# Carson Cooper > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carson_Cooper > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carson_Cooper.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Cooper > Source revision: 1338213115 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Winger_(ice_hockey)) | played_for = [Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins)
[Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens)
[Detroit Falcons](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings)
[Detroit Cougars](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings) | shoots = Right | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 160 | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|7|17}} | birth_place = [Cornwall, Ontario](/source/Cornwall%2C_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](/source/ice_hockey) player who played 8 seasons in the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) for the [Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins), [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens), [Detroit Cougars](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings) and [Detroit Falcons](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings) between 1924 and 1932.Birth and death taken from SIHR. Born in [Cornwall, Ontario](/source/Cornwall%2C_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](/source/Stanley_Cup) in 1950, 1952 with Detroit.{{cn|date=May 2020}} Cooper played senior [lacrosse](/source/lacrosse) in [Hamilton, Ontario](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario) in the early 1920s. He was teammates and roommates with future professional hockey players [Hap Day](/source/Hap_Day), and future [Canadian Amateur Hockey Association](/source/Canadian_Amateur_Hockey_Association) president [Frank Sargent](/source/Frank_Sargent_(sports_executive)).{{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}} ==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](/source/Regular_season) ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|[Playoffs](/source/Playoffs) |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! [Season](/source/Season_(sports)) ! Team ! League ! GP !! [G](/source/Goal_(ice_hockey)) !! [A](/source/Assist_(ice_hockey)) !! [Pts](/source/Point_(ice_hockey)) !! [PIM](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey)) ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1916–17 | Montreal Canada Cement | [MCHL](/source/Montreal_City_Hockey_League) | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1917–18 | [Hamilton Tigers](/source/Hamilton_Tigers) | [OHA Sr](/source/OHA_Senior_A_League_(1890%E2%80%931979)) | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 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](/source/1924%E2%80%9325_NHL_season) | [Boston Bruins](/source/Boston_Bruins) | [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League) | 12 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [1925–26](/source/1925%E2%80%9326_NHL_season) | Boston Bruins | NHL | 36 || 28 || 3 || 31 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | [1926–27](/source/1926%E2%80%9327_NHL_season) | Boston Bruins | NHL | 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1926–27 | [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) | NHL | 14 || 9 || 3 || 12 || 16 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | [1927–28](/source/1927%E2%80%9328_NHL_season) | [Detroit Cougars](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings) | NHL | 43 || 15 || 2 || 17 || 32 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [1928–29](/source/1928%E2%80%9329_NHL_season) | Detroit Cougars | NHL | 43 || 18 || 9 || 27 || 14 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | [1929–30](/source/1929%E2%80%9330_NHL_season) | Detroit Cougars | NHL | 44 || 18 || 18 || 36 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [1930–31](/source/1930%E2%80%9331_NHL_season) | [Detroit Falcons](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings) | NHL | 44 || 14 || 14 || 28 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | [1931–32](/source/1931%E2%80%9332_NHL_season) | Detroit Falcons | NHL | 48 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 11 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [1932–33](/source/1932%E2%80%9333_IHL_season) | [Detroit Olympics](/source/Detroit_Olympics) | [IHL](/source/International_Hockey_League_(1929%E2%80%9336)) | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | [1933–34](/source/1933%E2%80%9334_IHL_season) | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 37 || 11 || 6 || 17 || 16 | 6 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [1934–35](/source/1934%E2%80%9335_IHL_season) | [Windsor Bulldogs](/source/Windsor_Bulldogs_(original)) | 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 |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{icehockeystats}} {{s-start}} {{succession box | before = [George Hay](/source/George_Hay_(hockey)) | title = [Detroit Falcons captain](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings) | years = [1931–32](/source/1931%E2%80%9332_NHL_season) | after = Detroit Red Wings captains
[Larry Aurie](/source/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 {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1890s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Carson Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Cooper) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Cooper?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.