Doug Carpenter

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}} {{For|the British rower|Doug Carpenter (rower)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Doug Carpenter | image = DougCarpenter.png | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|7|1}} | birth_place = Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 190 | played_for = |coached_for=New Jersey Devils<br>Toronto Maple Leafs | career_start_coach = 1974 | career_end_coach = 1993 }} '''Doug Carpenter''' (born July 1, 1942, in Cornwall, Ontario) is a former head coach in the National Hockey League, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the International Hockey League and the American Hockey League, and is a former hockey player in the Eastern Hockey League and the International Hockey League.

As a player from 1964–1974, he played for the Greensboro Generals and Roanoke Valley Rebels in the EHL and for the Flint Generals in the IHL. He became a head coach for the Flint Generals in 1974, where he coached until 1978. He then became head coach of the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL for the 1979-80 season. Following stints with the New Brunswick Hawks and St. Catharines Saints of the AHL, he landed his first NHL head coach position with the New Jersey Devils. Later he coached the Toronto Maple Leafs. Also, in the AHL he coached the Halifax Citadels twice, and the New Haven Nighthawks. He ended his coaching career in 1993.

Carpenter consulted in the programming of the game ''Wayne Gretzky Hockey 2''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Heschmeyer|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA10457961&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=69628857|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823225217/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA10457961&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=69628857|title=Rockville firm scores with Gretkzy game: computer hockey game so realistic coaches say they get tips from it|website=Washington Business Journal|archivedate=August 23, 2024|date=February 25, 1991|accessdate=March 17, 2025|via=Gale Research|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Coaching record== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="7"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason |- ! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !! Finish !! W !! L !! Win % !! Result |- !NJD||1984–85 |80||22||48||10||-||54||5th in Patrick||— || — || — || Missed playoffs |- !NJD||1985–86 |80||28||49||3||-||59||6th in Patrick||— || — || — || Missed playoffs |- !NJD||1986–87 |80||29||45||6||-||64||6th in Patrick||— || — || — || Missed playoffs |- !NJD||1987–88 |50||21||24||5||-||47||(fired)||— || — || — || Missed playoffs |- style="background:#fdd;" !TOR||1989–90 |80||38||38||4||-||80||3rd in Norris|| 1 || 4 || .200 ||Lost in division semifinals (STL) |- !TOR||1990–91 |11||1||9||1||-||3||(fired) ||— || — || — || Missed playoffs |- ! colspan="2"|NJD Total ||290||100||166||24||-||224||||— ||— ||— ||— |- ! colspan="2"|TOR Total ||91||39||47||5||-||83||||1 ||4 ||.200 || |- ! colspan="2"|Total ||381||139||213||29||-||307||||1 ||4 ||.200 || |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Ice hockey stats}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111065521/http://www.gonduin.com/ptg/profile.php?coachID=47 Coaching profile at Pulling the Goalie]

{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = George Armstrong | title = Head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs | years = 1989–91 | after = Tom Watt }} {{succession box | before = Tom McVie | title = Head coach of the New Jersey Devils | years = 1984–88| after = Jim Schoenfeld }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Doug}} Category:1942 births Category:Canada men's national ice hockey team coaches Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:Cornwall Royals (QMJHL) coaches Category:Flint Generals players Category:Greensboro Generals (EHL) players Category:Living people Category:Montreal Junior Canadiens players Category:New Brunswick Hawks Category:New Jersey Devils coaches Category:People from Cornwall, Ontario Category:Roanoke Valley Rebels (EHL) players Category:Toronto Maple Leafs coaches Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen