John Carlson (ice hockey)

John Carlson (born January 10, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Capitals in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Carlson won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Capitals in 2018, as the highest scoring defenseman during the playoffs.

John Carlson
Carlson with the Capitals in 2016
Born (1990-01-10) January 10, 1990
Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Right
NHL team Washington Capitals
National team  United States
NHL Draft 27th overall, 2008
Washington Capitals
Playing career 2009–present

Playing career

Junior

Carlson began his ice hockey career with the New Jersey Rockets Youth Hockey Organization of the Atlantic Youth Hockey League.

Carlson lived near the New Jersey Rockets Organization based in Newark, New Jersey, for Tier II and Juniors and Somerset, New Jersey, for Tier I. He attended St. Joseph High School in New Jersey for three years before he attended Cathedral High School in Indianapolis.

Carlson played in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Indiana Ice in 2007–08, but signed to play for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2008–09.

Professional
Carlson takes a shot against Cedrick Desjardins during an AHL All-Star event in 2010

Carlson made his professional debut for the Capitals' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hershey Bears, on May 2, 2009, in a Calder Cup playoff game against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The following night, he scored his first professional goal in Game 2 of the series.

Carlson made his NHL debut for the Capitals on November 21, 2009, against the Toronto Maple Leafs. On January 21, 2010, Carlson was recalled by the Capitals.[1] On March 25, 2010, Carlson scored his first NHL goal, against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes.[2]

In Game 2 of the Capitals' 2010 Stanley Cup playoff first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens, Carlson scored his first NHL playoff goal, tying the game with just over one minute to play in regulation. After the Capitals' elimination in the playoffs, Carlson rejoined the Hershey Bears in their playoff campaign and scored the game- and Calder Cup-winning goal in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Final against the Texas Stars.[3]

On September 14, 2012, Carlson signed a six-year, $23.8 million contract extension with the Capitals.[4]

Carlson with the Washington Capitals in 2016

Carlson's 2015–16 season was interrupted by an injury that limited to him playing just 56 regular season games. Carlson was injured in late December 2015,[5] and his injury emerged again throughout the second half of the 2015–16 season.[6] Despite the injury, Carlson scored 39 points by the end of the regular season.

During the 2017–18 season, the last year of his contract, Carlson had a career year, putting up career numbers in goals and assists.[7] He played in all 82 games during regular season, and his success helped push the Capitals to the 2018 playoffs.[8] At the conclusion of the regular season, Carlson led NHL defensemen in points and became the first Capitals defenseman since Mike Green in the 2009–10 season to score 60 points in a season.

On June 24, 2018, having just won the Stanley Cup with Washington, Carlson signed an eight-year, $64 million contract extension with the Capitals.[9]

Returning to the Washington lineup after an injury for a November 11, 2018, for a game against the Arizona Coyotes, Carlson skated in his 623rd career game as a defenseman, passing Sylvain Côté for sixth place in games played for the Capitals.[10] He had missed one game with a lower-body injury announced on November 9, 2018.[11]

International play
John Kerry holds a Team USA jersey with Carlson and Blake Wheeler in a ceremony for American-bound Olympians to the 2014 Winter Olympics. Both Carlson and Wheeler are members of Team USA.
Medal record
Representing  United States
ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2010 Canada
World Junior A Challenge
2007 Trail

Carlson was an alternate captain for the United States in the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. On January 5, 2010, he scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the gold medal game as part of a two-goal effort to defeat Canada 6–5.[12] Additionally, he was named to the tournament's all-star team.

In December 2010, Carlson was named to NHL.com's All-Time World Junior Championship team.

On January 1, 2014, Carlson was named to the U.S. roster for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. On February 13, 2014, he scored the Americans' first goal of the tournament, at 15:27 of the first period of the nation's opening match against Slovakia. His goal was scored on his first shot in the tournament, giving him consecutive goals on shots in international play for the U.S.

