-date=2017-02-15|access-date=2017-02-16|website=National Women's Hockey League}} She finished the 2016–17 season as the second highest scorer in the league.{{Cite web|last=Bevis|first=Hannah|date=2017-08-02|title=Alex Carpenter registers for the CWHL Draft|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/8/2/16085194/alex-carpenter-registers-for-the-cwhl-draft-kunlun-red-star-china-bobby-carpenter|access-date=2020-10-09|website=The Ice Garden|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114180033/https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/8/2/16085194/alex-carpenter-registers-for-the-cwhl-draft-kunlun-red-star-china-bobby-carpenter|url-status=live}}

= Shenzhen KRS =

Following her season in the NWHL, Carpenter registered for the 2017 Draft of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and was drafted in the second round, 13th overall by Shenzhen-based Kunlun Red Star WIH, one of the two Chinese expansion teams.{{cite web |title=2017 CWHL Draft Tracker |work=Canadian Women's Hockey League |url=http://www.thecwhl.com/draft/tracker |publisher=Canadian Women's Hockey League |access-date=May 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505140349/http://www.thecwhl.com/draft/tracker |archive-date=May 5, 2018}} On January 15, 2018, after being cut from the United States Olympic team, she signed with Kunlun, swayed in part by her father Bobby Carpenter being a coach of their Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) club, HC Kunlun Red Star.{{cite web|date=2018-01-15|title=Kunlun Adds 2017 Draft Pick, Alex Carpenter|url=http://www.thecwhl.com/kunlun-adds-2017-draft-pick-alex-carpenter|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713233500/http://www.thecwhl.com/kunlun-adds-2017-draft-pick-alex-carpenter|archive-date=2018-07-13|access-date=2018-08-03|website=Canadian Women's Hockey League|type=Press release}} The following season, the two Chinese CWHL teams were merged to become the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays, and Carpenter re-signed with the team.{{cite news |last1=Schram |first1=Carol |title=A Hockey Globetrotter Finds Her Showcase at Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/sports/hockey/rivalry-series-usa-womens-hockey.html |access-date=May 19, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=February 7, 2020 |url-access=limited}} She would finish the 2018–19 season with 31 points in 28 games.{{cite news |last1=Ingemi |first1=Marisa |title=Alex Carpenter, from Boston College and Boston Pride to China |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/11/07/alex-carpenter-from-boston-college-and-boston-pride-to-china/ |access-date=August 9, 2024 |work=Boston Herald |date=November 7, 2019 |url-access=subscription}}

With the CWHL ceasing operations after the 2018–19 season, the Vanke Rays joined the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL), the Russian women's league. Carpenter again chose to remain in China, citing the better facilities and player support provided by the team than what she had experienced in the NWHL. She supported the boycott of North American leagues that had led to the formation of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and occasionally attended its meetings despite being unable to participate in its events.

Carpenter served as Shenzhen's captain for the 2020–21 season, recording 29 goals and 55 points in 28 games in what would be her last season in China.{{cite web |title=Alex Carpenter |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/367382/alex-carpenter |publisher=Elite Prospects |access-date=May 19, 2024}}

= Return to North America =

The 2022–23 season saw Carpenter return to North America, participating in PWHPA events for the first time with Team Scotiabank, earning PWHPA All-Star honors and a spot in the skills competition at the 2023 National Hockey League All-Star Game.{{cite news |last1=Cornetta |title=Hockey star Alex Carpenter never stopped going, and her game is better than ever |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/27/sports/hockey-star-alex-carpenter-never-stopped-going-her-game-is-better-than-ever/ |access-date=August 9, 2024 |work=Boston Globe |date=January 27, 2023 |url-access=subscription}}

