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 <br>Montreal Canadiens <br>Detroit Falcons <br>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.<ref>Birth and death taken from SIHR.</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Frank Sargent dead at 86|date=September 29, 1988|newspaper=The Chronicle-Journal|location=Thunder Bay, Ontario|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1916–17 | Montreal Canada Cement | MCHL | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1917–18 | Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1918–19 | Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | 7 || 1 || 1 || 2 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1919–20 | Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | 6 || 18 || 2 || 20 || — | 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 |- | 1920–21 | Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | 10 || 14 || 2 || 16 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1921–22 | Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | 10 || 22 || 1 || 23 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1922–23 | Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | 12 || 20 || 7 || 27 || — | 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1923–24 | Hamilton Tigers | OHA Sr | 10 || 33 || 7 || 40 || — | 2 || 5 || 1 || 6 || — |- | 1924–25 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 12 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1925–26 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 36 || 28 || 3 || 31 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1926–27 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1926–27 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 14 || 9 || 3 || 12 || 16 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 1927–28 | Detroit Cougars | NHL | 43 || 15 || 2 || 17 || 32 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1928–29 | Detroit Cougars | NHL | 43 || 18 || 9 || 27 || 14 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | 1929–30 | Detroit Cougars | NHL | 44 || 18 || 18 || 36 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1930–31 | Detroit Falcons | NHL | 44 || 14 || 14 || 28 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1931–32 | Detroit Falcons | NHL | 48 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 11 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1932–33 | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1933–34 | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 37 || 11 || 6 || 17 || 16 | 6 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1934–35 | Windsor Bulldogs | IHL | 14 || 4 || 5 || 9 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1934–35 | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 12 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 0 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 294 !! 110 !! 57 !! 167 !! 111 ! 7 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2 |}

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{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = George Hay | title = Detroit Falcons captain | years = 1931–32 | after = Detroit Red Wings captains <br /> Larry Aurie}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Carson}} Category:1897 births Category:1955 deaths Category:Boston Bruins players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers Category:Detroit Cougars players Category:Detroit Falcons players Category:Detroit Olympics (IHL) players Category:Detroit Red Wings captains Category:Detroit Red Wings scouts Category:Montreal Canadiens players Category:Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players Category:Ice hockey people from Cornwall, Ontario Category:Stanley Cup champions Category:Windsor Bulldogs (1929–1936) players Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen