Editing Jimmy Carson (section)

==Playing career==
As a youth, Carson played in the 1980 and 1981 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]]s with the [[Detroit Compuware]] [[minor ice hockey]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-16|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Carson was drafted by the [[Los Angeles Kings]] in the [[1986 NHL Entry Draft]] as the second overall pick. He scored 37 goals as an 18-year-old rookie in the [[1986–87 NHL season]]. In just his second NHL season he notched 55 goals, establishing himself as one of the sport's top young players and setting a single season NHL record for most goals by a United States-born player. The record was matched by [[Kevin Stevens]] in the [[1992–93 NHL season]], [https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/records/most-goals-in-one-season-by-nhl-players.html] At the end of his second season, Carson was part of the August 9, 1988, blockbuster trade that sent himself, [[Martin Gélinas]], the Kings' three first-round draft picks in [[1989 NHL Entry Draft|1989]], [[1991 NHL Entry Draft|1991]] and [[1993 NHL Entry Draft|1993]], and $15 million cash to the [[Edmonton Oilers]] for [[Wayne Gretzky]], [[Marty McSorley]] and [[Mike Krushelnyski]].

Carson demanded a trade out of Edmonton in November 1989. He was traded to his hometown of Detroit along with [[Kevin McClelland]] and a fifth-round draft pick for [[Adam Graves]], [[Petr Klíma]], [[Joe Murphy (ice hockey)|Joe Murphy]] and [[Jeff Sharples]]. These players were instrumental in helping Edmonton win their fifth [[Stanley Cup]] in seven years in [[1990 Stanley Cup Finals|1990]].

Carson later returned to Los Angeles in January 1993, following a trade for popular all-star defenseman [[Paul Coffey]]. He played with Gretzky and the Kings for parts of two seasons, but never regained the scoring touch he had early in his career. He later played for the [[Vancouver Canucks]] and the [[Hartford Whalers]], where he ended his NHL career in [[1995–96 NHL season|1996]].

From 1996-1998 Carson played for his hometown [[Detroit Vipers]] of the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]]. He was a member of the 1997 [[Turner Cup]]-winning team.

Carson represented the [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]] in the [[1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] and the [[1987 World Ice Hockey Championships]].

Carson participated in the Red Wings versus Toronto Maple Leafs alumni game before the [[2014 NHL Winter Classic]] at [[Comerica Park]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2012/08/jimmy_carson_red_berenson_amon.html | title=Jimmy Carson, Red Berenson among four additions to Red Wings alumni team for Winter Classic | date=16 August 2012 }}</ref>