On September 8, 2023, New York of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) announced that they had signed Carpenter, along with American forward Abby Roque and Canadian defenseman Micah Zandee-Hart, to three-year contracts as part of the league's pre-draft free agency period.{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2023 |title=Alex Carpenter, Abby Roque, Micah Zandee-Hart Sign Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) Contracts With New York |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/alex-carpenter-abby-roque-micah-zandee-hart-sign-professional-womens-hockey-league-pwhl-contracts-with-new-york |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Professional Women's Hockey League |language=en |type=Press release}} On December 21, 2023, Carpenter and teammate Ella Shelton were named the first alternate captains in team history.{{Cite tweet |number=1737889564830707791 |user=PWHL_NewYork |title=Meet the first-ever Captains of PWHL New York! 🫡 We are proud to announce defender Micah Zandee-Hart as our Captain and forward Alex Carpenter and defender Ella Shelton as our Alternate Captains! |date=December 21, 2023}} In 24 games in the inaugural PWHL season, she recorded eight goals and 15 assists for 23 points, including a league-best six game points streak. She ranked first in assists and tied Marie-Philip Poulin for second in the league in points, earning nominations for forward of the year and league MVP.{{cite web |title=Spooner, Poulin, Carpenter named finalists for PWHL's Billie Jean King MVP award |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/pwhl/article/spooner-poulin-carpenter-named-finalists-for-pwhls-billie-jean-king-mvp-award/ |website=Sportsnet |access-date=September 11, 2024 |date=May 23, 2024}}

During the league's expansion to eight teams ahead of the 2025–26 season, Carpenter was left unprotected by the Sirens and signed a one-year contract with PWHL Seattle on June 6, 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2025/june/06/pwhl-seattle-signs-alex-carpenter-to-one-year-contract |title=PWHL Seattle signs Alex Carpenter to one-year contract |website=thepwhl.com |date=June 6, 2025 |access-date=June 6, 2025}}

International play

{{MedalTableTop|name=|image=AlexCarpenter2.jpg|caption=Carpenter with Team USA in 2017|image_size=200}}

{{MedalSport|Women's ice hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ihw|USA}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Sochi|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Beijing|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Canada|}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Sweden|}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Canada|}}

{{MedalGold|2017 United States|}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Finland|}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Canada|}}

{{MedalGold|2025 Czechia|}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Canada|}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Denmark|}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 United States|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World U18 Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Sweden|}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 United States|}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 Czech Republic|}}

{{MedalBottom}}

At 15 years old, Carpenter competed in multiple international competitions representing the United States, including an under-18 exhibition series against Canada and the 2009 Czech Challenge Cup, where she finished second in scoring despite being five or more years younger than some of the other players.{{cite web|last=Kipouras|first=Bill|date=2009-09-03|title=Carpenter shines in international hockey competition|url=http://www.salemnews.com/sports/x46888672/Carpenter-shines-in-international-hockey-competition|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909040302/http://www.salemnews.com/sports/x46888672/Carpenter-shines-in-international-hockey-competition|archive-date=2012-09-09|access-date=June 18, 2024|website=The Salem News}} As the youngest American at the 2010 World U18 Championship, she scored eight goals and one assist in five games, tied for second in team scoring behind Kendall Coyne. She recorded a goal in the gold medal match as the Americans claimed silver, losing 5–4 in overtime to Canada.{{cite web |title=U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team Captures Silver Medal with 5-4 OT Loss to Canada at IIHF World Women's U18 Championship |url=https://usawomens.sportngin.com/news_article/show/251443 |website=USA Hockey |date=April 3, 2011 |access-date=June 18, 2024}}

Returning for the 2011 World U18 Championship, Carpenter led the tournament with ten points on the strength of six goals, including one in the 5–2 gold medal victory over Canada. She would be named a top three player on the American team and would win the award for Best Forward at the event.{{cite web |title=Team USA Defeats Canada, 5-2, for Third Gold Medal in Four Years |url=https://usawomens.sportngin.com/news_article/show/251414 |website=USA Hockey |date=January 8, 2011}} The following year, Carpenter captained the silver-winning American team, recorded four goals and nine points, and once again earned Best Forward honors.{{cite web |title=U18 Women Fall to Canada in Gold-Medal Game |url=https://usawomens.sportngin.com/news_article/show/270047 |website=USA Hockey |access-date=June 18, 2024 |date=January 7, 2012}}

