Career
He is currently a prospect of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (National Hockey League). Ryan Carpenter started his junior career with the Sioux City Musketeers with the USHL. He played two seasons with Sioux City before moving on to Bowling Green State University. On March 26, 2014, he signed with the San Jose Sharks as an Undrafted Free Agent, and joined their minor league club, the Worcester Sharks.
In his first full professional season in 2014-2015, he scored 12 goals, 22 assists and had 34 points.
During his second season with the-now San Jose Barracuda in 2015-2016, Carpenter led the Barracuda in points and assists through 20 AHL games, and was called up by the San Jose Sharks on December 11, 2015. He made his National Hockey League debut on the Sharks fourth line, in a 2-0 defeat to the Minnesota Wild the following day.