Personal life

Carlson was born in Natick, Massachusetts, but grew up in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, after moving as a five-year-old.[13] Carlson is of Swedish descent.[14] On September 6, 2014, Carlson married his long-time girlfriend Gina Nucci,[15] and in June 2015, they had their firstborn child, a son.[16] They had their second child in May 2018.[17]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07Indiana IceUSHL20006—————
2007–08Indiana IceUSHL591231437241010
2008–09London KnightsOHL5916607665147152216
2008–09Hershey BearsAHL—————162130
2009–10Hershey BearsAHL484353926132578
2009–10Washington CapitalsNHL22156871340
2010–11Washington CapitalsNHL82730374492134
2011–12Washington CapitalsNHL829233222142358
2012–13Washington CapitalsNHL48616221870114
2013–14Washington CapitalsNHL8210273722—————
2014–15Washington CapitalsNHL8212435528141564
2015–16Washington CapitalsNHL5683139141257124
2016–17Washington CapitalsNHL729283710132244
2017–18Washington CapitalsNHL821553683224515208
2018–19Washington CapitalsNHL801357703470556
2019–20Washington CapitalsNHL6915607526
NHL totals 757 105 373 478 258 107 18 42 60 42

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2010 United States WJC 74374
2014 United States OG 4th 6 1 1 2 0
2016 United States WCH 7th 2 0 0 0 0
Junior totals 7 4 3 7 4
Senior totals 8 1 1 2 0

Awards and honors
Carlson after a Capitals game in 2016
Award Year
USHL
Second All-Star Team 2008 [18]
All-Rookie Team 2008 [18]
OHL
First All-Rookie Team 2009
Second All-Star Team 2009
CHL All-Rookie Team 2009
AHL
Calder Cup (Hershey Bears) 2009, 2010 [3]
AHL All-Star Game 2010 [19]
All-Rookie Team 2010
NHL
NHL All-Rookie Team 2011
Stanley Cup champion 2018 [20]
NHL All-Star Game 2019, 2020
NHL All-Star Skills Competition "Hardest Shot" winner 2019
NHL Second All-Star Team 2019 [21]
International
WJC All-Star Team 2010 [22]

References
  1. "Capitals Recall WJC hero Carlson". Associated Press. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  2. "LaRose's shootout goal gives Hurricanes win over Capitals". cbssports.com. March 25, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  3. IIHF. "Carlson does it again".
  4. "Capitals Re-sign John Carlson". National Hockey League. September 14, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  5. Khurshudyan, Isabelle (December 30, 2015). "John Carlson has MRI exam and is questionable to play Wednesday night". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  6. "Capitals' Carlson out 3-4 weeks: report". National Hockey League. February 27, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2018. Coach Barry Trotz said Friday the injury that kept Carlson out of the game was the same one that caused him to miss 12 games in January.
  7. "'Monster year' could land John Carlson a monster contract". ESPN. March 22, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  8. "2017-18 Capitals Notes". National Hockey League. April 10, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  9. "Capitals Re-sign John Carlson". National Hockey League. June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  10. Thompson, Geoff (2018-11-11). "Capitals vs. Coyotes Recap: Arizona Averts Caps' Comeback Attempt". Japers' Rink. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  11. Oland, Ian (2018-11-09). "John Carlson out day-to-day with lower-body injury, Jonas Siegenthaler to make NHL debut". Russian Machine Never Breaks. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  12. "New champs: USA stuns Canada". iihf.com. January 14, 2010. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010.
  13. Chere, Rich. "Colonia's Carlson likely a high draft pick", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com June 19, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2017. "His birth certificate says Natick, Mass., but don't be confused: John Carlson is a Jersey boy. He moved to Colonia when he was 5, and grew up playing hockey for the New Jersey Rockets while watching his favorite player, Scott Stevens, and his favorite team, the Devils, at the Continental Airlines Arena."
  14. Wennerholm, Mats. (2010-01-04)https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/a/XwoxPB/matchhjalte-en-svenskattling (In Swedish) Retrieved: April 3, 2020
  15. Oland, Ian (September 6, 2014). "John Carlson Got Married Today, Looked Really Happy". russianmachineneverbreaks.com. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  16. Gormley, Chuck (June 17, 2015). "Carlson adds another child to Caps' family". nbcsports.com. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  17. @Capitals (May 5, 2018). "Barry Trotz announces John Carlson had his second child last night. Both his wife and baby boy are doing well. #ALLCAPS #CapsDads" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. "Washington Capitals 2009–10 Media Guide" (PDF). Washington Capitals. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  19. "PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars 2010 All-Star Game Roster". theahl.com. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  20. "The Washington Capitals, after years of frustration, win the Stanley Cup". The New York Times. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  21. "NHL names 2018-19 All-Star teams". National Hockey League. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  22. "U.S. National Junior Team Wins Gold at 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship with 6–5 Overtime Win over Canada". USA Hockey. 2010-01-06. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Anton Gustafsson		 Washington Capitals first round draft pick
2008		 Succeeded by
Marcus Johansson
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