Daniel Carr (ice hockey)
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)}}
{{For|persons of a similar name|Daniel Carr (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Daniel Carr
| image = Daniel Carr 2019 3.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Carr at the 2019 AHL All-Star Game
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|1}}
| birth_place = Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 186
| position = Left wing
| shoots = Left
| league = NL
| team = HC Lugano
| prospect_team =
| prospect_league =
| former_teams = Montreal Canadiens
Vegas Golden Knights
Nashville Predators
Washington Capitals
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
}}
Daniel Carr (born November 1, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for HC Lugano of the National League (NL). Originally undrafted by teams in the National Hockey League (NHL), Carr has previously played for the Montreal Canadiens, Vegas Golden Knights, Nashville Predators, and Washington Capitals.
Playing career
=Collegiate=
Carr played collegiate hockey with the Union Dutchmen in the ECAC Hockey conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In his senior year of 2013–14, Carr's outstanding play was rewarded with a selection to the ECAC Hockey All-Conference First Team.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/schott/2014/mar/20/union-domiantes-all-ecac-hockey-first-team/|title=Union dominates All-ECAC Hockey first team|last=Schotts|first=Ken|newspaper=The Daily Gazette|date=March 21, 2014|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}
=Professional=
On April 24, 2014, as an undrafted free agent, Carr signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).{{cite web | url = https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/canadiens-sign-daniel-carr-connor-205511222--nhl.html | title = Canadiens signs Daniel Carr, Connor Crisp | website = Yahoo! Sports | date = April 24, 2014 | accessdate = April 24, 2014 | archive-date = September 13, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180913112852/https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/canadiens-sign-daniel-carr-connor-205511222--nhl.html | url-status = dead }}
During the 2015–16 season, Carr became one of only a few NHL players to score a goal on the first shot during the first shift of their NHL debut on November 29, 2015 in a game versus the Carolina Hurricanes.{{cite web |last1=Clinton |first1=Jared |title=Canadiens' Daniel Carr scores first NHL goal on first shot of first shift in first game|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/canadiens-daniel-carr-scores-first-nhl-goal-on-first-shot-of-first-shift-in-first-game |work = The Hockey News |accessdate=June 6, 2018 |date=December 5, 2015}} He re-signed with the Canadiens on July 1, 2016.{{cite web |last1=Proulx |first1=William |title=Montreal Canadiens Re-Sign Daniel Carr |url=https://thehockeywriters.com/montreal-canadiens-re-sign-daniel-carr/ |website=TheHockeyWriters.com |accessdate=June 6, 2018 |date=July 1, 2016}}
On July 1, 2018, Carr signed a one-year, $750,000 deal with the Vegas Golden Knights after not receiving a qualifying offer from the Canadiens.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/vegas-announces-free-agency-signings/c-299377010 | title = Vegas announces free agency signings | publisher = Vegas Golden Knights | via = NHL.com | date = July 1, 2018 | accessdate = July 1, 2018}} In the 2018–19 season, Carr won the Les Cunningham Award as league MVP while he was assigned to the Golden Knights American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. He recorded a career-best 30 goals and 41 assists for 71 points in just 52 games. He was recalled through the season to feature in six games for Vegas, registering a goal. In returning to the Wolves for the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs, Carr recorded 12 points in 15 games before falling in the Finals to the Charlotte Checkers.
On July 1, 2019, Carr agreed to a one-way $700,000 contract with the Nashville Predators for the 2019–20 season.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/nashville-predators-sign-forward-daniel-carr-to-one-year-contract/c-308149838 | title = Preds sign forward Daniel Carr to a one-year contract | publisher = Nashville Predators | via = NHL.com | date = July 1, 2019 | accessdate = July 1, 2019}}
On September 5, 2020, as a free agent from the Predators, Carr signed a three-month contract through November 15 by HC Lugano of the National League (NL) as a replacement for injured forward Jani Lajunen.{{cite web | url = https://www.hclugano.ch/2020/09/05/e-daniel-carr-il-nuovo-attaccante-straniero/ | title = È Daniel Carr il nuovo attaccante straniero | website = HC Lugano | language = Italian | date = September 5, 2020 | accessdate = September 5, 2020 | archive-date = September 27, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200927230008/https://www.hclugano.ch/2020/09/05/e-daniel-carr-il-nuovo-attaccante-straniero/ | url-status = dead }} At the opening of free agency, he was signed by the Washington Capitals to a one-year, two-way contract on October 12, 2020. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Carr remained in Switzerland with Lugano until the commencement of the Capitals' training camp.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-sign-forward-daniel-carr/c-319426602 | title = Capitals sign forward Daniel Carr | publisher = Washington Capitals | via = NHL.com | date = October 12, 2020 | accessdate = October 12, 2020}}
In the 2020–21 season, Carr served the majority of his tenure with the Capitals as a healthy scratch, registering an assist in six regular season games and drawing into a first-round playoff contest against the Boston Bruins.