Making her senior tournament debut at the 2013 World Championship,{{cite web |last1=Staffieri |first1=Mark |title=Alex Carpenter Represents Youth Movement for US Women's Hockey Team |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1593430 |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=June 18, 2024 |date=April 4, 2013}} Carpenter and the United States won the gold medal.{{cite web |title=2013 - IIHF Women's World Championship |url=https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/4286753-2013-iihf-women-s-world-championship |website=USA Hockey |access-date=June 18, 2024}} She returned to the national team at the 2014 Olympics as one of their youngest players, scoring four goals and adding an assist in five games as the Americans claimed silver, losing 3–2 in overtime to Canada in the finals.{{cite web |last1=Oslin |first1=Reid |title=Alex Carpenter Home from the Olympic Arena |url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/news-archive-2011-to-2015/chronicle/2014/topstories/alex-carpenter-home-from-the-olympic-arena.html |website=Boston College |access-date=June 18, 2024 |date=March 13, 2014}}

Carpenter was named alternate captain of Team USA for the 2015 World Championship.{{cite web |title=BC forward Carpenter wins Patty Kazmier Award {{!}} NCAA.com |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-women/article/2015-03-22/boston-college-forward-alex-carpenter-wins-2015-patty |website=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=June 18, 2024 |language=en |date=March 22, 2015}} She would record two goals and an assist at the event,{{cite web |title=Player Statistics by Team |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486000_83_42_0_USA.pdf |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=June 18, 2024}} and the Americans would claim gold.{{cite web |last1=Aykroyd |first1=Lucas |title=Living the American dream |url=http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/usa-can-gold/ |website=www.worldwomen2015.com |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=June 18, 2024 |date=April 4, 2015}}

At the 2016 Women's World Championship, Carpenter scored a game-winning overtime goal to clinch a gold medal in a 1–0 victory over Canada.{{cite web |last1=Aykroyd |first1=Lucas |title=Pure gold for America |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2016/ww/news/53241/pure-gold-for-america |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=August 9, 2024 |date=April 4, 2016}}

Despite being considered one of the best players in the world and having been an Olympian at 19 years old at the previous games, Carpenter was unexpectedly cut from the Team USA roster ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The Americans claimed the gold medal in her absence.{{cite web |last1=Wyshynsky |first1=Greg |title=Report: Surprise cuts by U.S. women's hockey |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/hockey/story/_/id/21837857/us-women-olympic-hockey-teams-makes-surprising-cuts |website=ESPN |access-date=June 18, 2024 |date=December 21, 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Schram |first1=Carol |title=USA's Alex Carpenter And Megan Bozek Chase Another Title In Russia's Women's Hockey League |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolschram/2021/01/29/usas-alex-carpenter-and-megan-bozek-chase-another-title-in-russias-womens-hockey-league/ |website=Forbes |access-date=June 18, 2024 |date=January 29, 2021}}

Carpenter returned to Team USA for the 2019 World Championship, helping the Americans to their fifth consecutive title.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-21|title=USA Hockey snub leads Alex Carpenter on Chinese adventure|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/usa-hockey-snub-leads-alex-carpenter-on-chinese-adventure|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Associated Press|language=en-US|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114042939/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/usa-hockey-snub-leads-alex-carpenter-on-chinese-adventure|url-status=live}}

In the finals of the 2021 World Championship, Carpenter scored both of Team USA's two goals as the Americans fell in overtime to Canada, 3–2.{{cite web |last1=Zaccardi |first1=Nick |title=Cut four years ago, Alex Carpenter, Megan Bozek battled back to make Olympic team |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/alex-carpenter-megan-bozek-olympic-womens-hockey-team-usa |website=NBC Sports |access-date=August 9, 2024 |date=January 24, 2022}}

