Sharks Sign Forward Ryan Carpenter

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General Manager Mike Grier announced today that the club has signed forward Ryan Carpenter to a one-year, two-way contract.

Carpenter, 32, registered three points (one goal, two assists) in 22 games with the New York Rangers in 2022-23, along with 44 points (21 goals, 23 assists) in 51 games for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). The forward's 21 AHL goals established a new career high, while his six AHL power-play goals tied a career best (both set in 2015-16 with the San Jose Barracuda).

This will be Carpenter's second stint with San Jose, having previously spent parts of five seasons in the organization from 2013-14 to 2017-18. In 28 NHL games with the Sharks, he has recorded five points (two goals, three assists) along with six penalty minutes and a plus-six rating. In 206 AHL games in the Sharks system with the Barracuda and Worcester Sharks, Carpenter has compiled 130 points (44 goals, 86 assists), 105 penalty minutes and a plus-42 rating. He helped the Barracuda reach the Western Conference Finals in the 2017 Calder Cup Playoffs and led the club with 17 points (nine goals, eight assists) in 15 postseason appearances. With the Barracuda, Carpenter was also the winner of the 2015-16 Yanick Dupré Memorial Award, awarded to the individual who "best represents the spirit of Yanick Dupré with his involvement in the community."

Carpenter has skated in 330 NHL contests with San Jose, Vegas, Chicago, Calgary and New York, accumulating 72 points (27 goals, 45 assists) and 116 penalty minutes. Carpenter tallied five assists in 17 games for Vegas in the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs to help them reach the Stanley Cup Final. In 257 AHL games with Worcester, San Jose and Hartford, Carpenter has posted 174 points (65 goals, 109 assists), 133 penalty minutes and a plus-51 rating.

The six-foot-one, 198-pound native of Oviedo, Florida was signed by San Jose as an undrafted free agent out of Bowling Green State University on March 25, 2014.