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Robert E. Carpenter Jr. (born July 13, 1963, Beverly, Massachusetts) is a retired American hockey player who has the distinction of being the first U.S. Citizen to be drafted into the National Hockey League directly out of highschool, and the first U.S.-born hockey player to be selected within the top five picks of the NHL Draft.

Labeled "The Can't Miss Kid" in a February 23, 1981 cover story by Sports Illustrated, Carpenter was drafted in 1981 by the Washington Capitals. During his first tenure with the Capitals, he would have his best single season career statistics in 1984-85 when he scored 53 goals and had 42 assists. Carpenter would later also play for the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils. Although he never became the superstar that many had originally predicted, he would have a long career primarily as a defensive-minded forward in his later years.

In his NHL career that spanned 18 years, Carpenter played 1,178 games, scoring 320 goals and 408 assists for 728 points.

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