Carter Rowney

Carter Rowney (born May 10, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward under contract with Löwen Frankfurt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Anaheim Ducks, and Detroit Red Wings.

Playing career Rowney played junior hockey with the Grande Prairie Storm of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). Having not been selected in any NHL entry draft, Rowney attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, where he majored in managerial finance. He played collegiate hockey for North Dakota's ice hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) from 2009 to 2013. In 2010–11 and 2011–12, Rowney was named to the All-WCHA Academic Team. On September 18, 2012, North Dakota suspended Rowney (along with teammates Andrew MacWilliam, Corban Knight, and Danny Kristo) for the opening game of the 2012–13 season because of a violation of team rules which occurred during a team party.

On April 9, 2013, Rowney signed an amateur tryout agreement with the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League (AHL). On October 3, 2013, Rowney signed an AHL contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. He re-signed with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on July 24, 2014, on another one-year AHL contract. On March 9, 2016, after three seasons playing with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL, Rowney signed his first NHL contract, a two-year, two-way contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins worth an average annual value of $612,500. He was named the AHL Player of the Month for March 2016, recording 17 points in 12 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Rowney made his NHL debut on January 31, 2017, in Pittsburgh's game against the Nashville Predators. On February 4, he recorded his first NHL point, assisting on a Kris Letang goal against the St. Louis Blues. On June 11, 2017, after a 2–0 shutout victory over the Nashville Predators, Rowney won his first Stanley Cup with the Penguins. In the 2017–18 season, he was injured on October 21, 2017, suffering a broken hand after blocking a shot against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He returned to the line-up on November 24 after missing 14 games. He was injured again on January 2, suffering an upper-body injury during a game against the Philadelphia Flyers. He returned to game action on February 2, missing 11 games.

After five seasons with the Penguins organization, on July 2, 2018, Rowney left as a free agent to sign a three-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks. In his first two seasons with the Ducks, Rowney recorded his most productive seasons at the NHL level, recording a career high 20 points in the season, followed by 19 points in the campaign. Entering the final year of his contract with the Ducks, Rowney was limited by injury to just 19 games in the shortened season, recording 6 assists. As a free agent from the Ducks who were rebuilding, he was signed to a one-year, $825,000 contract with the Detroit Red Wings on September 2, 2021.

After six seasons in the NHL, Rowney having concluded his contract with the Red Wings, opted to continue his professional career abroad, signing a one-year contract with German club, Löwen Frankfurt of the DEL, on September 12, 2022.

Personal life In August 2016, Rowney and Danielle Luetzen married. She is a former volleyball player at the University of North Dakota.

Their first child, Anders, was born on May 14, 2017.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2005–06 Grande Prairie Storm AJHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2006–07 Grande Prairie Storm AJHL 42 7 12 19 28 6 0 0 0 2 2007–08 Grande Prairie Storm AJHL 52 16 15 31 47 — — — — — 2008–09 Grande Prairie Storm AJHL 62 35 43 78 71 19 12 6 18 10 2009–10 U. of North Dakota WCHA 39 1 7 8 23 — — — — — 2010–11 U. of North Dakota WCHA 28 3 2 5 14 — — — — — 2011–12 U. of North Dakota WCHA 42 18 15 33 18 — — — — — 2012–13 U. of North Dakota WCHA 41 10 17 27 10 — — — — — 2012–13 Abbotsford Heat AHL 4 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2013–14 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 39 13 31 44 19 — — — — — 2013–14 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 24 2 2 4 6 7 0 2 2 2 2014–15 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 5 1 6 7 2 — — — — — 2014–15 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 63 10 21 31 31 8 2 2 4 4 2015–16 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 74 24 32 56 37 10 4 8 12 6 2016–17 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 26 10 11 21 15 — — — — — 2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 27 3 4 7 4 20 0 3 3 4 2017–18 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 44 2 3 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 2018–19 Anaheim Ducks NHL 62 7 13 20 12 — — — — — 2019–20 Anaheim Ducks NHL 71 8 11 19 14 — — — — — 2020–21 Anaheim Ducks NHL 19 0 6 6 2 — — — — — 2021–22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 26 4 2 6 0 — — — — — 2022–23 Löwen Frankfurt DEL 55 21 37 58 14 2 0 0 0 0 2023–24 Löwen Frankfurt DEL 52 14 16 30 12 — — — — — 2024–25 Löwen Frankfurt DEL 42 15 16 31 12 2 0 0 0 0 NHL totals 249 24 39 63 36 23 0 3 3 4

Awards and honours Award Year AJHL North All-Star Team 2009 Playoff MVP 2009 College All-Academic Team 2011, 2012 NHL Stanley Cup champion 2017