Carson Cooper

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{about||then American basketball player|Carson Cooper (basketball)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Hockey_player_Carson_Cooper.jpg

| image_size = 180px

| caption =

| position = Right Wing

| played_for = Boston Bruins
Montreal Canadiens
Detroit Falcons
Detroit Cougars

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 160

| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|7|17}}

| birth_place = Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|7|4|1897|7|17}}

| career_start = 1918

| career_end = 1935

}}

Carson Eric "Shovel Shot" Cooper (July 17, 1897 – July 4, 1955) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Cougars and Detroit Falcons between 1924 and 1932.Birth and death taken from SIHR.

Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Cooper scored the winning goal for the Boston Bruins in the team's first NHL game on December 1, 1924. It was the Bruins' second goal in a 2-1 win against the other 1924-25 expansion team, the Montreal Maroons. Cooper later served as the Chief Scout with the Detroit Red Wings. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1950, 1952 with Detroit.{{cn|date=May 2020}}

Cooper played senior lacrosse in Hamilton, Ontario in the early 1920s. He was teammates and roommates with future professional hockey players Hap Day, and future Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president Frank Sargent.{{cite news|title=Frank Sargent dead at 86|date=September 29, 1988|newspaper=The Chronicle-Journal|location=Thunder Bay, Ontario|page=3}}{{cite news|title=Realm of Sport|date=April 19, 1940|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=22|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-apr-19-1940-1634946/}}{{free access}}