On January 2, 2022, Carpenter was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |title=U.S. women with 13 returnees |date=January 2, 2022 |access-date=January 2, 2022 |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044818/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |work=IIHF |url-status=live }}

Carpenter represented the United States at the 2024 World Championship, where she tied for the tournament lead in scoring with six goals and four assists in seven games and won a silver medal. She was subsequently named Best Forward and named to the All-Star team.{{Cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/ww/news/59743/x_named_mvp |title=Edwards named MVP |website=IIHF.com |first=Andrew |last=Podnieks |date=April 14, 2024 |access-date=April 14, 2024}}

Personal life

Carpenter is the oldest daughter of former NHL player Bobby Carpenter, who played 18 seasons with five different teams and won three stanley cups with the New Jersey Devils, one as a player and two as a coach. Her younger brother Robert, nicknamed "Bobo", also played college hockey for the Eagles.

A lifelong baseball and softball player, Carpenter was the first girl to play in the Morristown, New Jersey Little League in 25 years (performing as a pitcher, catcher, and shortstop) and was the first girl to play as a 10-year-old.{{cite web|date=2007-05-04|title=It's Governor's for prospect Alex Carpenter|url=http://www.newburyportnews.com/sports/x845805135/Its-Governors-for-prospect-Alex-Carpenter|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917222028/http://www.newburyportnews.com/sports/x845805135/Its-Governors-for-prospect-Alex-Carpenter|archive-date=2012-09-17|access-date=2012-09-24|website=The Daily News of Newburyport}} She played softball in high school, earning all-league honors in all four years and serving as team captain as a senior.

Carpenter is an out member of the LGBTQ community.{{Cite web|last=|date=2022-02-07|title=At least 36 out LGBTQ athletes in Beijing Winter Olympics|url=https://www.outsports.com/olympics/2022/1/26/22899981/beijing-winter-olympics-lgbtq-gay-athletes-list|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Outsports|language=en|archive-date=March 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325194739/https://www.outsports.com/olympics/2022/1/26/22899981/beijing-winter-olympics-lgbtq-gay-athletes-list|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Lim|first=Solby|date=2022-02-17|title=Every Medaling Women's Ice Hockey Team At The Olympics Has Out LGBTQ Representation|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/every-medaling-womens-ice-hockey-team-olympics-has-out-lgbtq-representation|access-date=2022-02-22|website=GLAAD|language=en|archive-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222080127/https://www.glaad.org/blog/every-medaling-womens-ice-hockey-team-olympics-has-out-lgbtq-representation|url-status=live}} She became engaged to girlfriend Steph Klein, an assistant equipment manager with the Toronto Marlies, in January 2022.{{Cite web|last=Buzinski|first=Jim|date=2022-02-03|title=Out athlete Alex Carpenter's 2 goals spark U.S. women in win|url=https://www.outsports.com/2022/2/3/22917151/out-athlete-alex-carpenter-goals-usa-finland|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Outsports|language=en|archive-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222080118/https://www.outsports.com/2022/2/3/22917151/out-athlete-alex-carpenter-goals-usa-finland|url-status=live}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2011–12