As an impending free agent, Carr opted to return to Switzerland, rejoining HC Lugano on a one-year contract in July 2021.{{cite web | url = https://hclugano.ch/2021/07/05/daniel-carr-torna-a-casa/ | title = Daniel Carr torna a casa | website = HC Lugano | date = July 5, 2021 | accessdate = July 5, 2021 | language = Italian | archive-date = July 9, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185934/https://hclugano.ch/2021/07/05/daniel-carr-torna-a-casa/ | url-status = dead }} Shortly thereafter, he agreed to a three-year extension with the team on January 1, 2022.{{cite web| url = https://swisshockeynews.ch/en/shn/men/swiss-hockey/nl/three-year-extension-with-hc-lugano-for-daniel-carr?utm_campaign=social | title = Three-year extension with HC Lugano for Daniel Carr | website = swisshockeynews.ch | date = January 1, 2022 | accessdate = August 6, 2024}}
International play
In January 2022, Carr was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/hockey/olympics-team-canada-men-hockey-1.6325564|title=Canada unveils non-NHL Olympic hockey roster with pro experience, young talent|date=January 25, 2022|website=CBC Sports|last1=Harrison|first1=Doug|access-date=January 25, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/25/team-canadas-25-player-mens-hockey-roster-nominated-for-beijing-2022/|title=Team Canada's 25-player men's hockey roster nominated for Beijing 2022|last=Nichols|first=Paula|date=January 25, 2022|website=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=January 25, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Stephens|first=Mike|date=January 25, 2022|title=Canada Names Men's 2022 Olympic Hockey Roster|url=https://thehockeynews.com/2022-olympics/canada-names-mens-2022-olympic-hockey-roster|work=The Hockey News|access-date=January 25, 2022}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5" |Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5" |Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 2007–08
| AJHL | 62 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2008–09 | St. Albert Steel | AJHL | 59 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009–10
| St. Albert Steel | AJHL | 30 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009–10 | BCHL | 22 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 10 |
| 2010–11
| ECAC | 40 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | Union College | ECAC | 41 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13
| Union College | ECAC | 40 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013–14 | Union College | ECAC | 39 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15
| AHL | 76 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | AHL | 24 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16
| NHL | 23 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2016–17 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 33 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17
| St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 19 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2017–18 | AHL | 20 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017–18
| Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 38 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2018–19 | AHL | 52 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| 2018–19
| NHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2019–20 | NHL | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20
| AHL | 47 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2020–21 | NL | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21
| NHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2021–22 | HC Lugano | NL | 29 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022–23
| HC Lugano | NL | 30 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2023–24 | HC Lugano | NL | 39 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 63 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|AHL totals ! 238 ! 104 ! 107 ! 211 ! 77 ! 15 ! 5 ! 7 ! 12 ! 0 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals ! 117 ! 16 ! 21 ! 37 ! 28 ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 2 |
Awards and honours
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{{MedalSport|Ice hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|CAN}} Canada West}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior A Challenge}}
{{MedalSilver | 2009 Summerside|}}
{{MedalBottom}}
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year ! Ref |
| colspan="3"|College |
|---|
| ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team
| 2011 |
| ECAC All-Tournament Team |
| ECAC Tournament MVP
| 2014 |
| All-ECAC Third Team
| 2012–13 |
| All-ECAC First Team
| 2013–14 |
| AHCA East Second-Team All-American
| 2013–14 |
| colspan=3|AHL |
| Les Cunningham Award (MVP)
| 2018–19 |
| First All-Star Team
| 2018–19 |
| All-Star Game
| 2018–19 |
| ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
!colspan="3"|International |
| Spengler Cup All-Star Team
| 2024 | |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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{{succession box | before = Troy Grosenick | title = ECAC Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player | years = 2014| after = Jimmy Vesey}}
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Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Category:Chicago Wolves players
Category:Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players
Category:Ice hockey people from Alberta
Category:Milwaukee Admirals players
Category:Montreal Canadiens players
Category:Nashville Predators players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Powell River Kings players
Category:Sportspeople from Sherwood Park
Category:St. Albert Steel players
Category:St. John's IceCaps players
Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players
Category:Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey players
Category:Vegas Golden Knights players
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Category:Washington Capitals players
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics