Jeff Carter

Jeff Carter is a retired Canadian hockey player best known for being the captain of the Quad City Generals. Jeff has also played for the Austin Warriors and the Arizona Coyotes. After his playing career he was the head coach for the Generals for 7 years. He now the assistant coach for Assumption College.

Early Years
Jeff excelled at hockey at a young age. When he was 10 he was the leading scorer of his pewee hockey team. In High School he also excelled. He got many scholarships from many different colleges and decided not to go to college and instead play in the major juinors.

Major Juniors and the NHL Draft
In Major Juniors Jeff had a ruff career. He only put up 50 career points in his 4 years as a Bull. He was considered an underdog in the draft and was predicted to go undrafted. once he saw all of theses preedictions he entered the draft but indeed did not get drafted. But there was still one chance. It was the first year of the AWHL draft and he could play at a combine to prove himself. He did great at the combine and was drafted number one overall for the Austin Warriors.

Austin and Traded
When Jeff arrived in Austin he had a stellar rookie season putting up 80 points, at the time the most by any rookie (To be broken by Jonas Enroth). In that season he was considered such a great leader he was promoted to captain. He put up even more points next season, and then came the shocker. He was traded to Quad City for Daniel Larson. Many fans were very outraged and went on strike. The next year Austin had the lowest attendance in its history.

First Stint with QC
On Quad City Jeff Carter was considered one of the best player of all time. He put up unbelievable stats, won 3 George Memorial Cups, and Made one of the best goals in Hockey history. He is also the only player to ever have been to 6 George Memorial Cups. He was the captain with in weeks of arrival and definatley made his mark in QC history

2nd Trade and 1 year on Norfolk
Once again Jeff Carter was traded. This time he was sent to the Bruins for there first overall draft pick (This pick they used to pic Sebastion Lowery). on Norfolk he had a decent season. They made it to the first round of the playoffs but were knocked out by Quad City.

Traded once again and 2nd Stint with Quad City
Carter was traded to Quad City at the end of the playoffs. with his second stint with QC he didnt make the biggest impact but was considered more of a rollmodel. They one 2 they won two more cups and were considered the best team of the decade. at the end of his second stint he was called up to the Coyotes.

Coyotes
Jeff played 2 seasons of Arizona and was Assistant captain for one. He scored 60 Points in his career with Arizona.

Coaching
Jeff coached Quad City for 7 years Unlike his playing career he completely failed. He never had a winning season and as AWSN said "I consider him a kick starter of the Drought".

After Quad City Jeff coached for Assumption College.