| Boston College

| HE

| 35

2118398

| —

bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Boston College

| HE

| 37

32387010

| —

2014–15

| Boston College

| HE

| 37

37448113

| —

bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Boston College

| HE

| 41

4345886

| —

2016–17

| Boston Pride

| NWHL

| 17

920290

| 2

3360
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| Kunlun Red Star

| CWHL

| 13

57120

| 4

1010
2018–19

| Shenzhen KRS

| CWHL

| 28

1714310

| —

bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2019–20

| Shenzhen KRS

| ZhHL

| 27

2132536

| 5

3470
2020–21

| Shenzhen KRS

| ZhHL

| 28

2926556

| 2

1010
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2022–23

| Team Scotiabank

| PWHPA

| 20

65112

| —

2023–24

| PWHL New York

| PWHL

| 24

815230

| —

bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2024–25

| New York Sirens

| PWHL

| 26

119200

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" |PWHL totals

! 50

1924430

! —

=International=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2010

| United States

| U18

| {{silver2}}

| 5

8190
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2011

| United States

| U18

| {{gold1}}

| 5

64100
2012

| United States

| U18

| {{silver2}}

| 5

4592
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2013

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 5

1230
2014

| United States

| OG

| {{silver2}}

| 5

4152
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2015

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 5

2130
2016

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 5

1230
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2017

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 5

1012
2019

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 7

2570
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2021

| United States

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 7

5050
2022

| United States

| OG

| {{silver2}}

| 7

4370
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2022

| United States

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 7

2790
2023

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 7

2792
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2024

| United States

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 7

64102
2025

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 7

2680
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! colspan="4"|Junior totals

! 15 !! 18 !! 10 !! 28 !! 2

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! colspan="4"|Senior totals

! 74 !! 32 !! 38 !! 70 !! 8

Awards and honors

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

! Ref

colspan="3"|College
Hockey East First Team All-Star

| 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016

| rowspan="5"|{{cite web |title=Alex Carpenter - Women's Hockey |url=https://bceagles.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/alex-carpenter/36 |website=Boston College Athletics |access-date=May 19, 2024}}

Hockey East All-Rookie Team

| 2012

Second Team AHCA All-American

| 2013

New England Player of the Year

| 2013, 2015

Hockey East Player of the Year

| 2013, 2015

Hockey East Scoring Champion

| 2013, 2015

| {{cite web |title=Hockey East Scoring Champions - Hockey East Association |url=https://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/hockey-east/scoring-champion.php |publisher=Hockey East |access-date=May 19, 2024 |language=en}}

Patty Kazmaier Award

| 2015

| rowspan="5"|

First Team AHCA All-American

| 2015, 2016

Hockey East Three Stars Award

| 2015

Hockey East All-Tournament Team

| 2016

Hockey East Tournament MVP

| 2016

colspan="3"|NWHL
All-Star Game

| 2017

| {{cite web|url= http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/757347?referrer_id=2739439|title= NWHL Stars Shine Bright in Pittsburgh|publisher= NWHL|date= 2017-02-13|accessdate= June 18, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170215022834/http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/757347?referrer_id=2739439|archive-date= 2017-02-15|url-status= dead}}

colspan="3"|CWHL
All-Star Game

| 2019

| {{cite web|url=http://www.thecwhl.com/cwhl-announces-final-round-of-all-star-players|title=CWHL Announces Final Round of All-Star Players|publisher=CWHL|date=2018-12-07|access-date=2018-12-13|archive-date=2018-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225556/http://www.thecwhl.com/cwhl-announces-final-round-of-all-star-players|url-status=dead}}

colspan="3"|ZhHL
Most Valuable Player

| 2020

| {{cite web |title=Alex Carpenter |url=https://minnesota.thepwhl.com/en/stats/player/34/1/alex-carpenter |publisher=PWHL Minnesota |access-date=May 19, 2024}}

colspan="3"|PWHL
First Team All-Star

| 2024

| {{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Ian |title=PWHL Hands Out Year End Awards, Spooner Named MVP |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhl-hands-out-year-end-awards-spooner-named-mvp |work=The Hockey News |access-date=June 11, 2024 |date=June 11, 2024}}

colspan="3"|International
World U18 Championship – Best Forward

| 2011, 2012

| {{Cite web|date=2011-01-08|title=IIHF World Womens U18 Championship – Best Players Selected by the Directorate|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/242/IHW242000_85I_1_0.pdf|access-date=2020-10-09|archive-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113003926/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/242/IHW242000_85I_1_0.pdf|work=IIHF|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/279/IHW279000_85I_1_0.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113062826/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/279/IHW279000_85I_1_0.pdf |archive-date=13 January 2019 |work=IIHF |url-status=live}}

World ChampionshipBest Forward

| 2024

|rowspan="2"|

World Championship – Media All-Star Team

| 2024

References

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