Carson Soucy
Image: AJHL

Carson Soucy

Hometown:

Irma Alberta

Team:

Minnesota Wild

Currently Playing In:

NCAA

Birthday:

1994-07-27
Position:

D

Eligible for draft:

2012
Shoots:

Left
Drafted:

2013
Height:

6-4
Acquired:

5th round (137th overall), 2013
Weight:

191 lbs.
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History

2010-11: Carson Soucy played 34 games for the Baker Hughes Bobcats midget major AAA team in Lloydminster, Alberta. He scored 3 goals with 8 assists and had 20 penalty minutes. The Bobcats were sixth in the Dodge Division. Soucy was scoreless in the two game playoff series against Leduc.

2011-12: Soucy got his first taste of junior A hockey, skating in seven games for the AJHL’s Spruce Grove Saints, and was the leading scorer amongst defensemen for the Bobcats in his second season in Lloydminster. He was scoreless with no penalty minutes during this time with the Saints. He scored 9 goals with 20 assists in 30 games with the Bobcats and had 100 penalty minutes, one of three players to top the century mark for Baker Hughes.

2012-13: Soucy played 35 games for Spruce Grove in his first full season with the Saints. He scored 5 goals with 10 assists and had 71 penalty minutes. Spruce Grove finished first in the North Division and lost to South Division champion Brooks Bandits in the AJHL finals. Soucy scored 1 goal with 1 assist and had 30 penalty minutes in 16 playoff games. In February 2013 he committed to playing college hockey at Minnesota-Duluth in 2013-14.Soucy was ranked 129th amongst North American skaters and was selected by Minnesota in the 5th round (137th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft.

2013-14: Soucy skated in 34 games for Minnesota-Duluth as a freshman. Paired with sophomore Andy Welinsky (ANA) much of the season, he had 6 assists and was +6 with 60 penalty minutes. The Bulldogs tied Western Michigan for fourth place in the inaugural season of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and were swept by the Broncos in a best-of-three NCHC quarterfinal series.

2014-15: Soucy was one of three Bulldogs’ defensemen to skate in all 40 games for Minnesota-Duluth in his sophomore season. He scored 6 goals with 8 assists and was +13 with 40 penalty minutes. The Bulldogs finished fifth in the National College Hockey Conference, winning 20 games in the regular season. UM-D received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament after being swept by fourth-place Denver in the NCHC quarterfinals and defeated Minnesota in the NCAA Northeast Regional before falling to Boston University, 3-2, in the regional final.

2015-16: Soucy played in 38 games for Minnesota-Duluth in his junior season. Frequently teamed with junior Wilie Raskob, he scored 3 goals with 9 assists and was +4 with 61 penalty minutes. After struggling for much of the season, the Bulldogs won seven games down the stretch, defeating eventual national champion North Dakota, 4-2, in the NCHC semifinals before losing, 3-1, to St. Cloud State in the championship. UM-D received an at-large berth in the NCAA Northeast Regional, defeating defending national champion Providence, 2-1 in overtime, before falling to Boston College, 3-2.

Talent Analysis

Soucy is a good athlete with a tall and lanky frame. He has decent mobility and some ability to make plays with an offensive set of skills that have begun to emerge in his second season at Minnesota-Duluth.

Future

Soucy skated for the University of Minnesota-Duluth as a junior in 2015-16. The team leader with 61 penalty minutes, he provided a hard edge while chipping in with 12 points in 38 games. Likely to use his final season of college eligibility before turning professional, Soucy projects as a big, physical blueliner with some offensive elements to his game.

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