Jimmy Carson

James Charles Carson (born July 20, 1968) is an American former professional hockey player. He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League with five different teams. In 1988, he became only the second teenager in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season; the first was Wayne Gretzky.

Achievements
Played in 1989 NHL All-Star Game.
Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1987.
NHL single-season record for games played with 86, 1992–93 shared with Bob Kudelski who also played 86 games in 1993-94
Scored more goals as a teenager than any player in NHL history- 92 goals
Only Wayne Gretzky (20 years, 40 days old) scored 100 goals at a younger age than Jimmy Carson who achieved the feat at 20 years, 116 days old.

Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
     Regular season   Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1983–84Detroit Compuware AmbassadorsMNHL658574159—————— 1984–85Verdun Junior CanadiensQMJHL68447211616149172612 1984–85Verdun Junior CanadiensMC—————30114 1985–86Verdun Junior CanadiensQMJHL6970831534652680 1986–87Los Angeles KingsNHL803742792251236 1987–88Los Angeles KingsNHL8055521074555384 1988–89Edmonton OilersNHL8049511003672136 1989–90Edmonton OilersNHL41230————— 1989–90Detroit Red WingsNHL442016368————— 1990–91Detroit Red WingsNHL642125462872134 1991–92Detroit Red WingsNHL8034356930112350 1992–93Detroit Red WingsNHL5225265118————— 1992–93Los Angeles KingsNHL3412102214185492 1993–94Los Angeles KingsNHL2547112————— 1993–94Vancouver CanucksNHL34107172220110 1994–95Hartford WhalersNHL389101929————— 1995–96Lausanne HCNDA1334714————— 1995–96Hartford WhalersNHL111010————— 1996–97Detroit VipersIHL1871623413461012 1997–98Detroit VipersIHL491028383493476 NHL totals 626 275 286 561 254 55 17 15 32 22

International
 Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM 1986 United States WJC 7 4 1 5 0 1987 United States WC 10 2 3 5 4

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