Everard Lorne Carpenter (June 15, 1890 – April 30, 1963) was a Canadian

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player. He played in the

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(MPHL),

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(NHA),

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(NHL), and

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(PCHA) in a career that lasted from 1909 to 1921. With the

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of the PCHA he won the

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in 1917, and he played for the Cup in 1911 with Port Arthur.

Career

Although born in

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, Carpenter grew up in the Lachute-Brownsburg, Quebec, area where his parents lived until they moved to

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, in 1913. Carpenter moved to

Port Arthur, Ontario Port Arthur was a city in Northern Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Superior. In January 1970, it was amalgamated with Fort William and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay. Port Arthur became the district seat ...

, in 1909 to work for the

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. He played the defensive position of

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with the semi-professional

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Hockey Club in 1910, then during the hockey seasons of 1910–11 and 1911–12 for the Port Arthur Hockey Club. The team (which included

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) defeated Prince Albert for the Western Canadian championship, then went on to play the

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on March 16, 1911, for the

; they were defeated by the NHA team. Carpenter played for the

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in the 1912–13 season and the New Glasgow Black Foxes in 1913–14. He then joined the Stanley Cup champion

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of the NHA for one season. He left the Blueshirts and joined the new Seattle Metropolitans, helping the team win the Stanley Cup in 1917. After two seasons in Seattle, Carpenter returned to Port Arthur for one season before serving in

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. He returned from the war in 1919 and joined the

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of the NHL, following the club to Hamilton the next season, where it was known as the

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. After retiring from professional hockey in 1921, Carpenter became the trainer, coach, and manager for the Port Arthur Hockey Club which won two

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s in 1924–25 and 1925–26. He served as councillor of the city of Port Arthur in 1941. Around 1945, he moved to

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, and in approximately 1954, he retired from his job as a locomotive engineer, having worked for the

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s. He died in Winnipeg in 1963.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Source: NHL

References

;General * "Everard Lorne (Eddie) Carpenter", in F.B. Scollie, Thunder Bay Mayors and Councillors 1873–1945 (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2000), p. 62–63.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Eddie 1890 births 1963 deaths American emigrants to Canada American men's ice hockey defensemen Anglophone Quebec people Canadian ice hockey defencemen Hamilton Tigers (ice hockey) players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Ice hockey players from Michigan Ice hockey people from Laurentides People from Hartford, Michigan Sportspeople from Van Buren County, Michigan Sportspeople from Lachute Quebec Bulldogs players Seattle Metropolitans players Stanley Cup champions Toronto Blueshirts players